
At the end of session you'll able to summarise the following
Tableau is a powerful and fastest growing data visualization tool used in the Business Intelligence Industry
The Tableau Product Suite consists of 1) Tableau Desktop 2) Tableau Public 3) Tableau Online 4) Tableau Server and Tableau Reader
Tableau Desktop has a rich feature set and allows you to code and customize reports
In Tableau public, workbooks created cannot be saved locally, in turn, it should be saved to the Tableau's public cloud which can be viewed and accessed by anyone
Tableau server is specifically used to share the workbooks, visualizations that are created in the Tableau Desktop application across the organization
Tableau online has all the similar functionalities of the Tableau Server, but the data is stored on servers hosted in the cloud which are maintained by the Tableau group.
Tableau Reader is a free tool which allows you to view the workbooks and visualizations created using Tableau Desktop or Tableau Public.
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Tableau Server integrates with a number of components in your IT infrastructure, it's important to understand how Tableau Server integrates with your IT infrastructure.
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When you install Tableau Server on a Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machine (VM), you still have the advanced capabilities of Tableau Server in a local environment. Running Tableau Server on a GCE VM is an excellent choice if you want the flexibility of scaling up and scaling out without having to purchase and maintain an expensive fleet of servers
Install Tableau Server Part 2 using Tableau Services Manager, activate the license, configure identity settings for local authentication, and initialize sample workbooks to explore the server.
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When you sign in to Tableau Server or Tableau Online, the first page you see looks similar to the following example. The Home page gives you quick access to newly added favorites, recently visited views, and recommended content.
Explore the Tableau services manager command line reference, learn to run tsm commands, and access built-in help for authentication options like Kerberos and mutual SSL.
Learn how to configure Tableau Server sites to isolate users, groups, and content, enabling per-site authentication, separate data sources and views, and site-specific access control for multi-client projects.
Explore ask data in Tableau Server, a natural language processing feature that answers questions by typing prompts, works with live connections and extracts, and shares results as a workbook.
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The topics in this section include reference content for Tableau Services Manager (TSM) command line interface (CLI) to support Tableau Server.
TSM is used to manage installation and configuration of Tableau Server
Learn to customize the Tableau server header logo and server name, restore customizations to default, restart the server, and verify the changes across sessions.
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Regularly backing up Tableau Server is an important step in proper administration and maintenance of your server. You can use the tsm maintenance restore command to restore Tableau Server backups created using tsm maintenance backup
Archive tableau server logs with ziplogs by creating a Windows batch script that timestamps log backups, stores them in a zip, and cleans up older archives.
Learn to create and run batch files on Windows, use variables for login credentials, and automate Tableau server logins with batch scripts.
Show how to modify batch scripts to clear older backups and generate new Tableau server backups using TSM maintenance backup, run with admin privileges to automate housekeeping.
Learn Tableau basics from connecting to data sources and understanding dimensions and measures to creating visualizations in Tableau Desktop and sharing them via Tableau Server, Tableau Online, or Tableau Public.
This course is ideal for project managers and business analysts seeking a quick understanding of Tableau Server and automation using batch processes.
If you want to learn Tableau Server installation, configuration, and administration from scratch, this course is perfect for you.
Tableau Server is the enterprise Business Intelligence platform for modern, data-driven companies looking to visualize and understand their data like never before.
This course provides foundational and advanced topics in Tableau Server Administration with an industry focus. It covers everything you need to get up and running with Tableau Server in your enterprise.
The skills acquired will equip you with best practices in governance, security, scalability, administration, and more!
Extend the value of your data across your entire organization with Tableau Server 2020. Tableau Server empowers businesses to explore data in advanced ways within a trusted and secure environment. It ensures that your data and analytics are governed, secure, and accurate. IT organizations appreciate Tableau for its ease of deployment, robust integration, simplicity of scalability, and excellent reliability. With Tableau, you no longer have to choose between empowering the business and protecting your data—you can do both.
This course is taught using a Windows Server environment.
By the end of this course, you will have explored the following areas and more:
- Tableau analytics platform
- Tableau Server installation
- Server UI topology
- Security
- Management of users
- Permissions best practices
- Automating server tasks
- Augmented analytics
- Schedules and data-driven alerts
- Monitoring server status
- Customizing your server
**Disclaimer**
1. Tableau is a registered trademark of Tableau in California, USA, and many other countries. I am NOT associated with Tableau.
2. Tableau and Tableau Server are proprietary Tableau software.