This is an update of the 2016 review of Tableau version 9.1 by Ariel Deardorff [ 1 ]. A new edition, Tableau 2020.3, has been released with new features to assist users in creating more sophisticated visualizations with greater ease. Tableau runs on both Mac and Windows platforms.
Tableau is not the only interactive data visualization tool available on the market. Other resources function similarly, though their interfaces differ. Microsoft Power BI is an interactive data visualization tool that performs many of the same tasks as Tableau and has a drag-and-drop interface.
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The Performance Recording feature in Tableau records performance information about key events as you interact with a workbook. You can then view performance metrics in a workbook that Tableau creates to analyze and troubleshoot different events that are known to affect performance:
To start recording performance, follow this step: Help > Settings and Performance > Start Performance Recording To stop recording and view a temporary workbook containing results from the recording session, follow this step: Help > Settings and Performance > Stop Performance Recording You can now view the performance workbook and begin your analysi
A performance recording workbook contains two main dashboards: Performance Summary and Detailed Views. The Performance Summary dashboard provides a high-level overview of the most time-consuming events. The Detailed Views dashboard provides a lot more detail and is intended to be used by advanced users when building workbooks. The Detailed Viewsdas
This view is the detailed version of the Timeline view that shows all events and separating individual items that were grouped in the Timelineview. It is intended to be used by advanced users during workbook designs. See full list on help.tableau.com