Mobile Business Intelligence
Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server
Get information when & where you need it.
- Touch enabled. Tableau Server views are now optimized for the iPad with native touch controls.
- iPad app for Tableau Server. Connect to your Tableau Server and filter or search for views. And when you select a view, it's touch-enabled. This is a mobile app you can really use.
- Author once, interact anywhere. No need to create different versions of your dashboards for mobile Safari, iPad and web. Tableau Server automatically optimizes for each.
- Secure and managed. Tableau Server security and authentication applies to mobile views.
Dynamic Scrolling
Tableau Server
As part of the touch-enabled experience on Tableau 6.1 Server, all scrollable areas can be dynamically scrolled with a finger swipe.
What’s happening?
You’re viewing a report and using your finger to scroll to the right. Note that in this video, you are viewing Tableau Server from the new iPad app.Why is it important?
Touch-enabled scrolling lets you view additional information without losing the context of headers. This is important on the smaller form factors of mobile devices.
Touch & Gesture Support
Tableau Server
Tableau 6.1 Server views are automatically touch-enabled. That means filters, parameters, pages and highlighting all accommodate finger selection.
What’s happening?
You’re changing a quick filter on a dashboard. Because Tableau knows you are on a mobile device, it automatically pops a larger filter to accommodate a finger instead of a mouse. Note that in this video, you are viewing Tableau Server from the new iPad app.Why is it important?
For mobile business intelligence to be truly useful it must be usable. Touch-enabled controls let you get the information you need while you’re on the go, without fiddling with a user interface that was designed for a mouse.
Pinch & Zoom
Tableau Server
As part of the touch-enabled experience on Tableau 6.1 Server, all zoomable areas like maps can be zoomed in or out by pinching the screen.
What’s happening?
You’re viewing a map and using your fingers to zoom in and select. Note that in this video, you are viewing Tableau Server from mobile Safari.Why is it important?
Pinch-and-zoom lets you explore data in a much more natural way than by using a separate toolbar to zoom because your eye can stay in the zone you are exploring.
iPad App
Tableau Server
Tableau now has a native iPad app that lets you connect to any Tableau Server 6.1.
What’s happening?
This iPad displays the native iPad app experience, a touch-enabled view. On the bottom of the app are icons that let you navigate to a gallery, content list, settings or help.
Why is it important?
Decisions get made in many places, not just at your desk. Being able to access important data and reports while in meetings, talking with customers, and at operations sites means that you can make better decisions and use your data more effectively.
Author-Once Experience
Tableau Server
When you publish a view to Tableau Server, it automatically works on mobile Safari, the Tableau iPad app, and your desktop browser. There’s no need to create a separate version for mobile.
What’s happening?
When you access this view on mobile Safari or Tableau’s iPad app, it is automatically touch-enabled. When you access it from your browser, it responds to a mouse.
Why is it important?
An author-once environment takes the load of modifying and maintaining multiple reports off of the author and means you can immediately begin using your dashboards in a mobile environment.
Browse & Filter Content
Tableau Server
With Tableau’s new iPad app, you can browse content on your Tableau 6.1 Server by publisher, date modified and project. You can also search for a particular workbook. You can also switch from list to thumbnail view.
What’s happening?
You’re selecting workbooks by project, and have chosen to see all. In the background, you are browsing by thumbnail view and can see details for each workbook.
Why is it important?
If you can’t find the dashboard you need while you’re on the go, it’s not useful. Being able to quickly browse and search for the content you need is a prerequisite to mobile business intelligence.
Secure & Managed
Tableau Server
Tableau Server enforces the same security for all views, whether served on the desktop or on the iPad. This includes both data-level and user-level security.
Why is it important?
Mobile business intelligence provides great opportunities for collaboration, but it also has great potential for security breaches if you do not make sure the right protocols are in place.
Come and see all we’ve rolled into the latest release of Tableau.
• Mobile Business Intelligence - Tableau’s new touch-enabled visualizations and native iPad app let you get business intelligence anywhere you need it.
• Localization and Maps - French and German versions of Tableau Desktop and Server and more map options mean that asking “where?” yields richer answers.
• Fresh, Fast Data - It’s even easier to be up-to-the-minute and secure with all your data.
• Love for Authors—New tools to create brilliant dashboards and make you more efficient.
