Create and share amazing data visualizations

Tableau puts the power of visual analysis at your fingertips.

Tableau Desktop is a software application that is based on a technology breakthrough from Stanford University. It lets you graphically analyze virtually any structured data to produce beautiful charts, graphs, dashboards and reports in minutes. With Tableau’s easy to use drag-n-drop interface you can customize views, layouts, shapes, colors and more to help you present your data insights.

Why you’ll love Tableau Desktop

  • Makes data analysis a breeze. An effortless drag and drop interface.
  • Fits into your world. Works with a variety of data files and databases.
  • Data scalability. No limit on the size of data you can work with.
  • Free training. Live or On-Demand training online.
  • Downloads in minutes. Get started right away.
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Point to any data source and create vivid summaries.

Compare multiple dimensions in the same view.

Highlight related data to find hidden trends.

Save and export to a variety of file formats.

Transform stubborn databases into easy investigations.

Publish beautiful interactive visualizations to the web with a click.

Both Tableau Desktop Professional and Tableau Desktop Personal include all analysis & visualization features.

Explore

  • Answer any question with an easy drag & drop interface.
  • Understand databases and spreadsheets of any size.
  • Display information visually in seconds.
  • Answer a series of questions using interactive visual analysis.

Visualize

  • Convert numbers into multi-dimensional visualizations.
  • Look at unlimited factors simultaneously.
  • In one click, create interactive maps.
  • Add one factor at a time to understand its effects.
  • Find answers using the science of information visualization.

Analyze

  • Filter and zoom into data.
  • Make on-the-fly calculations and groups.
  • Create detailed analytical maps from your location data.
  • Compute growth, moving averages, totals, and more.
  • Analyze time series: Drill from years to months to seconds.

Dashboard

  • Combine different databases into a single view.
  • Highlight and filter related data across all the displays.
  • Publish interactive dashboards to the web.
  • Insert web pages and documents for greater explanation and insight.
  • Create dashboards based on live data.

Share

  • Publish to Tableau Server to deliver web- based analytics with Desktop Professional. To view or interact, Tableau Server requires Desktop users to have Interactor or Viewer licenses.
  • Add beautiful formatting and annotations to web results.
  • Create analytic workflows to guide users through your results.
  • Export to PowerPoint, PDF and other applications.
  • Save as a packaged workbook for users of our free Reader application.

Tableau Desktop Professional

Tableau Desktop Personal

Opens data from:

Firebird 2.0 or later, Hyperion Essbase 7x and System 9 or later, IBM DB2 8.0 or later (running on pSeries or xSeries), Microsoft Access 2000 or later, Microsoft Analysis Services 2000, 2005, or 2008, Microsoft Excel 2000 or later, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, or 2008, MySQL 3.23 or later, Netezza release 3 or later (requires Netezza ODBC driver version 3.1.4 or later), Oracle 9i or later, PostgreSQL 7.0 or later, Teradata 6 or later, Text files, comma delimited format, Vertica 2.2.0 or later.


File Sharing:

  • Connects to Tableau Server for web-based analytics
  • Creates package files for Tableau Reader

System Requirements:

  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2008, Server 2003
  • 55 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows**
  • 32-bit color depth recommended

Virtual Environments:

Parallels, VMWare, Microsoft Virtual PC, and Citrix environments.*


Internationalization:

All of Tableau’s products are Unicode enabled and compatible with data stored in any language. The user interface and supporting documentation are in English.



Price: $1,800 per user

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*All of Tableau’s products operate in virtualized environments when they are configured with the proper underlying Windows operating system and minimum hardware requirements.


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Opens data from:

Excel, Access, text files, and Tableau data extracts.


File Sharing:

  • Creates package files for Tableau Reader

System Requirements:

  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2008, Server 2003
  • 55 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows**
  • 32-bit color depth recommended

Virtual Environments:

Parallels, VMWare, Microsoft Virtual PC, and Citrix environments.*


Internationalization:

All of Tableau’s products are Unicode enabled and compatible with data stored in any language. The user interface and supporting documentation are in English.


Price: $999 per user

Try it for free
Buy Now


*All of Tableau’s products operate in virtualized environments when they are configured with the proper underlying Windows operating system and minimum hardware requirements.


**Tableau Desktop has been tested and is supported on 64-bit Windows versions. Tableau is a 32-bit application and does require 32-bit versions of the database drivers, even when running on 64-bit versions of Windows.


Product Manuals

Tech specs for all products