Release Notes

Tableau Desktop

Importing text files into a Tableau Extract could in some cases add extra blank rows to the end of the data. This issue has been corrected.
Creating an extract with the option to Aggregate Data for Visible Dimensions now correctly aggregates all measures.
Tableau now warns you when trying to saving a workbook to a read-only folder.
Saving a custom table calculation when using Measure Values on the Text shelf and filtering Measure Names to show only one measure would cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.
Large append extracts would sometimes fail when combining the new data with the existing. Some of these cases have been corrected and additional logging has been added to help with future related issues.

Tableau Server

Null filter values now correctly displays as blank instead of zero.
Corrected an issue where all server users were periodically set to 'Unlicensed.'
Installing a worker server and configuring it to run the Data Engine could cause the configuration process to stall. This issue has been corrected.
Tableau Server views now correctly show scrollbars in the view when running on Safari on Mac OS X Lion (10.7).
Corrected a security vulnerability where the /users page could be a vehicle for a SQL injection attack.
Tableau Server now allows for usernames from Active Directory to be longer than 20 characters.
Corrected several unusual behaviors with single select quick filters when using multidimensional (cube) data sources on an iPad.
Tooltips would disappear too quickly when using Internet Explorer browsers, making it difficult to select links in the tooltip. This issue has been corrected.
In the mobile client, clearing the "All" option on an exclusive quick filter now selects the other marks and excludes them as expected.
Corrected a case where tabadmin license --repair_service was not correctly repairing the service.

Version 6.1.6 is build number 6100.12.0101.1930. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Parameter controls with the Float data type would not always show the last value in the range due to rounding precision. For example the parameter may be defined to go from 0.1 to 1.2 incrementing by 0.1. The max value displayed in the slider would be 1.1 instead of 1.2. The full range now displays correctly.
Views with context filters based on a parameter now update when the parameter changes.
A filter action that Excludes All Values when the selection is cleared could cause a Tableau runtime error when clicking in a white area to clear a selection. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected an issue where the Microsoft SQL Server name was limited to the size of the text box in the connect dialog box (roughly 30 characters).
Using a workbook that connects to an extract from a text file and has a calculated field could incorrectly cause an "Ignoring calculated field" error if a new calculated field with the same name is added to the extract.
Corrected an issue with creating extracts from Hadoop Hive data sources with long character data.
Corrected an issue creating a calculated field with a CASE statement that uses a parameter value in the formula.

Tableau Server

Corrected a drawing issue on Internet Explorer 7 where compact quick filters would not initially draw the drop-down arrow control.
When viewing a tabbed workbook, the size of all dashboards is now examined to determine the best size. Dashboards set to Automatic size are now considered to be the 'maximum' size, so a fixed size dashboard will not incorrectly constrain an automatic dashboard, which depends on the size of the browser window and can be bigger than the fixed size.
Corrected a case where quick filters would erroneously display horizontally rather than vertically, causing scroll bars to appear.
Embedding a view into an iFrame and including ?:comments=yes was not displaying the comments area. This issue has been corrected.
The "Run Now" menu option for refreshing extracts wasn't showing for Content Administrators. This command is now correctly available.
Custom shapes were lost when performing a scheduled incremental refresh of a workbook. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a problem where saving custom views via the Remember My Changes link would not always save the changes. This problem would occur when a workbook with a single view or dashboard was published to the server with the Show Views as Tabs option enabled.
Corrected a problem introduced in version 6.1.4 where using a quick filter with the All option could cause the first click on an individual value in the list to deselect all other values.
Optimized performance for servers that have a large number of scheduled jobs. The optimization trims completed job records from the metadata tables. The default behavior is to always remove completed job data older than 30 days. The number of days value can be set by the configuration parameter purge.jobs.retention_days.
Corrected an error when creating PDF output for a view that uses a font that does not exist on the Tableau Server machine.
Corrected an issue with certain quick filters and blank values in the display that would cause the view to not load on the iPad.
Corrected an intermittent problem where quick filter titles could overlap the filter values.
Optimized how permissions are set on members of a group. Previously the application could hit memory errors when changing permissions on a group with 30,000 members and take upwards of 12 minutes. The optimization now completes the task in 30 seconds and consumes minimal memory.
Corrected a difference in how Desktop and Server handle filter actions when the filters were updating multiple views on a dashboard. The server no longer requires a manual refresh to completely display the view.

Version 6.1.5 is build number 6100.11.1205.1628. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Improved connectivity to SAS databases when using the ODBC connector. The changes implemented now allow successful connections to SAS.
Connecting to Aster databases that contain an underscore character ( _ ) in the schema name now completes correctly.
Updated the geocoding position of the Papua New Guinea states.
Added support for boolean data types when connecting to Progress OpenEdge databases.
Tooltips now show the correct justification instead of always left aligning the content. A block of measures/dimensions will all inherit their alignment from the first row in the block. Individual lines of regular text can be aligned as desired.
Reduced 'Not enough storage is available to process this command.' errors when creating extracts.
Corrected a problem that was causing errors "Tableau Data Engine Error: 4: Bad Allocation" and "Tableau Data Engine Error: 8: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host." The underlying problem was Tableau miscalculating the size of computed columns when materializing calculations.
The following special characters can now be used in aliases, parameter names, set names, group names, and sheet names: */\?|<>:"
Corrected a case where publishing a workbook to Tableau Server would fail when it is connected to a Microsoft Analysis Services database that includes a filter on a computed member.
Corrected a case where Tableau would unexpectedly exit when dropping a field onto the view. This issue was caused by an invalid field name being dropped. One possible cause was incorrectly handling Asian character field names on an English system. There are other possible causes. Tableau now displays a message when it cannot work correctly with a field name.
Using Measure Names/Measure Values fields in a text table would not correctly export the aliases for the column names when exporting the crosstab to Excel. This issue has been corrected.
When connecting to Oracle databases where NLS_SORT= is set to a value other than Binary (which is the default) Tableau filters could return unpredictable results when using more than a handful of values in the filter. This issue has been corrected by detecting the value and aligning the use of NLS_SORT and NLS_COMP to both use Binary for the session.
Saving a workbook that has secondary data sources that were created by pasting data now correctly saves the secondary data source with the workbook.

Tableau Server

The search box was incorrectly including the carriage return character as part of the search string. This issue has been corrected.
The (All) option and the Show Fewer option on quick filters now work correctly when used together.
Accessing a Tableau Server running SSL from Mobile Safari on an iPad running iOS 4.3.5 could cause the browser to not log in correctly (although the iPad application would work). This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a case where quick filters would erroneously display horizontally rather than vertical, causing scroll bars to appear.
Quick filter slider controls were not correctly displaying the minus sign for all negative values. This issue has been corrected.
Added a '-p' switch to the 'tabadmin ziplogs' command, which includes the PostgreSQL data folder('psql/data') into the resulting zip file. Including this switch is sometimes helpful when working with Tableau Support to diagnosis problems.
Corrected an issue where certain workbooks that use parameter sliders with the show readout option disabled stopped the view from loading.
Filter actions that navigate to another tab in the workbook could sometimes fail to switch tabs. The underlying problem was a conflict with a tooltip message trying to display at the same time a tab switch was being requested. This issue has been corrected.
Views with maps accessed on mobile devices would not scroll correctly. This issue has been corrected.

Version 6.1.4 is build number 6100.11.1107.1716. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Corrected a case when using quick filters for certain calculated fields. Filter values would get confused between mixed, lower, and upper case comparisons.
Changing the locale of the workbook would not correctly update date formats for values that appear in titles and captions. This issue has been corrected.
The help text for the Replace() function that appears in the calculated field dialog is now localized for the French and German versions.
Tableau now correctly retains sort and grouping information when connected to a SQL Server database that uses the database collation SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1253_CI_AS.
Corrected an issue that was causing the error "A character string failed conversion to a numeric value." when connecting to certain Teradata databases.
Tableau now correctly matches character values when opening a saved workbook that connects to a SQL Server database that uses the collation SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1_CI_AI.
Corrected an issue where Tableau could generate the message "Unhandled Exception" when closing a workbook that uses an Extract. The workbook was never corrupted, Tableau would just display this message when closing it.
Single quotes in Group names could cause a problem when using User Filters. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a case where Tableau would unexpectedly exit when using the Advanced option to specify the Compute using fields for a table calculation.

Tableau Server

Using the Data Connections administrator page to change the attributes of an Oracle database connection would not correctly update connections with embedded passwords (even if modifying other attributes). This issue has been corrected.
Corrected an issue with tabcmd incorrectly processing commands from a file that included UTF8 or UTF16 encoded values (e.g., usernames in Chinese).
Enabled zoom and pan for dual axis charts in the iPad application.
Compact list quick filters can display an option for "(Multiple Values)" in certain cases. In these cases, the selection of the first item in the list would not correctly process the selection until another values was selected.
Corrected a case where the Tableau Service (tabsvc) would not automatically start after rebooting a machine. The service setting (set either automatic or manual) was not correctly retained when making server configuration changes.
The Users/Groups list that displays when editing project permissions is now displayed in the correct alphabetical order.
Corrected a case where a dashboard with multiple views using a synchronized Pages shelf were not updating together.
Certain poor network conditions could cause connections to Teradata databases to freeze a VizQL process resulting in views timing out. Implemented a change to more aggressively instruct the Teradata drivers to stop attempting to display network issue warnings in a dialog, which was causing the VizQL process to freeze.
Backgrounder processes would become unresponsive sporadically and were not automatically restarting themselves. This issue has been corrected.

Version 6.1.3 is build number 6100.11.0926.1918. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Creating an extract from a text file could cause an "Invalid datetime value" error when a Date/Time field contains number values that are not valid dates. The extract now completes as expected.
When connected to a Microsoft Analysis Services database, fields that contained decimal values would display as #Error in the view when the system locale did not match the database locale. These values are now displayed correctly.
The default name when creating a calculated field would not increment correctly causing duplicate name errors. The default name is now "Calculation1", "Calculation2", and so on.
Corrected an issue where a workbook with large CASE statements in a calculated field would take substantially longer to open than in version 6.0.
Corrected a case where creating a bar graph with all zero values would place the zero at the center of the axis and extend the bars to the bottom of the graph implying negative values.
The application would unexpectedly exit when opening specific workbooks that were not properly cleaned up when saved. This issue has been corrected.
Connection names with a colon (:) in them would cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit when creating an extract. The following characters are no longer allowed in connection names: * < > ? | / \ :
The message "measure expressions must be aggregate or depend only on group-by columns" would needlessly display when editing certain Table Calculations. Dismissing the message would continue correctly. The message is no longer displayed in these cases.
Connections to OData data sources was incorrectly converting periods (.) in column names into underscore characters, which made Tableau unable to retrieve the data. Tableau no longer converts characters in the column names.
Changing the fiscal year start when connected to Microsoft Analysis Services databases would cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a case where Tableau would unexpectedly exit when adding sheets to a dashboard.
When using an ODBC connection, entering an incorrect password could cause certain connection attributes to reset, which would then cause connection problems. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected the problem of displaying the message "Intermediate version has expired" or "Intermediate version expiring in x days" when launching Tableau, which would not allow the application to proceed when expired.

Tableau Server

Tableau Servers deployed behind proxy servers or certain firewall configurations were not loading views to users on the outside network. This issue has been corrected.
When a workbook scheduled for full and incremental refreshes was downloaded, the incremental refresh settings weren't retained. This issue has been corrected.
Incremental scheduled refreshes would not update after a scheduled full extract refresh was run. This issue has been corrected.
Clearing the 'All' check box in a multiple value list Quick Filter now visually clears all the individual items. This behavior correctly matches Tableau Desktop.
Corrected a case where multiple value list Quick Filters with the (All) option enabled would not resize correctly to account for the (All) member. This would result in a scroll bar for the list of items.

Version 6.1.2 is build number 6100.11.0914.2256. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Databases with bigint data types could cause problems when using Tableau datepart functions creating overflow conditions. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected an issue with computing a median when using a Tableau Extract that would result in an error "The data source returned more than one total for a set of data values."
Added a REPLACE() function for a number of data sources. This function will replace all instances of a set of characters with a different set of characters. For example REPLACE("Calculation","ion","ed") = Calculated

This function is available when connected to Tableau Extracts, DB2, Firebird, Cache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Vertica, Aster nCluster, Greenplum, ParAccel, Progress OpenEdge and Sybase IQ, as well as any ODBC data source that supports the {fn REPLACE(..)} ODBC scalar function.
Lifted the requirement that Vertica drivers match the Vertica database version being connected to. This change now allows using a Vertica 4.1 driver to connect to both Vertica 5 databases and pre-4.1 databases.
Workbook and extract files that have a total of 260 characters or more in the combined file name and path cannot be published to Tableau Server. A warning message is now displayed when this limit is exceeded.
Corrected several issues where importing a sheet from a Bookmark could then put the workbook into an unstable state that could cause the application to unexpectedly exit. The instability was created when mapping the data source from the bookmark into either existing or new data sources in the target workbook.
Corrected a query error that could occur when using multiple tables and joins when connecting to Microsoft Access databases.
When connecting to JET-based data sources (Excel, CSV, Access) column names with leading or trailing spaces could cause errors when selecting View Data. This issue has been corrected.
Parameter controls with the Float data type would not always show the last value in the range due to rounding precision. For example the parameter may be defined to go from 0.1 to 1.2 incrementing by 0.1. The max value displayed in the slider would be 1.1 instead of 1.2. This issue has been corrected and the full value range now is available.
When using a multidimensional data source and exporting a dashboard to a PDF, the values in quick filters could appear as fully described member names rather than member values. This issue has been corrected.
Changing the Compute Relative To setting for table calculations would revert to the original setting each time the calculation was edited. This issue has been corrected.
When a worksheet has invalid fields on it (indicated by the red exclamation point), creating a new parameter or renaming a calculated field could cause the application to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.
Editing a set that was created from a single-level hierarchy in a cube data source would not show any values in the edit dialog. This issue has been corrected.
Searching for a value in a set that was created from a single-level hierarchy in a cube data source now correctly performs the search.
An action on a dashboard that navigates to another dashboard with an empty sheet on it could cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.
Added the ability to disable ODBC connection pooling via the Connection Customization facility. This is useful for certain ODBC drivers to avoid driver conflicts.
Corrected a case where Tableau would not open a particular saved workbook, instead giving the message, 'Access violation - no RTTI data!'
Corrected a security vulnerability where Tableau would load certain Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL) from the directory the workbook is being opened from. The correction is to only load these DLLs from the directory where the Tableau application is installed.
Using an Extract and a DATETRUNC function could cause errors with Filter Actions. This issue has been corrected.

Tableau Server

The 'Run Now' command is now two individual options in the Full Refresh and Incremental Refresh drop down menus on the Tasks page for a workbook. This change lets you selectively trigger either type of refresh extract.
Corrected a case where an action on a dashboard was triggering a filter and the mouse movement was simultaneously asking for a tooltip to display. In this case a "Session Busy. Please retry later" message was shown.
Pan and zoom gestures on mobile devices now require the filter permission to be active. They no long are enabled for just people with the default viewer permission.
Tableau Server relative date filters were showing the first day of the week as Monday, rather than Sunday. While the calculations were performed correctly, the display was wrong. The date filters are now displayed correctly with Sunday as the first day.
The CSV file created from the View Data toolbar button was not correctly handling carriage return characters in the data which would cause multiple rows in the output file. This issue has been corrected.
When working with Custom Value List quick filters on the iPad, the view would not always update immediately after entering a value. Rather, it would update after the second value was entered. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected an issue where exporting data as a CSV file from Tableau Server could cause the data rows to be repeated. This issue would happen when using a single view with multiple panes.
Corrected the cause of 'Gdiplus err=2' and 'Gdiplus Err=3' messages which could occur with some Tableau Server views.
Corrected a case where Tableau Server would display a blank or partially blank view. In this case, the server log files would show the entry 'Gdiplus error code is Invalid Parameter.'
The browser back button now correctly moves to prior tabs in a workbook if an action loads a new tab.
A radio button single value quick filter could get into a state where none of the options are selected. This issue has been corrected.
Wildcard filters on a dashboard were not always including other global filters on sets. This issue has been corrected.

Version 6.1.1 is build number 6100.11.0810.1718. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau 6.1 is loaded with new features. We've added incremental updates, faster extracts, and for the first time, the Desktop application is available in French and German. We're also introducing Tableau for iPad. Tableau Server views are now optimized to deliver touch experiences when accessed on devices like the Apple iPad. These are all just the beginning of what's new in this version.

See what's new in Tableau 6.1 +

Specific corrections and improvements are listed below.

Tableau Desktop

Corrected an issue where workbooks would continue to prompt for a password for Microsoft Access databases even when the password was removed on the database.
Custom color palettes for quantitative color encoding, map data layers, and reference bands are now included in the workbook or bookmark so that the views look the same wherever they are opened (e.g., Server, other machines, etc.).
When using Custom Value List and Wildcard Match quick filters, typing in all capital letters or all lower case letters performs a case insensitive search. Mixed case strings will rely on the underlying database for whether the search is case sensitive. This change also affects Search in quick filters.
Connecting to an Analysis Services cube with the same level names in multiple hierarchies would not properly highlight selections when the same named level from the different hierarchies was added to the view.
Connecting to an Analysis Services cube with the same level names in multiple hierarchies would not properly apply URL filters to the expected dimension.
Removing the last display of a hidden sheet now provides an option to either delete or unhide the sheet. Prior releases would simply warn it will be deleted.
Changing the definition of a Table Calculation no longer resets the formatting and axis label customization previously made to the Table Calculation field.
Changed the decimal rounding routines to be consistent. Prior to this change certain decimal values could be rounded down rather than up when truncating the display. For example 2.050000000000 could round to 2.0 rather than 2.1.
Blending data from a relational source into a Microsoft Analysis Service cube could end up missing some values from the cube that actually exist. This has been corrected.
A case was corrected where a dashboard with horizontal layout containers could go into a loop during the rendering process. The case was with a particular combination of sizes and blank areas inside the layout container.
Tableau bookmarks were not saving custom relationship settings used in data blending.
Hovering over a mark would not show the tooltip for the mark when the automatic updates setting was disabled. This issue has been corrected.
When an axis in a scatter plot was clicked, it incorrectly triggered select actions for the marks in the view. This problem has been fixed.
If the output of a calculated field in a secondary data source was used as the linking field for data blending and was not included in the view itself, the view did not refresh automatically when edits were saved to the calculated field on the secondary connection. This issue has been corrected.
Modifying the relationship definition in data blending by removing a relationship did not automatically refresh the view. This has been corrected and now, when the relationship changes, the view is updated immediately.
Corrected a case where Tableau was not properly disconnecting from Oracle Essbase databases.
Replace References now correctly includes the replacement in bins, groups, relationship for data blending, and fields in calculations in secondary data sources.
There was an issue in which selecting multiple tabs in a workbook, using shift + select, then changing the Page Setup options resulted in an incorrect copy of the first sheet's Title and Caption to all the selected sheets. This issue has been corrected.
Implemented a performance optimization when opening workbooks with more than 10,000 values in a color or shape encoding.
Implemented a performance optimization when querying Tableau Extracts and using CASE statements.
Corrected the geolocation of a number of elements, including zip codes 92376, 90275, and 90731, as well as a number of states and provinces across Eastern Europe and China.
Improved the visual smoothness of animated playback when using the high speed playback option for complex or multi-pane views.
Optimized queries against MySQL databases when one of the columns in the table was of an enum data type. Prior to this change, Tableau would needlessly include substring() functions around all string columns in the query, which could potentially impact performance.
a visual artifact that was incorrectly appearing as a small triangle off the coast of southern Australia.
Optimized queries generated to Microsoft Analysis Services cubes when using slicing filters with the 'All' option selected.
Substitution variables for limits in titles were not correctly substituting the values. This has been corrected.
An 'Automatic' option was added to the Mark Halo color options. This allows the halo color to adjust automatically based on the background color of the underlying view. For example, with dark maps the halo color switches from white to black when automatic is selected.
Geocoding data matches now are case-, accent-, and punctuation-insensitive. For example, "Cordoba", "CORDOBA" and "CÓRDOBA" all match.
Previously, hidden worksheets in dashboards did not re-hide themselves if you navigated from the hidden sheet to a different dashboard than where you started. This has been corrected and the sheets now always automatically re-hide themselves.
Map labels for countries of Congo-Kinshasa and Congo-Brazzaville were reversed. This issue has been corrected.
Using Vertica 4.0 or higher now requires using a Vertica 4.0 or higher ODBC driver. This is because Tableau now supports the Vertica extended string syntax that was added in Vertica 4.0. Tableau recommends that you use the same version of Vertica ODBC driver and Vertica database. For example, if you have the 4.1 Vertica database, you should use the 4.1 driver; if you have the 4.0 database, use the 4.0 driver.
When connecting to OData data sources, Tableau would not correctly read short date formats. This issue has been corrected.
The installer is now distributed as an .EXE file rather than as a .MSI.
A problem was corrected where the substitution variable sometimes caused the error: "Error parsing date '%s'" This would only occur when the workbook was created on a computer with one locale (regional setting) and opened on a computer with a different locale.
Corrected an issue that could cause Tableau Server to return the error "Gdiplus error code is Invalid Parameter."

Tableau Server

The tabsvc.yml setting gateway.trusted is now automatically added to the gateway.trusted_hosts list. As a result, external proxy servers referenced by IP address in a user's browser will now correctly detect the IP address of the user's machine.
Tableau Server now displays the names of views, instead of titles, as their identifiers (e.g., in search results). Upgrade customers will keep the pre-6.1 behavior but can use the tabadmin command "wgserver.show_view_titles_not_names" to change it.
Views can now be embedded into SharePoint in multi-domain Active Directory environments using trusted tickets.
The Apache web server provided in version 6.1 has been upgraded to version 2.2.17.
Several issues have been resolved related to tabcmd accepting and processing unicode files.
Searching workbooks within a selected project now displays results only from within that project.
You can now publish workbooks with extracts larger than 2 GB. Note that some limitations are imposed by Tableau Server timeout settings and how much free disk space is available.
The project formerly named "default" is now named "Default".
Safari and Chrome web browsers have built-in spell checking for text boxes. In previous versions of Tableau Server, the username text box in the Login page would be spell-checked. This behavior has been disabled.
The Revert toolbar button restores the view back to the published or saved state.
Several fixes have been made to improve the layout and rendering of server pages, including truncating names of groups, projects, workbooks, and views when the names are extremely long.
When you look at your workbooks on the server in List mode, clicking on the right-most Tabs columns now sorts tabbed workbooks to the top of the list.
The Type column on the Data Sources page no longer appears to support sorting. In earlier versions, clicking on this column resulted in a server error.
Hierarchical filter names were being truncated if the name included a period. This issue has been corrected.
Several optimizations have been made to handle temp files that result from an unexpected server shutdown.
When a view's data was updated using the "Refresh Data" button, the timestamp for the update was not being refreshed. This problem has been corrected.
Published views using Compact List quick filters sometimes didn't correctly render the drop-down label or list contents for certain web browsers and operating systems, including Firefox on the Mac OS. This issue has been corrected.
Views in your Favorites list now have icons.
Active Directory groups whose names include the ampersand symbol (&) are now imported correctly.
Username links in the Server Activity views (which are really URL actions in the view) would result in a 'page does not exist' error if the username included multiple periods in the name (e.g. fname.lname@yourorg.com). This issue has been corrected.
Published views created with quick filters behaved differently depending on whether the data source was SQL Server or MSAS. This issue has been corrected.
There were some intermittent problems with filter performance when switching between dashboards. This has been fixed.
You can create a quick filter for a measure, then format the measure. For example, values appear as a percentage or currency. There was an issue where these formatted measures would display correctly in Tableau Desktop but would change to a decimal format once published to Tableau Server. This problem has been corrected.
A problem was fixed related to high publishing volumes during the same or multiple server sessions.
Browser page titles (e.g., the name that's displayed in the tabbed pages of a web browser) have been changed. Now, browser page titles simply show the sheet name rather than having a preamble of Views: <sheetname> or Workbook: <workbookname>. This makes it easier to quickly pick the desired tab. In addition, the Tableau masthead area now shows the workbook name when displaying a tabbed view, or just the sheet name when displaying a single view.
Tableau Server session cookies are now protected with HTTPOnly and Secure flags, thus reducing the chance server sessions can be maliciously compromised.
The scripts dispatch.rb, dispatch.fcgi, and .htaccess were not being used by Tableau Server and are no longer installed.
In an earlier version, a date field created using a date hierarchy quick filter was truncated such that only the last three digits of the date displayed when the workbook was published. This problem has been corrected.

Version 6.1 is build number 6100.11.0724.1830. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Server

Optimized how permissions are set on members of a group. Previously the application could hit memory errors when changing permissions on a group with 30,000 members and take upwards of 12 minutes. The optimization now completes the task in 30 seconds and consumes minimal memory.
Corrected a difference in how Desktop and Server handle filter actions when the filters were updating multiple views on a dashboard. The server no longer requires a manual refresh to completely display the view.

Version 6.0.13 is build number 6000.11.1128.2126. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Corrected a case where Tableau would unexpectedly exit when dropping a field onto the view. This issue was caused by an invalid field name being dropped. One possible cause was incorrectly handling Asian character field names on an English system. There are other possible causes. Tableau now displays a message when it cannot work correctly with a field name.
Using Measure Names/Measure Values fields in a text table would not correctly export the aliases for the column names when exporting the crosstab to Excel. This issue has been corrected.
When connecting to Oracle databases where NLS_SORT= is set to a value other than Binary (which is the default) Tableau filters could return unpredictable results when using more than a handful of values in the filter. This issue has been corrected by detecting the value and aligning the use of NLS_SORT and NLS_COMP to both use Binary for the session.
Saving a workbook that has secondary data sources that were created by pasting data now correctly saves the secondary data source with the workbook.

Version 6.0.12 is build number 6000.11.1031.2125. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Corrected an issue where Tableau could generate the message "Unhandled Exception" when closing a workbook that uses an Extract. The workbook was never corrupted, Tableau would just display this message when closing it.
Single quotes in Group names could cause a problem when using User Filters. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a case where Tableau would unexpectedly exit when using the Advanced option to specify the Compute using fields for a table calculation.

Tableau Server

Corrected a case where the Tableau Service (tabsvc) would not automatically start after rebooting a machine. The service setting (set either automatic or manual) was not correctly retained when making server configuration changes.
The Users/Groups list that displays when editing project permissions is now displayed in the correct alphabetical order.
Corrected a case where a dashboard with multiple views using a synchronized Pages shelf were not updating together.
Certain poor network conditions could cause connections to Teradata databases to freeze a VizQL process resulting in views timing out. Implemented a change to more aggressively instruct the Teradata drivers to stop attempting to display network issue warnings in a dialog, which was causing the VizQL process to freeze.
Backgrounder processes would become unresponsive sporadically and were not automatically restarting themselves. This issue has been corrected.

Version 6.0.11 is build number 6000.11.0926.2115. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Connection names with a colon (:) in them would cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit when creating an extract. The following characters are no longer allowed in connection names: * < > ? | / \ :
The message "measure expressions must be aggregate or depend only on group-by columns" would needlessly display when editing certain Table Calculations. Dismissing the message would continue correctly. The message is no longer displayed in these cases.
Connections to OData data sources was incorrectly converting periods (.) in column names into underscore characters, which made Tableau unable to retrieve the data. Tableau no longer converts characters in the column names.
Changing the fiscal year start when connected to Microsoft Analysis Services databases would cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a case where Tableau would unexpectedly exit when adding sheets to a dashboard.
When using an ODBC connection, entering an incorrect password could cause certain connection attributes to reset, which would then cause connection problems. This issue has been corrected.

Tableau Server

Clearing the 'All' check box in a multiple value list Quick Filter now visually clears all the individual items. This behavior correctly matches Tableau Desktop.
Corrected a case where multiple value list Quick Filters with the (All) option enabled would not resize correctly to account for the (All) member. This would result in a scroll bar for the list of items.

Version 6.0.10 is build number 6000.11.0904.2134. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Workbook and extract files that have a total of 260 characters or more in the combined file name and path cannot be published to Tableau Server. A warning message is now displayed when this limit is exceeded.
Corrected several issues where importing a sheet from a Bookmark could then put the workbook into an unstable state that could cause the application to unexpectedly exit. The instability was created when mapping the data source from the bookmark into either existing or new data sources in the target workbook.
Corrected a query error that could occur when using multiple tables and joins when connecting to Microsoft Access databases.
When connecting to JET-based data sources (Excel, CSV, Access) column names with leading or trailing spaces could cause errors when selecting View Data. This issue has been corrected.
Parameter controls with the Float datatype would not always show the last value in the range due to rounding precision. For example the parameter may be defined to go from 0.1 to 1.2 incrementing by 0.1. The max value displayed in the slider would be 1.1 instead of 1.2. This issue has been corrected and the full value range now is available.
When using a multidimensional data source and exporting a dashboard to a PDF the values in quick filters could appear as fully described member names rather than member values. This issue has been corrected.
Changing the Compute Relative To setting for table calculations would revert to the original setting each time the calculation was edited. This issue has been corrected.
When a worksheet has invalid fields on it (indicated by the red exclamation point), creating a new parameter or renaming a calculated field could cause the application to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.
Editing a set that was created from a single-level hierarchy in a cube data source would not show any values in the edit dialog. This issue has been corrected.
Searching for a value in a set that was created from a single-level hierarchy in a cube data source now correctly performs the search.
An action on a dashboard that navigates to another dashboard with an empty sheet on it could cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.
Added the ability to disable ODBC connection pooling via the Connection Customization facility. This is useful for certain ODBC drivers to avoid driver conflicts.
Corrected a case where Tableau would not open a particular saved workbook, instead giving the message, 'Access violation - no RTTI data!'
Corrected a security vulnerability where Tableau would load certain Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL) from the directory the workbook is being opened from. The correction is to only load these DLLs from the directory where the Tableau application is installed.
Using an Extract and a DATETRUNC function could cause errors with Filter Actions. This issue has been corrected.

Tableau Server

Corrected an issue where exporting data as a CSV file from Tableau Server could cause the data rows to be repeated. This issue would happen when using a single view with multiple panes.
Corrected the cause of 'Gdiplus err=2' and 'Gdiplus Err=3' messages which could occur with some Tableau Server views.
Corrected a case where Tableau Server would display a blank or partially blank view. In this case, the server log files would show the entry 'Gdiplus error code is Invalid Parameter.'
The browser back button now correctly moves to prior tabs in a workbook if an action loads a new tab.
A radio button single value quick filter could get into a state where none of the options are selected. This issue has been corrected.
Wildcard filters on a dashboard were not always including other global filters on sets. This issue has been corrected.

Version 6.0.9 is build number 6000.11.0815.1233. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Viewing data for the entire view (no selected marks) would cause an "Invalid field formula" error. This issue has been corrected.
Exporting a crosstab to Excel now correctly exports the data from the current page based on the fields on the Pages shelf rather than exporting the entire sheet, which could cause data from other pages to show in the exported crosstab.
Some table calculations would cause the error: "The input to TOTAL() must be from a single datasource." The error was caused by how the calculation is broken apart in order to process the query. This issue has been corrected.
The application would occasionally hang when it lost connection to the data source. This was caused by multiple progress dialog boxes that would interfere with each other. This issue has been corrected.
Creating an extract from a Vertica database could cause a COPY error. The error was caused by how Tableau was handling delimiter and escape characters when creating the extract. Tableau now follows the correct syntax in these cases.
When creating an extract from an Oracle database, an "Invalid datetime value" error would occur when the underlying database contains datetime columns that cannot be translated. The extract will no longer fail in these cases. The columns will exist in the extract but the invalid datetimes will have the value "Error."
When running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista and working with TWBX files the application could unexpectedly exit when closing the file and cleaning up the temporary files. This issue has been corrected.
Tableau now correctly warns you that you cannot assign a measure value an alias that already exists in the database. Previously no warning would be given and the duplicate alias would be used until you closed and reopened the workbook, where the measure would revert to its original value.
When using a quick filter on Measure Values, a calculated field that depends on a parameter would disappear from the quick filter when deselected. The calculated field now remains in the quick filter and is only removed from the view when deselected.
The application would unexpectedly exit when dragging a field to a legend (e.g., size, shape, color) while the Marks card is hidden. This issue has been corrected.
Performing a View Data with no values selected on a sheet that has a Table Calculation with a filter would show the message "The underlying data cannot be retrieved for this visualization without a selection." This issue has been corrected and the View Data action is now performed.
Improved logging so that all error messages are added to the log files along with any details and query information that is available.
Corrected an issue where the vertical scroll bar would not always show in a dashboard view that contains many columns.
The application would unexpectedly exit when removing sheets from dashboards with synchronized page controls. This issue has been corrected.
The application would sometimes unexpectedly exit when refreshing an extract that was created from a local file data source that relied on the JET database engine (e.g., Excel, Access, Text files). The underlying problem was JET unexpectedly returned a NULL value for the data collation.
When working with an MS Access 2010 database, a string comparison error, "The parameter is incorrect." could occur. This error occurred when the locale on the machine did not match the locale set for the database. This issue has been corrected.
Improved performance when creating new connections to Teradata databases.
Corrected an error when connecting to Teradata databases using version 6.2 drivers.
When connected to multidimensional databases, inserting a filter value from a slicing filter (a field that is otherwise not used in the view) into the title or caption would show the field name instead of the field value. This issue has been corrected and the field values are now inserted correctly.
Modified how connections to OData data sources collect metadata if the preferred technique fails. In these cases, Tableau falls back to validating a connection and then loading its metadata, which can be slower than the preferred method.
Connections to OData data sources would only prompt for the Account Key. Tableau will now prompt for username and password when appropriate.
The application would exit unexpectedly when changing the data type for a field in Tableau where the underlying database has also had the datatype changed, making the field invalid. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a case where Tableau could unexpectedly exit if the datatype of a column used in a MDY calculation changed.
Updated the data used for geocoding zip codes.

Tableau Server

Exporting a PDF would show legends that were hidden when viewed on the server. This issue has been corrected.
Refreshing an extract from a MySQL database would sometimes cause an invalid username and password error. These attributes are now set correctly for both built-in MySQL connections and connections using a generic ODBC driver.
When publishing a workbook using the tabcmd utility, the sheets would be published in alphabetical order instead of the tab order in the workbook. This issue has been corrected and the sheets are now published in the order they are listed in the workbook.
Corrected and issue where parameter controls would not always work the same on Tableau Server as they do in Desktop.
Accessing the default Tableau Server Administrative Views would sometimes cause a server error. This was caused by an issue where there was an interruption retrieving images while loading the workbook.
Added an optional "-n" switch to the tabadmin ziplogs command for collecting netstat information along with the logs.
Corrected several instances where Tableau Server, deployed behind a proxy server, returned pages with the actual hostname in the URL rather than the proxy server name.
The quick filter mode could not be changed between Include and Exclude on Tableau Server. Views were stuck with whatever mode that was published. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected an issue where embedded views would intermittently become unresponsive. This issue was caused by a cache timeout that was not being handled properly and therefore preventing other requests.
Corrected a rare case where a VizQL server processing multiple requests at the same time could cause a deadlock state between the requests and become unresponsive.
Corrected a case where the server would become unresponsive and subsequently display "503 could not establish session" and "Internal Server Error" messages.
Filter selections were not being saved with customized views (a change in 6.0.7 caused this). This has been corrected.
Implemented a performance optimization for Tableau Server to not check for page titles and captions when the page shelf is not in use.
Blocked access to some additional URLs on the server that are not part of the product functionality and were identified in an external security review as being inappropriately accessible.
Corrected a case where embedded web pages on a dashboard could display an updated page in response to an action then quickly revert to the prior page.

Version 6.0.8 is build number 6000.11.0622.1245. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

When creating a distribution reference line as Percentages of a Constant, there was no way on the dialog to specify the constant value. The dialog box now correctly displays a text box.
Creating a parameter from a calculated field could cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit if the parameter was created as a String datatype. This issue has been corrected.
Exporting data to a Microsoft Access database causes an error when one of the exported values exceeds the Access limit of 255 characters per column. This situation is now clearly reported in the error message.
Tableau creates temporary tables when working with certain limits. Corrected an issue where a temporary table would not be dropped at the end of the session if it was created with a single quote character in the name.
Improved the ODBC connection logic to more reliably detect when to re-prompt for username/password rather than prompting to edit the connection definition.
Corrected a case where Tableau could unexpectedly exit when pinning/unpinning items to the start page when using Windows XP or Windows 2003.
Corrected an issue where Tableau could unexpectedly exit when opening the Analysis menu without selecting a view in the dashboard.
Implemented a performance optimization when connecting to multiple tables in an Aster Data database.
Added support for the Progress OpenEdge database server.
Editing permissions for an individual worksheet inside a workbook is now correctly allowed.
Corrected a case where Tableau could unexpectedly exit when adding and removing views and embedded webpages to a dashboard.

Tableau Server

Views with trailing spaces in the name now load correctly when using the Firefox web browser.
Views with empty wild-card quick filters could take an unusually long time to load. These quick filters have been optimized.
Passing parameter values on the URL was not working on dashboards. This issue has been corrected.
Embedded web pages in a dashboard would not update correctly when using a parameter to alter the URL of the embedded page. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a case where Tableau Server could get 'out of memory' errors and not load workbooks. The root cause was file i/o contention on loading a workbook would cause a high number of retries to open the file, which was consuming memory over time.
When using an external proxy server configured for SSL in front of Tableau Server, the change password and certain permissions pages could not be accessed. These pages can now be accessed as expected.
The +/- drilldown link that appears when hovering the mouse over field headers would sometimes not reappear after it was displayed once. This issue would occur most frequently with dates and has been corrected.
Corrected an issue where the backgrounder process would intermittently stop processing jobs. This issue was caused by a scheduled extract refresh trying to connect to a database with invalid credentials.
Corrected a case where user sessions could get incorrectly reused by multiple machines.
The tabcmd utility would not correctly install on some systems. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a case where opening a view would cause the error 'An error occurred processing the server response, too much recursion.'
Corrected several instances where Tableau Server deployed behind a proxy server could return pages with the actual hostname in the URL rather than the proxy server name.
Embedded views accessed with trusted ticket authentication when not using unrestricted_ticket would allow access to other server pages beyond just the embedded view. This issue has been corrected.
Export to data now include sub-total and total rows.

Version 6.0.7 is build number 6000.11.0504.2100. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

When generating a PDF of a large text view the row headers would sometimes be excluded from the output. This issue has been corrected.
The manual sort and color palette settings are now saved correctly when they are applied to calculated fields that use the values of parameters to select the column to display.
When using user filters, the WHERE clause in queries to the database were generated more complex than was required. These queries have been optimized to once again match what was generated in version 5.2.
Removed the 'Add New Worksheet' tab from Tableau Reader. The tab was inadvertently added to Reader and has now been correctly removed.
Using Show Me! with a column defined as a table calculation could cause the error 'Internal error in file "...\TableCalcInterpreter.c at line 665.' This issue has been corrected.
Implemented a performance optimization when working with quick filters on views that include table calculations.
Parameter controls are now correctly exported to PDF or images when they are included on a dashboard.
Corrected a case where Tableau would unexpectedly exit when creating a set.
When using calculated fields with case statements, Tableau could create SQL that would cause an Oracle error 'ORA-00907: Missing right parenthesis'. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a case where adding multiple sheets to a dashboard could cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit.
Added the ability to pin, unpin, and remove individual workbooks from the start page. Pausing the pointer on the thumbnail of a recently used workbook on the start page now displays a pin/unpin and remove icon. Selecting pin will keep that workbook on the start page always. Unpin will revert back to the normal behavior where the workbook will drop off the page as newer workbooks are opened. Remove will immediately remove the workbook from the start page.
Tableau could unexpectedly exit after clicking the 'Default Table Calculation' option while editing a calculated field. The issue was related to a field that the calculation referenced being removed. This issue has been corrected.

Tableau Server

Corrected an issue where exporting data as a CSV file from Tableau Server could cause the data rows to be repeated. This issue would happen when using a single view with multiple panes.
Queries to Teradata that cause the database to run out of spool space could cause the Tableau Server VizQL process to become unresponsive. This error is now handled more gracefully and the process will remain available.
Username links in the Server Activity views (which are really URL actions in the view) would result in a 'page does not exist' error if the username included multiple periods in the name (e.g. fname.lname@yourorg.com).
When using JET-based data sources (Excel, Text files, and Access databases) Tableau Server could return the error 'Could not establish session.' This error was caused by Tableau asking JET for join information that was returning an unexpected null value. This unusual condition is now accounted for and Tableau Server returns the view.
When using an external proxy server configured for SSL in front of Tableau Server, the change password and certain permissions pages could not be accessed. These pages can now be accessed as expected.
Trusted tickets POST in version 6.0.5 was incorrectly requiring &client_ip= to be added. This issue has been corrected, and the &client_ip parameter is no longer required.

Version 6.0.6 is build number 6000.11.0402.2100. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Added the ability to select a range of items on a shelf using shift + click. In prior versions, both ctrl-click and shift-click to would add the clicked item to the selection. Tableau now follows the Windows convention of using shift + click to select the range of items between an initial selection and the clicked item.
The data window no longer automatically scrolls the display to the far right to show the trailing characters of long column names. It now keeps the horizontal scroll to the left as the default.
The About screen that shows the Tableau build number now includes the more commonly used three-digit version number as well. For example, the About screen would include the version number 6.0.5. Tableau Server shows this version at the bottom of the sidebar.
Version 5 workbooks that use extracts and a grouping column on data that has a floating point datatype would get the error 'No such function' when opening in version 6. This issue has been corrected.
Altered the way ODBC connect strings are created to avoid the error 'Format of the initialization string does not conform to the OLE DB specification.' This error was typically caused when a OLE DB connect attribute name conflicts with the underlying ODBC driver connect attribute name.
When working with a dual axis chart and trend lines, removing the trend line from one of the axes would then show no text when selecting Describe Trend Model. This issue has been corrected.
Turning off tooltips on multi-value sets now correctly removes the entries from the tooltip.
Implemented a performance optimization for opening workbooks created in v5 with v6. This change affects only certain workbooks.
When connecting to Vertica databases, if the database cannot be reached immediately (due to a network or database issue) Tableau now automatically retries the connection up to four times. Additionally, we have changed the timeout to detect a non-responsive server from a single attempt with a 60 second timeout to the four retries with a 15 second timeout.
Corrected an issue that would occur when connecting to a Teradata database where the width of all rows in a table exceed 64k (32k for Teradata v6 database) which would cause the error "Row size or Sort Key size overflow."
When editing a parameter to change both the name and list of values, the change to values would be applied but not the change to the name. This issue has been corrected and changing them both at one time now works.
When using a Fiscal Year start date other than Jan 1, calculations of Fiscal Quarters in a relative date filter were incorrect. This issue has been corrected.
DateDiff() functions for quarter, month, week could in some cases return values off by one when connecting to GreenPlum, Sybase IQ, ParAccel, or Aster Data databases. The root issue was values truncating rather than rounding for partial periods. The calculations now round partial periods to return the correct results.
Working with a single level cube hierarchy, the compact list filter type was being displayed as a multi-select list (checkboxes) when exporting the view to a PDF.
Corrected a problem when selecting marks with a field on the color shelf where not all the unselected marks would correctly fade their color. The underlying cause was colors whose RGB code is xxFFFF would not get faded correctly.
When a worksheet does not have any measures in play, adding a background image could cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.
Tooltips for data marks now correctly show labels for Null values.
Importing a bookmark that includes a data source named the same as an existing data source would not overwrite the existing data source, even when the Rename option was selected. This issue has been corrected.
On complex dashboards, right-clicking a mark and selecting Format while other panes on the dashboard are still being updated could cause an error 'Edit interrupted'. This error has been corrected.
Connecting to Text files and changing the character set option to 'Other' would prevent providing a connection name longer than 1 character in the connection dialog box. This issue has been corrected.
Implemented an optimization when connecting to Vertica databases. In prior versions Tableau would detect and log information about Vertica projections. This detection could be time-consuming. This discover is no longer performed.
Implemented an optimization when connecting to Vertica v4.0 or higher databases where we have a more efficient technique to discover available database views.
Implemented an optimization when connecting to Vertica databases. In prior releases Tableau would issue additional metadata discovery queries to test columns to check if they were boolean. This check is now much more selective, and performed only when we see columns defined as char(1).
Implemented a performance optimization when connecting to Vertica databases. Tableau now caches the database locale and does not repeatedly request it from the database.
Extended connections to Vertica databases to support connection customization hints available via TDC files. Details on TDC customizations can be found in the Customizing ODBC Connections article. The customization hints made available for Vertica are: CAP_CREATE_TEMP_TABLES & CAP_SKIP_CONNECT_VALIDATION.
Extended connections to MySQL databases to support connection customization hints available via TDC files. Details on TDC customizations can be found in the Customizing ODBC Connections article. The customization hints available for MySQL are: CAP_CREATE_TEMP_TABLES, CAP_SELECT_INTO, CAP_SELECT_INTO & CAP_QUERY_HAVING_REQUIRES_GROUP_BY (for InfoBright users).
Corrected an issue when connecting to Teradata databases where selecting a table with referential integrity constraints could cause an error. The error would have included the text 'Blank name in quotation marks.'
Corrected an issue with creating temporary tables when connected to Teradata databases. Tableau was incorrectly using != as a test of inequality rather than the Teradata syntax of <>.
Extended connections to Teradata databases to support connection customization hints available via TDC files. Details on TDC customizations can be found in the Customizing ODBC Connections article. The customization hints made available for Teradata are: CAP_CREATE_TEMP_TABLES & CAP_SKIP_CONNECT_VALIDATION.
On dashboards that connect to multiple data sources, adding a highlight action would cause the application to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.

Tableau Server

Entering a value and then pressing enter into a custom value list quick filter could generate an error "An unexpected error occurred on the server. If you continue to receive this error please contact your Tableau Server Administrator. Would you like to reset the view?" Entering values into these lists now require you to press the plus icon (+) to add the value.
User and group names that match the search engine 'exclude' terms were not appearing in the lists of users/groups in the server interface. The initial report was for groups named IS and IT. The following words are now valid as user and group names: a an and are as at be but by for if in into is it no not of on or s such t that the their then there these they this to.
Substitution values for embedded web pages on a dashboard now correctly substitute Full Name, User Name, Sheet Name, and Workbook names.
Selecting Revert All from the toolbar now reverts any highlighting of marks that were triggered by a highlight action.
Optimized how backups are created when using the tabadmin backup command and cut the time to create the backup file significantly. This same optimization helps with the automatic backup that is performed when uninstalling Tableau Server prior to upgrading.
Corrected an issue publishing workbooks that use the username() function for defining user filters. The error message you would see prior this change was 'Cannot evaluate user filter; no current user or group.'
Removing saved views (views saved be selecting 'Remember My Changes') would not actually remove the saved view on all browsers. This issue has been corrected.
Quick filters displayed with the 'All' option could get into an unusual state where deselecting 'All' would leave all the individual items checked. This issue has been corrected.
The Export Data permission was incorrectly blocking the ability to create a PDF. This issue has been corrected.
When connected to an Analysis Services cube data source, selecting the first item in a compact list quick filter was not applying the filter. This issue has been corrected.
Working with trusted tickets for authentication, when a view is accessed from a shared computer by an unlicensed user, any next valid user from the same machine would not be properly authenticated. This issue has been corrected.
When working with trusted tickets for authentication, an unlicensed user would incorrectly be returned a view when requesting it.
When working with Microsoft Analysis Services, using the download data option from the Server would duplicate all dimension columns in the resulting file. This issue has been corrected.

Version 6.0.5 is build number 6000.11.0307.1530. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Improved the experience when working with multiple connections in a workbook that point to the same extract file. When duplicating a connection that uses an extract we now also make a copy of the extract. For workbooks that are upgraded from prior versions we now ensure the multiple connections are aware that the extract may have already been upgraded.
Added support for working with Excel files where the column heading names have leading or trailing spaces as part of the name. The extra spaces are now ignored by Tableau. Previously when a column had a leading or trailing space it would get the error 'Database error 0x80040E10: No value given for one or more required parameters."
When a sheet on a dashboard becomes invalid, usually because a field on the sheet becomes invalid, the Title of the sheet would show as blank and the 'go to' button would look active but not take you to the sheet. The title now appears and the 'go to' button is now active.
The option to synchronize axes when the values on the axes are different datatypes has been disabled. Prior to this change the menu was available but did nothing when selected. To synchronize axes, they need to have the same datatype.
Corrected an issue when creating a Tableau Extract where the error 'Tableau Data Engine Error: 4: HashGrouping::InsertHash: collisions = ..." could be encountered.
Corrected an issue when using JET-based connections (Excel, text files, Access databases) that would cause the error: 'Microsoft JET database error 0x80040E14: Join expression not supported. Unable to calculate the sort for the field . The display may not show correct data.'
Implemented a performance optimization where we no longer query for the full list of possible values when a quick filter is set to be a wildcard filter. For very large databases this unnecessary query could be very time consuming.
Implemented a performance optimization when working with a Tableau Extract and the Total() table calculation.
Corrected a case where opening a workbook with a very large number of worksheets (over 250 worksheets) would cause the application to unexpectedly exit. The application was running out of Windows resources with this many worksheets.
Iteratively selecting marks and excluding them when connected to a Microsoft Analysis Services cube was not keeping the 'prior' excludes. This behavior has been corrected.
Corrected the SQL generated when using grouping columns so it no longer creates needlessly long running queries compared to prior versions of Tableau.
Tableau no longer unexpectedly exits when opening certain bookmark files that reference Tableau extracts.
Optimized performance by using more efficient database queries when using relative date filters.
When connected to a Tableau Extract, changing the datatype of a field from 'string' to 'date' now correctly converts the dates.
For fields that have exclude filters defined, right-clicking a label and selecting 'Keep Only' would incorrectly exclude the selection. The selections are now correctly kept in the view and all others are excluded.
Corrected an issue where a filter action could inadvertently change the filter type on other quick filters (e.g., change the filter type from multiple value list to custom value list).
Removed the dialog box that stated 'The connection to the database was successful.' when creating a new connection. Removing this dialog box make the connection process more efficient by eliminating the extra click required to dismiss it.
Added a new tab located on the right side of the worksheet tabs along the bottom of the workbook. Clicking this tab that will create a new worksheet.
Made resizing and moving panes on a dashboard easier. An active pane on a dashboard can now be resized vertically by clicking and dragging on the top blue header area. Prior releases required a more precise click on the area just above the blue header. The expanded area for clicking makes resizing easier. To move the dashboard zone you now drag it by selecting the 'gripper' in the middle of the header area.
When connecting to a cube data source (Analysis Services or Essbase), calculations using local functions such as USERDOMAIN() AND USERNAME() to get values from a Tableau Server connection would cause the application to unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected.
Using the DATEDIFF() function to calculate the difference in number of Quarters when using a Tableau Extract was incorrect.
When running Tableau on Windows XP and connecting to Teradata databases, table names longer than 30 characters could not be seen. This issue has been corrected.
Tableau now correctly geocodes the 'Australian Capital Territory' when creating a map.

Tableau Server

On Tableau Servers with multiple machines in the configuration (i.e., you have Worker machines as part of your deployment) processing scheduled tasks are now distributed across all nodes that have a VizQL server process running on them. In many scenarios this change can help with overall throughput of the schedule.
Images on the toolbar could have extra pixel artifacts around them when viewed with a browser zoom larger than 100%, which occurs most frequently when using Safari on the iPad.
Selection and highlighting has been added to the state saved by Remember My Changes. Additionally, these features are restored to the view's initial state when selecting Original View.
Relative date quick filters displayed in the Browse Period mode, would show white borders around the options when placed on a non-white background. These extra borders have been removed.
Using the 'download' link for an embedded view that is served from an SSL-enabled Tableau Server would generate an error. This issue has been corrected.
Worksheets with Unicode characters in the name now correctly display the Share and Download links when viewed on Tableau Server.
Corrected a problem that was displaying the error message: 'Could not find FieldNameIdentifier for ""." This problem was related to legends (color or size) being removed from dashboards.
When viewing a customized view (saved by Remember My Changes), removing that customized view now returns you to the original view rather than remaining on the customized version.
Corrected an issue when URL parameters are passed and the next request includes either malformed parameters or does not include any URL parameters the server could become unresponsive or incorrectly return the previous view.
When using a slider quick filter, the display format of the values shown on the slider was not correctly showing negative numbers. For example entering -365 would correctly set the filter to -365, but the value display on the slider control was losing the negative sign. These values are now displayed correctly.
The slider on the Page control had a white border around it when displayed on a dashboard with a non-white background. This issue has been corrected and the region around the slider is drawn as transparent so the background color displays properly.
Removing the title on the Page card would result in the Page card not appearing on the dashboard when it was published to Tableau Server. This issue has been corrected.
When using a Tableau Server configured for trusted authentication, displaying a tabbed workbook now correctly allows navigation between the tabs. Prior to this correction it would incorrectly display the message, 'Your session has expired. Do you want to login again?'
The command, 'tabcmd syncgroup', was incorrectly reporting the status of unsuccessful syncs as successful. This command now correctly reports success and failure.
When using tabcmd to retrieve pdf or png versions of a view, any user filters defined in the view were not correctly applied. The user filters worked fine when accessing the view via the Tableau Server interface, but not when using tabcmd. This issue has been corrected.
Actions that are defined to appear in the tooltip menu would not always appear. The tooltip menu was suppressed from displaying when the full text of the item is visible on screen and the tooltip would have simply repeated that text. The tooltip now appears in this case when there are Actions defined.
Pasting values from the clipboard into a custom value list quick filter would not work when using an Internet Explorer browser. These quick filters now behave correctly.
Running the command, 'tabadmin backup,' on a server with the extract engine distributed onto a second machine would not properly include the extract data in the backup. This issue has been corrected.
The web interface for changing permissions would fail on servers configured to use SSL because it was not using HTTPS on the request. This issue has been corrected.
The embed code generated by the Share button now correctly generates codes for views accessed when using trusted ticket authentication.
Corrected an issue where publishing a view with certain quick filters could cause an error. The error message is: 'Unexpected Server Error. This view cannot display because the domain for one of the filters could not be identified.'
URLs generated that include field names now encode the bracket [] characters.
Using the Data Connections page to update the attributes of a connection (for example to change the database server name) would not properly update TWBX files. Updating would cause the error, 'Uncaught error: An unexpected error occurred opening the packaged workbook.' This issue has been corrected.
Corrected one cause of the error 'Session Ended by Server: An unexpected error occurred on the server...'. This correction is related to using Keep Only on certain views where the data column in the view may have changed on the database.
Remember My Changes now remembers the values of parameters.
Remember My Changes now remembers the values of filters set by actions.
When using trusted authentication between a web application and Tableau Server, redeeming a second trusted ticket from the same machine would not fully reset the session for the second ticket, which could cause incorrect reuse of cached data, views, or filters.

Version 6.0.4 is displayed as build number 6000.11.0131.2100 on the Tableau Desktop About dialog box. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

This release is an emergency update to address a product issue that affected Tableau Server Version 6. It does not affect Tableau Desktop.

Tableau Server would display an error message "This interim release of Tableau has expired." This message was caused by an expiration policy that was not correctly removed from Tableau Server 6.0.0, 6.0.1, and 6.0.2. Tableau products that are built before our final releases (beta and test versions) have a 45-day expiration policy built into the code. An expired version of Tableau Server would prevent new content from being published, scheduled extracts will not refresh, and downloading workbooks will not succeed. Any existing workbooks already published would continue to be accessible. This issue has been corrected and the expiration policy has been removed.

Tableau Server 6.0.3 is the same product at 6.0.2 with the expiration issue corrected. There are no other changes in this release. Tableau Desktop is not affected. Your existing 6.0.0, 6.0.1, and 6.0.2 Desktop products will continue to work with the 6.0.3 Server.

Version 6.0.3 is displayed as build number 6000.10.1215.2200 on the left side of the page when you log into Tableau Server. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Selecting Export > Data when connected to a Microsoft Analysis Services cube database could export duplicate columns of data. This issue has been corrected.
The View Data command now correctly displays results when a pie chart has no fields on both the Row and Column shelves.
When using table calculations, exporting to crosstab or duplicating a sheet as a crosstab could result in a crosstab with 100% in all cells. The problem occurs when fields are used on the color or size shelf that would be auto-added to the crosstab.
Tooltips for wide entries in the color legend would sometimes block the ability to select the entry and enable highlighting. The click now correctly passes through the tooltip to select the entry in the color legend.
The plus and minus (+/-) indicators for drilling up and down dates and hierarchies would not be active when field labels for rows were hidden. The +/- indicators have been moved to display in the top row of data when the field labels are hidden.
Dashboards where the Use as Filter option is set so one sheet filters the others would not always remember the state of the filter when the workbook is first opened. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected an issue when clicking the undo button after grouping members together would sometimes cause the application to unexpectedly exit.
Corrected a case where the application would unexpectedly exit when you add views to a dashboard that all use the same data source but different filters.
Corrected a case where the application would unexpectedly exit if a field on the Level of Detail shelf is filtered and ends up with no rows.
Corrected an issue where changing a compact quick filter from Show All Values to Show Fewer Values could cause the application to unexpectedly exit.
Hidden fields were appearing in the automatic data relationships dialog box. This issue has been corrected and the hidden fields are no longer included in the relationship dialog.
Tableau Reader was allowing dashboard zones to be closed. It should not have allowed this.
Tableau Reader was displaying the 'Go to Sheet' button in a dashboard zone title, which could be used to go to a hidden sheet. This issue has been corrected.
Corrected a problem that was causing a particular large workbook to not be able to open. The workbook had over 30 views in it, all arranged on a set of dashboards.
Tableau could unexpectedly exit when connecting to an OData data source and the number of columns returned changes mid-way through the connection. If additional columns start appearing mid-retrieval from an OData data source they are now ignored.
Synchronizing dual axis charts when the axis is using a logarithmic scale now works correctly.
When you add multiple sheets that use the Pages shelf to a dashboard, then remove the fields from the Pages shelves the application could unexpectedly exit when you switch back to the dashboard, select the now empty page control on the dashboard and select Synchronize. This issue has been corrected.
When working with an existing sheet that has data blended from multiple data sources, selecting 'Show Me' could in certain cases cause the application to unexpectedly exit.
The lower part of descenders on text characters (like the bottom of the letter g) are now no longer clipped by a pixel when publishing a view to a PDF file.
Custom Value List filters and Wildcard match filters now work correctly when the search string includes apostrophes (e.g., O'Leary).
Context menu items for Create Primary Group and Edit Primary Aliases were incorrectly available when working with a multidimensional (cube) data source. Selecting these options would cause an error. These menu items are now hidden for cube sources.
Corrected an issue that was displaying the error 'Invalid datetime value' when opening a particular version 5 workbook with version 6.
When using Analysis Services databases, adding trend lines for a categorical axis, extending the axis range to project further to the right would cause the application to unexpectedly exit. This has been corrected and trend lines for cubes can be projected to future periods.
Implemented a number of changes to the memory utilization checks, which were over aggressively reporting low memory conditions. These checks are now more accurate and will reduce the frequency of false-positive warnings about low memory.
A calculation built from two table calculations now correctly honors the 'running' direction for the resulting calculation.
Using parameters in custom formulas in the filter dialog (for example to use a parameter to control the number of Top N items to display) could cause the filter to not be recognized as valid when opening the saved workbook. This issue has been corrected.
Implemented an optimization for Vertica v4 connections where the way Tableau creates temporary tables includes "unsegmented all nodes" on the temporary table definition, which results in the temporary table being available on every node in a Vertica cluster.
Refreshing an extract now also optimizes the extract.
Implemented a performance optimization when working with Tableau Extracts and performing exclude filters.
Corrected a case when using the data blending feature where Tableau could unexpectedly quit when running low on system memory.
Using an advanced Table Calculation function could cause the application to unexpectedly exit when toggling the options to Show Mark Labels.
Corrected a problem where refreshing an extract after the underlying database schema has changed would cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit.
In certain cases the last pixel of certain annotations could get clipped. This issue has been corrected.
When working on a non-English operating system and working with double-byte data, certain text characters would cause the application to unexpectedly exit when there were hyphenated words in the display (e.g., in annotation and captions).
When working with an OData data source, the data in the workbook could not be refreshed to access updated data from the OData feed if some of the columns in the data window were hidden. This issue has been corrected.
Parameter controls are now correctly displayed when the sheet or dashboard is published to a PDF file.
When a workbook is first saved on a machine where the operating system is using a locale that supports extended character sets (such as special accent marks) and then opened on a machine using a different locale that doesn't support those same extended character sets, the application would unexpectedly exit. This issue has been corrected and the workbook can be opened using any locale (although the extended characters may not display correctly).
Implemented a number of performance optimizations in the Tableau extract files.
Corrected a case where the application would unexpectedly exit when combining multiple sheets that use a cube data source onto a dashboard and turning on the 'Use as Filter' option.
Quick filters set to a Custom Value List would not get any formatting changes cleared when selecting the Clear button from the bottom of the Format window. This issue has been corrected.
In Tableau Reader, the F10 key now correctly toggles the pause/resume automatic updates command.
Corrected a case where an 'Unhandled Exception' error was displayed when publishing a particular workbook to Tableau Server.
Corrected a case where publishing a workbook to Tableau Server that contains a quick filter with several hundred thousand items in the list would cause a C++ runtime error.
Corrected a problem when using version 6.0 to open a workbook created with v5. The message displayed was: 'Tableau Data Engine Error: 4: No such function (iif boolean string integer).' These workbooks now open correctly.
Corrected a case where synchronized page cards on a dashboard could cause the application to unexpectedly exit.
Creating two parameters and naming them both the identical name which includes a blank space as the last character (for example: 'mango ') would cause Tableau to unexpectedly exit.
Quick filters on columns whose names include square brackets [] would cause an error. This issue has been corrected.
Calculated field that use the IIF function to compare a string column where the first few characters of the comparison were actually numbers could perform incorrect comparisons. This issue has been corrected.
DATETIME columns now work correctly when using them for data blending.
Corrected an "Unhandled Exception" that occurred after first editing a data connection and then renaming a field.
Hiding a row with all NULL values would also incorrectly hide the grand totals row.

Tableau Server

Search strings on the users and groups administrative pages now have an implicit asterisk wildcard character (*) automatically added to the end of non-quoted search strings. This provides for a more expected set of search results. For example, searching for Pat will now search for Pat*, while a search for "Pat" will be restrictive and search for only the three letter match.
'Save My Changes' to create customized views of a dashboard could cause the browser to become unresponsive if the some of the sheets in the original workbook are renamed and then republished. This non-responsiveness has been corrected.
Tableau Server type-in parameters were not auto-completing when you've typed in a unique prefix to one entry. Auto-completion has been implemented now. For example, in a list of U.S. State names, typing Ari will auto-complete the entry with Arizona.
In the Tableau Desktop dialog box for importing workbooks or data sources from the server, optimized how lists of items are returned from the server.
When using the 'By Publisher,' 'By Project,' and other 'By ...' links to filter lists of workbooks or views, the Quick Filter page lists the names of the Publishers, Projects, etc. and in parenthesis the number of related items. The page was incorrectly showing the complete number of workbooks in the group regardless of permissions. This number now correctly reflects the number of items you have permission to access rather than the total number.
Embed codes created on the Share dialog when invoked from something other than the first tab in a tabbed workbook view could embed the first tab rather than the active tab.
Corrected a case where Tableau Server would return the error: "private method 'split' called for nil:NilClass."
Corrected a problem using the type-in search filter when accessing the server from Safari on an iPad.
Corrected a problem that required clicking twice on menus and quick filters when accessing the server from Safari on an iPad.
Corrected a display problem on type-in filters when accessing the server using Safari on an iPad.
Tableau Server could go unresponsive when multiple sessions were accessing the same database connection that is using the 'Other Databases (ODBC)' connection type.
Corrected a problem where Tableau Server would get an error when displaying a view. The error message was: syntax error on line 30, col -1: `</p>. This error has been corrected and the views now open correctly.
Searching for data sources by Tag now works.
Filters and quick filters when using JET-based connections (Excel, Access, Text files) could display duplicate entries in the list of available values. This issue has been corrected.
Several updates to the tabcmd documentation.
Tooltips would not display for workbooks that were created and published with version 5. This issue has been corrected. Make sure to clear the browser cache to see this correction.
Corrected an issue where a Tableau Server process would become unresponsive and cause a users' session to time out. When the browser is refreshed, the user could incorrectly pick up another user's session.
Added the ability for an administrator to rename a group and successfully synchronize with Active Directory groups that have been renamed. When the AD group name changes, edit the group on the Administrator > Groups page on Tableau Server and then synchronize the group.

Version 6.0.2 is displayed as build number 6000.10.1214.1349 on the Tableau Desktop About dialog box. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau Desktop

Tableau extract files with certain filter conditions could have problems and freeze during migration when moving to the new data engine format.

Tableau Server

Corrected an issue where the Tableau Server data cache was not being hit as frequently as it was in v5.2 causing a performance impact.
Saving workbooks to Tableau Public would always display tabbed workbook views, regardless of the option specified at save time. This has been corrected.

Version 6.0.1 is displayed as build number 6000.10.1111.1616 on the Tableau Desktop About dialog box. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Tableau 6.0 includes more than 60 new features. We're introducing a fast data engine so in addition to live data connections you can now load data into the data engine to speed it up and take load off critical systems. We've also added data blending so you can layer data from two sources in the same view. Combination charts, page trails, powerful new table calculations, parameters, are all just the beginning of what's new in this version.

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Supported platform changes in v6: With the release of Tableau version 6, support for Windows 2000 has be discontinued for Tableau Desktop. Tableau Server has discontinued support for Internet Explorer 6 as a browser.

Version 6.0 is displayed as build number 6000.10.1103.2100 on the Tableau Desktop About dialog box. This version is available on the Alternate Download Site.

Web Map Service (WMS) Support Tableau 4.1 adds Web Map Service (WMS)support so you can retrieve custom maps from your own WMS servers. While the Tableau Online and Offline maps were carefully designed to display data effectively and beautifully for all kinds of data, the WMS support allows you to use Tableau with specialized maps that are custom to your organization. There are some public WMS servers available as well as a number of WMS enabled server products your organization may already have such as software from ESRI, MapInfo, or others. Tableau supports servers that have implemented the WMS 1.1.1 specification. You can download a quick start guide with step-by-step instructions for using a WMS server in Tableau 4.1 from the Quick Start Guides page. Active Directory Improvements If you use Active Directory authentication with Tableau Server, the 4.1 release adds several new capabilities to help you configure domain information. You can now specify the domain nickname during installation and modify both full domain names and nicknames after the server is up and running.	Server Performance Improvements Many customers using Tableau Server will see performance improvements with the Tableau 4.1 upgrade. Specifically pages may load faster when requesting a view. In addition, the server has improved data caching, which increases responsiveness during interactive sessions. Refresh the data cache at any time to reload from the underlying data source.
	Single Logon for Multiple Sheets Tableau Desktop now only asks you to logon to each database one time per workbook. The username and password provided are reused for each sheet that connects to the same server and database. For example, a workbook with three sheets, each connecting to different tables in the same database, will now only prompt you logon once instead of three times as in prior versions.
	Connect to More Databases Tableau 4.1 now supports connections to both Teradata and Vertica databases. You need a special product key to connect to these databases. Contact your account manager to learn more.

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