However, to avoid any nasty surprises, I recommend installing Tableau Public - and making sure it's running properly - before registering for the workshop.
If you're running an earlier version, just download the newest version (you don't need to uninstall the old version first).Īs long as you have a PC running Windows 7, 8 or 10, or a Mac that's no more than four years old and running OS X 10.8.1 or later, you should be able to run Tableau Public no problem ( detailed system requirements for Tableau here). NOTE: You should make sure you have the latest version of Tableau Public for this workshop. We also love comments and questions, so please leave your thoughts below.To participate in Tableau Training, you need to have Tableau Public installed on your laptop. Until then, like and share this article if you found it useful. In my next article, I’ll explore the data connection page and highlight all the data preparation and integration you can do there. Changing the location of your Tableau repository is particularly useful if you want to move your files to a network drive. The easiest way to do this is to copy and paste those original folders into the new location so nothing inside them gets lost. TSS files in the style sheets folder, new shapes in the shapes folder, etc. This way, Tableau will relatively know to look inside the new location, i.e. I strongly recommend you mimic the exact folder structure that was in your original Tableau repository folder. Simply navigate to the new folder that you want to use and click OK. To do so, click on the File menu and select Repository Location: Change LocationĮven though Tableau automatically puts your repository folder inside your documents, you can change this location. Remember, Tableau is backwards compatible but not forwards compatible. That way, you don’t have to worry about files that won’t open with your current version of Tableau. If you ever participate in a beta test of a new version of Tableau Desktop, Tableau will install a new version of this repository for the beta so the files don’t get mixed up.
It will not remove any old workbooks or data sources in the folder structure, nor will it automatically update them.
You will use the same Tableau repository even as you upgrade to a newer version of Tableau. For instance, TDS and TDSX files saved in the repository data sources folder will be included under your Saved Data Sources section on the Tableau Start Page as a one-click connection option:Īlso, if you want to add custom shapes or images to your visualizations, these are the folders where Tableau will look for them. You have complete control over where you put these files, but there is an advantage to putting them in your Tableau repository. For more help on this topic, here’s my article on the different types of Tableau files. The same rule applies to data files such as TDE, TDS and TDSX. Whenever you first save a workbook, either as a TWB or a TWBX, Tableau will suggest saving it inside the workbooks folder.
This includes custom data connectors, shape files, bookmarks, style sheets and more.
When you install Tableau Desktop, the software automatically creates a new folder underneath your documents folder called “My Tableau Repository.” In your repository, Tableau allocates space for your data sources, workbooks and other files Tableau needs to run or you need to create. For today’s Tableau Extended post, we’re going to focus on the default folder for all things in Tableau: My Tableau Repository. I’ve written many articles on the InterWorks blog in order to help answer the same questions I get from my students and clients. I’m a Tableau certified trainer and Analytics Consultant based in Melbourne, Australia. Tableau Extended takes topics from Tableau Desktop training courses and expands upon those lessons for advanced functionality and use cases.