Tableau Server UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Why should I use Tableau Server or Online when Tableau Public and Reader are free? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Tableau Public is for people who want to share their data with the
entire world with no security. Reader is like the Adobe Reader of data - no centralization no
security local offline : just a data viz file floating around in your email.
If like most organizations security and collaboration are important to you Tableau Server &
Online are for you. They offer:
1. Security
2. Data governance/single source of truth
3. Live/auto-refreshed data connection
4. Zero footprint - end users access via a web browser
What is the installation like for a Tableau Server? - CORRECT ANSWER - This depends
on the installation environment and available hardware. A single server is pretty easy - for
example I downloaded and installed Tableau Server on my own computer without help.
A cluster is relatively easy as well but you will need to align and configure each server within the
cluster. For optimum performance always make sure there is more hardware than the minimum
requirements. We recommend a call with our Customer Consulting team to gain a better
understanding of your specific environment.
Is Tableau Server secure? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes. Tableau Server is powers
analytics for global banks hospitals intelligence agencies much of the Fortune 500 and thousands
of other organizations as we speak.
As an enterprise Business Intelligence Platform Tableau Server provides robust solutions for all
aspects of security but following our philosophy of ease of use. The result is a solution that has
rock solid security and is quick to deploy and easy to maintain.
See the complete Tableau Server Security whitepaper here.
, What web browsers are Server & Online compatible with? - CORRECT ANSWER - Our
Tech Spec page is always up to date. It changes often enough we recommend looking there first.
Do Tableau products work in a virtual environment (VM)? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes.
Both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server can be installed in a virtual environment. It is
recommended to dedicate hardware in a virtual environment and provision it with at least the
minimum hardware requirements.
How do I view Tableau on my mobile devices? - CORRECT ANSWER - Server and
Online views will render automatically on mobile devices. Tableau Server also offers a free
companion app for Android iPhone and tablet etc.
The mobile app is designed for:
• Easy fingertip navigation and viz exploration.
• To work offline - use snapshots when Wi-Fi isn't available.
What can I do to design my dashboards to look good on any device/however people look at
them? - CORRECT ANSWER - You can preview layouts for different devices in Desktop.
This allows you to design customize and publish a single dashboard with optimized views for
tablets and phones.
Note! Device Designer does not support Story Points.
• Customer Consulting: Device Designer sizing works based on window size not screen size.
(For example you may have a window only partially expanded on your computer screen.) A
published dashboard layout will share VizQL sessions and cache. A Server Admin can see the
count of device using each type of layout in the Server Postgres database.
Does Tableau support multi-tenancy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes. Tableau
accomplishes this through sites.
What is a site? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sites are independent environments for different
organizations or groups on the same server. Each site's projects workbooks data and user lists are
isolated from those of other sites. A system administrator can only see every site and perform
actions such as creating sites and making system-wide changes.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Why should I use Tableau Server or Online when Tableau Public and Reader are free? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Tableau Public is for people who want to share their data with the
entire world with no security. Reader is like the Adobe Reader of data - no centralization no
security local offline : just a data viz file floating around in your email.
If like most organizations security and collaboration are important to you Tableau Server &
Online are for you. They offer:
1. Security
2. Data governance/single source of truth
3. Live/auto-refreshed data connection
4. Zero footprint - end users access via a web browser
What is the installation like for a Tableau Server? - CORRECT ANSWER - This depends
on the installation environment and available hardware. A single server is pretty easy - for
example I downloaded and installed Tableau Server on my own computer without help.
A cluster is relatively easy as well but you will need to align and configure each server within the
cluster. For optimum performance always make sure there is more hardware than the minimum
requirements. We recommend a call with our Customer Consulting team to gain a better
understanding of your specific environment.
Is Tableau Server secure? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes. Tableau Server is powers
analytics for global banks hospitals intelligence agencies much of the Fortune 500 and thousands
of other organizations as we speak.
As an enterprise Business Intelligence Platform Tableau Server provides robust solutions for all
aspects of security but following our philosophy of ease of use. The result is a solution that has
rock solid security and is quick to deploy and easy to maintain.
See the complete Tableau Server Security whitepaper here.
, What web browsers are Server & Online compatible with? - CORRECT ANSWER - Our
Tech Spec page is always up to date. It changes often enough we recommend looking there first.
Do Tableau products work in a virtual environment (VM)? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes.
Both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server can be installed in a virtual environment. It is
recommended to dedicate hardware in a virtual environment and provision it with at least the
minimum hardware requirements.
How do I view Tableau on my mobile devices? - CORRECT ANSWER - Server and
Online views will render automatically on mobile devices. Tableau Server also offers a free
companion app for Android iPhone and tablet etc.
The mobile app is designed for:
• Easy fingertip navigation and viz exploration.
• To work offline - use snapshots when Wi-Fi isn't available.
What can I do to design my dashboards to look good on any device/however people look at
them? - CORRECT ANSWER - You can preview layouts for different devices in Desktop.
This allows you to design customize and publish a single dashboard with optimized views for
tablets and phones.
Note! Device Designer does not support Story Points.
• Customer Consulting: Device Designer sizing works based on window size not screen size.
(For example you may have a window only partially expanded on your computer screen.) A
published dashboard layout will share VizQL sessions and cache. A Server Admin can see the
count of device using each type of layout in the Server Postgres database.
Does Tableau support multi-tenancy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes. Tableau
accomplishes this through sites.
What is a site? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sites are independent environments for different
organizations or groups on the same server. Each site's projects workbooks data and user lists are
isolated from those of other sites. A system administrator can only see every site and perform
actions such as creating sites and making system-wide changes.
