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Read on for more information about the Tableau options to learn which one is right for you. Jump to the Tableau Quick Start & FAQ to answer some of your questions!

Tableau Server

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nameTableau - Server Descr

The University’s Tableau Server hosts dashboards that anyone from staff to advisors or administrators can use for their everyday work. Whether it is identifying a list of students who have applied for graduation; or calculating month-end spend reports. All Pitt faculty and staff members have access to the Tableau Server (analytics.pitt.edu). However, they will only be able to see dashboards and data for which they have permission.

See our Dashboard Catalog for examples of analytics tools that can be created using University Enterprise Data, view recent presentations of dashboards in use at different units, or see some of our favorite examples from Tableau Public

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nameNavigate - Wkbk & Sources

Two main objects exist on Tableau Server:

  • Workbooks, which include dashboards, individual visualizations, or data stories.

  • Data Sources, which a prepared data sources stored in a Tableau-ready format for users to connect to and begin building visualizations.

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nameNavigate - Projects

These objects are stored in Projects or folders. Users may have access to any combination of Workbooks, Data Sources and Projects - but explicit permissions are required for dashboard developers to create content on a Data Source or publish to a Project.

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nameTableau - Right for me?

For more information about Tableau and to see if it’s right for you, see this article, /wiki/spaces/PUB/pages/438304813, or request a demo/consultation.