Tableau is easy-to-use data analytics software for exploring and visualizing data. Tableau places an emphasis on visual analytics, allowing you to move quickly from question to insight. Pitt IT hosts Tableau Server, which is open to University faculty and staff through their Pitt Passport. For individuals interested in building their own customized reports, Pitt IT also sponsors the purchase of Tableau Desktop licenses are available at a reduced cost.

Read on for more information about these two options and to learn which one is right for you.

Tableau Server

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,

See our [Dashboard Catalog] for examples of analytics tools that can be created using University Enterprise Data, view a recent presentation of [dashboards in use]<link to Data@Pitt panel sessions> at different units, or see some of our favorite examples from Tableau Public.

Tableau Desktop

Use Tableau Desktop authoring software to create dashboards, workbooks, and analyses using the University Data Warehouse, local databases, spreadsheets, text files, and more. This work can then be shared with University faculty and staff via the Tableau server available at https://analytics.pitt.edu. All Pitt faculty and staff members have access to the Tableau Server. However, they will only be able to see dashboards and data for which they have permission.

Ready to get started?

1. Choose one of the following options:

Students, visit Tableau for Students, fill out the eligibility form, and download the software.
Instructors, visit Tableau for Teaching, fill out the eligibility form, and download the software.
Faculty and staff administrators, request a departmental software purchase for Tableau through the Software Store on PantherExpress.

Tableau Desktop users at Pitt meet quarterly to share tips, techniques, and their work. Click [here] to join our group!

2. Get started with Tableau by exploring sample Tableau data visualizations

Still not sure which Tableau is right for you?

For more information about Tableau and to see if it’s right for you, see this article, [join our user group], or [request a demo/consultation].