Below are the the tools in detail:
1. Tableau Products
Products stable of Tableau can be categorized under a. Developer tools used in the development of dashboards, reports, charts and other visualizations. Tableau Desktops and Public fall under this category, b. Deployment tools used to share charts and dashboard with users in production environment. Tableau server, Online and reader are in this category.
2. Tableau Desktop
Worksheet, reports and Charts are developed using the rich features offered by this tool and tested locally. For live reports connectivity to the data sources are provided by this product and the output is shared locally or publicly. Personal version of this tool allow limited access to the data sources and the output is shared offline or using Tableau Public whereas Professional version has full access to data and the results are published in Tableau Public or Tableau server.
3. Tableau Public
Workbooks created using this product are saved in the public space and it cannot be saved locally. Everyone will have access to the saved content. This version is ideal for the budget users, learners and those who want to publish the content among the general public.
4. Tableau Server
It facilitates sharing the Charts, workbook and other visualizations created through Tableau Desktop tool, to all licensed users across organization. The dashboard before sharing it to all users, must be published in Tableau Desktop. Licensed users don’t have to install Tableau server software in their computer instead they can view the reports through web browser after proper authentication. Security level is quite highin Tableau server and administrator has full control of the server.
5. Tableau Online
It is the cloud version of Tableau Server. Contents are shared to the target users through the Servers in the cloud and it is administered by Tableau group. It provides direct link to more than 40 data sources such as Amazon Aurora, MySQL, Hive, Spark SQL etc. that are hosted in the cloud. Workbooks, like Tableau server, should be hosted in Desktop first before moved to Online. It also supports data streamed from applications like Google Analytics and Salesforce.com.
6. Tableau Reader
It is a free software that allows users to view the contents created by Tableau Desktop and Tableau Public tool. Users can filter the contents and view the results but modifications are not allowed. Reader tool does not pose any security restrictions and it allows free view of the data to the users.
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