A free version of Tableau to take on Power BI Desktop Edition

[@SenorHeisaCoolguy]

Auto-save was also added

[@TableauTim]

Yep I’ve detailed that in my social posts on LinkedIn and twitter. Didn’t bother here as it’s impossible to show in a video

[@johnsonpioneer]

Thanks for this great news. I have been using Power BI just because I cant save file to local computer, now I can migrate to Tableau!!

[@alainponroy2621]

Thank you Tim for the clarity of your explanations 🙂

[@lloydmcleod629]

This is Game-changing for solo explorers! Thank you Power BI!

[@krrishchheda2252]

Thank You, Tim, for this Amazing Video, you always give the best insights on Tableau with very clear explanation. I always support you

[@RobertR1611]

It's about time. Thanks, Tim.

[@spilledgraphics]

amazing news! very much welcome!!

[@dpjdpj]

Hey Tim thanks for the helpful video. Do you know if this can be used for commercial use?

[@TableauTim]

Yes tableau public is used for commercial use already.

[@dpjdpj]

@@TableauTim Interesting, what would stop organisations from switching from normal creator licences to public. If only using local data sources and saving local workbooks, it feels like it would meet a large proportion of use cases?

[@TableauTim]

@@dpjdpj Nothing. A considerable amount of tableau usage is connected to databases not covered in this release. Every Tableau customer I've worked with in the last decade has needed to connected to server or cloud and databases. BUT if your a small tema in an org exploring licenses yes absolutely grab this version try your use case with an excel or csv export and if it works then grab a license and get it connected to the real thing.

[@zignaste6748]

Hey Tim, I Tableau within my enterprise setting for a variety of things and have learned a lot from your videos, so thank you very much for that. I do have a question regarding the locally saved files. Does this mean that what is done with data in tableau public 1.2 is saved ONLY locally and not shared or accessible to the public what so ever? For example, if a user wants to build visualizations with personal finance data… that data is stored solely on their machine and not uploaded to the public server? Thanks again for all the awesome content Tim!

[@TableauTim]

Correct you don’t even need a tableau public account

[@muneebbolo]

Thank you so much for sharing this amazing news I was waiting for this move since 2020 when I started to use this viz tool.

[@Siddhartha-le8vz]

You have a fantastic made for Radio Voice

[@frostyfreezemovies]

Hello sir i am new i am confused which one to start powerbi or tableau

[@step1486]

Hi Tim, Do you offer Tableau tutorials?

[@roufify]

Great! Thanks

[@muneebbolo]

I am wondering whether I should install the new setup or upgrade Tableau Public to access the features of Public Desktop?

[@TableauTim]

Upgrade public. Keep your workflow simple

[@muneebbolo]

Thank you

[@krrishchheda2252]

Thanks!

[@nishantkumar9570]

Finally!🎉

[@jadynekena]

THIS IS GAMECHANGING FOR REAAAAL

[@Rkcuddles]

Wish it would let us connect to local dbs

[@TableauTim]

Interesting idea so something like a Postgress on your laptop ?