Tableau 10.4: What’s new?

Tableau is a Business Intelligence Software that is used by enterprises throughout the world. Tableau 10.4 is the latest product from Tableau and it makes the process of data discovery very easy. You can minimize time spent and errors in Business processes by ensuring the most efficient use of data for analysis.

In this product there exists data source certification which increases chances of data sources which are approved and of high quality.

You as a customer and user can enable conversations between teams which are more productive and efficient in nature. This is aided by discussions and snapshots along with visualization of custom transportation routes along with other networks with support extended for linear geometries as well. You will be able to refine your dashboard design as much as possible, with dashboard spacing and enabling the publishing of previous older versions of Tableau Server utilizing the latest version of Tableau Desktop with features of downgrade and publish.

Given below are the detailed features of Tableau 10.4 which are new and useful for customers worldwide:

Boosting analysis with certification and recommendations

You as a customer will be able to highlight updated and prepped data sources for all users. Data experts will now be able to certify data sources with distinct markers, which will enable authors to clearly recognize whether sources meet enterprise quality standards. Certification can also be automated through a REST API call to tap into the advantages of the enterprise’s ETL investments and data prep.

This is also powered by machine learning, hence the data source recommendations will speed up the sorting out of essential data from the informational noise. This means more relevant and targeted data sources are available for any type of analysis. Even the IT department will have their work reduced as well, since the IT staff can apply greater reuse for high quality data sources that already exists in the system.

The brand new Denodo connector and enhanced authentication options for Presto and Spark SQL gives single widened and easier access to all data, irrespective of location.  As it stands now, Tableau includes 67 connectors to over 76 data sources

Collaborative analytics with discussions

You will be able to gain from the consolidated knowledge of the entire team, with discussion enabling one to comment on vizzes and also carry out conversations in and around data. This will be able to bring about a brand new level of analytical engagement to any organization that you are a part of.

With viz snapshots, bring actionable data directly into the conversation by storing viz filters, selections, and actions taken by other users.

Process Deeper questions with powerful geospatial and statistical features

Geospatial capabilities abound this version of Tableau with linear geometry shapefile support.  You will be able to visualize all custom networks ranging from hiking trails to pipelines with just a single click! Updates to the Web Data Connector means that one can import spatial data from the web, including points, lines and polygons. This can be done by directly connecting to GeoJSON. MATLAB models have been deployed in Tableau for predictive insights, or the data is pre-processed through the use of MATLAB and transformed into a Tableau data extract for more analysis.

One can make near perfect dashboards with enhanced controls present in them. Also possible is the customization of borders, background color and whitespace for any object on the dashboard.

Enterprise Scaling

Tableau Desktop updates can be rolled out across an enterprise without facing any compatibility issues. Tableau Desktop users who have upgraded can publish workbooks to older instances in Tableau 10.4. This refers to 10.2 or higher. You will also be able to manage Tableau Desktop deployments regardless of the status of your Tableau Server upgrade.

It is really simple to deploy Tableau at scale through enhanced single sign-on support, along with Okta Mobile Connect, and additional WCAG 2.0 conformance.

Conclusion

The host of features offered by Tableau makes it impossible for past customers of this amazing software tool to pass up on this easy upgrade. Keep up with the latest trends in Tableau software by enrolling for our upcoming batches.