Tableau 2020.1 Delivers Community-Driven Features, Including Dynamic Parameters, Visualization Animations and Administrative Tools

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SEATTLE, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- New capabilities make data more engaging than ever

Tableau Software, the leading analytics platform, today released new

capabilities to help people unlock more interactivity in their dashboards and

get deeper insights from their data. Tableau 2020.1 is the latest update driven

by customers' input in the online Tableau Community Forums (

https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2727958-1&h=2035995892&u=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.tableau.com%2Fwelcome&a=online+Tableau+Community+Forums

), adding new features requested by Tableau customers and increased flexibility

for administrators. Features including Dynamic Parameters eliminate the need to

update workbooks when changes are made to the underlying data and viz

animations give viewers a new tool for understanding transitions between data

points, as well as engaging with the data. Tableau 2020.1 also provides

additional capabilities for Tableau administrators through Login-Based License

Management, and improvements to the Data Management Add-on and Server

Management Add-on. For more information, visit:

https://www.tableau.com/products/new-features.

"Since day one, we've put customers at the center of our product development.

Our extensive and passionate Tableau Community helps steer our product

innovation and keeps us focused on solving our customers' most pressing

challenges," said Francois Ajenstat, Chief Product Officer at Tableau. "This

release brings some of our Community's most-requested updates together,

empowering our customers to make analytics more interactive and engaging and

allowing them to focus on tasks that drive real value and transformation across

their organizations."

Visualization Animations to bring your viz to life

Tableau 2020.1 puts analysis into motion with the introduction of Viz

Animations, allowing creators to seamlessly connect the dots behind their

analysis through motion. Animations serve as a visual cue, making it easier for

people to follow along as they watch significant shifts unfold, with the

movement clearly illustrating how data reacts to various changes, such as

filtering or sorting. People are now able to easily spot and understand

changes, visually following along to spot when a specific mark becomes an

outlier, for example, or when there's a sudden value spike or dip.

Dynamic Parameters set Uninterrupted Analysis

Parameters in Tableau are used by dashboard authors to add interactivity or

flexibility to a report without the need for multiple visualizations - for

example, parameters can transform a chart from calculating sales and profit to

sales and discounts, with a simple drop-down or slider. Previously, parameters

were static and required users to manually update their values. With today's

introduction of Dynamic Parameters, authors can set their workbooks to

automatically adjust their parameters based on the latest data, ensuring that

the rest of the organization is viewing the most up-to-date, accurate data.

Now, analysts can spend less time building and maintaining their visualizations

and more time interpreting their findings to deliver measurable business value.

"We have dozens of dashboards at our organization that are constantly being

updated with new data, requiring new parameter values in order to make sure our

viewers are seeing the most accurate, up-to-date data. Dynamic parameters will

allow those parameters to be updated automatically, saving me hours every

single month," said Kevin Flerlage, Senior Analyst and Tableau Developer at

Unifund, CCR. "This feature is the most requested feature in the history of

Tableau and it is a complete game-changer - I cannot wait to see how others use

it!"

Other updates to the Tableau platform in version 2020.1 include:

  -- Login-Based License Management gives Creators the ability to instantly

     activate their Tableau Desktop or Prep product by logging in with their

     Tableau Server credentials. Administrators are able to assign, monitor,

     and reclaim Desktop or Prep access directly from Tableau Server, rather

     than distributing license keys.

  -- Tableau Catalog new connectors now include Google BigQuery, Google Sheets,

     and Cloudfile, extending the available data sources that administrators

     can verify for their organization.

  -- Level of Detail calculations in Tableau Prep Builder help to simplify the

     preparation and analysis of data at a deeper level of granularity,

     eliminating tedious multi-step flows and replacing them with visual

     calculations.

  -- Buffer Calculations allow customers to easily visualize a buffer around a

     point location, answering complex spatial locations with drag-and-drop

     simplicity.

To learn more about today's release or to start a free trial, visit:

http://tableau.com/new-features.

About Tableau

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platform empowers people of any skill level to work with data. From individuals

and non-profits to government agencies and the Fortune 500, tens of thousands

of customers around the world use Tableau to get rapid insights and make

impactful, data-driven decisions. See how Tableau can help you by downloading

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SOURCE: Tableau Software

CONTACT: Dan Jensen, +1 (206) 634-5490, djensen@tableau.com