[Macpartners] IS&T Announces Release of Tableau

[Garry P Zacheiss]

Good evening,

IS&T is pleased to announce that Tableau is now available for use by the MIT community.  This suite of data visualization and business intelligence software lets you explore, visualize, and share data securely.  As part of this rollout, IS&T is providing access to both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server:

• Tableau Desktop - Tableau Desktop helps you analyze your data and get quick answers to questions through visualizations, interactive dashboards, and data tables. You can connect directly to data in the Data Warehouse<http://ist.mit.edu/warehouse>, Excel spreadsheets, and other data sources.

• Tableau Server - Want to share your Tableau Desktop creations? Publish the views you’ve created in Tableau Desktop to Tableau Server and share them with others at MIT and beyond. Users can view those dashboards through Tableau Server’s web interface, embed them on websites, or share a link via email. All this can be done securely, with visual permission settings to manage data access.

In addition, Tableau Server makes data analysis interactive. Users can filter data, drill down or drill up on the data, highlight related data in multiple views, or add new data to enhance their analysis. With Tableau Server’s web authoring capabilities, users can also create their own views using the same data.

To view some examples of how Tableau is being used at MIT, visit http://tableau.mit.edu<http://tableau.mit.edu/> (Touchstone-enabled site).

Access to Tableau
To request a Tableau Desktop license or space on the Tableau Server for your DLC, go to http://ist.mit.edu/tableau.

What if my DLC already has Tableau?
 Some groups at MIT have had their own Tableau Desktop licenses for some time. These licenses are now paid for and administered under our Institute-wide account. If you use or administer one of these independent Tableau licenses, you will only see a billing change. You can continue to access and use Tableau Desktop in the same way you always have.

If your group already has a Tableau Server license and you’re interested in moving to IS&T’s Tableau Server, contact the IS&T Service Desk<http://ist.mit.edu/help>.
Getting help
To learn more about Tableau, see the Tableau Resources page<http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/PrswCQ> in the IS&T Knowledge Base. It includes links to Tableau’s Quick Start Guides, the Up and Running with Tableau tutorials from lynda.com<http://lynda.com/>, the Tableau Essentials blog, and Tableau articles in the Knowledge Base.

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the IS&T Service Desk at helpdesk at mit.edu<mailto:helpdesk at mit.edu> or 617.253.1101.  You can also submit a request online<http://ist.mit.edu/help>.

Best,
Garry

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Garry Zacheiss
Director, Platform & Systems Integration
MIT Information Systems & Technology
zacheiss at mit.edu // +1 617 253 7675
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