Tableau – Q2 2024

Version Updates

Usually Tableau releases 3 updates per year. In this blog post we’ll go through some of the features added in the second release of 2024 (2024.2). As mentioned in the previous blog post, with the 2024.2  release Einstein copilot and multi fact dimensions are now available.

1. Einstein Copilot for Tableau: Web Authoring

Since August, the Einstein Copilot for Tableau is available to function as AI assistant. It can help create and edit visualizations and formulate calculations. The same functionalities are also available in data prep and catalog to help with creating calculations and automating your documentation (eg: generate descriptions for data source, workbooks, tables,…)

2. Tableau Pulse improvements

• Embedded components

Outside of the use of API, Tableau Pulse KPI can now also be embedded in your workbooks.

• Metrics in Catalog

Data lineage is now available for Tableau Pulse metrics to get a view of what underlying databases and changes could influence your metrics.

3. Viz Extensions

Viz extensions are now available to use custom viz types in your worksheets.

Some examples of custom viz types you can now use:

4. Multi-Fact Relationships

It is now possible to link tables with each other that are not necessarily related to each other. For example, you will be able to use ice cream sales data and weather data together. These 2 data sets are not necessarily related to each other but they do share dimensions, which would make it possible to link them. In this example this would be location and/or time dimensions which both data sets have.

5. Local and Auto Save in Tableau Public

The free platform from Tableau now has the option to locally save workbooks to their local desktop. While connected to the internet it is now possible to create and save visualizations locally while also benefiting from the new auto-save feature.

More details for the other features of the update can be found on the official Tableau website:

https://www.tableau.com/2024-2-features

Click here to see the entire list

Upcoming

1.  Google Font Support

2. Spatial Parameters

3. Improvements to the table visual

4. Further improvements to Tableau Pulse

• Seasonal trends
• Mobile improvements
• Pulse metrics in dashboards
• Currency symbols

5. Announcements from the Tableau 2024 conference

Some features were announced during the Tableau 2024 conference. Aside from the features already released in 2024.1 and 2024.2, it is mainly focused on the first release of 2025.

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