Tableau Server Administration

Course Code: 1259

$1495

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Overview

Tableau Server Administration is a two-day, fast-paced hands-on training course that covers an in-depth discussion of Tableau server administration. The course helps participants acquire all the necessary skills and knowledge for administering the installation of a Tableau server, manage the content, users as well as the permissions. During the course, the participants are guided by a senior instructor who has a deep understanding of Tableau and its most current features, benefits and functionality across a wide range of uses. However, this is not an official Tableau training.

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

Live Classroom
Duration: 2 days

Live Virtual Classroom
Duration: 2 days

What You'll learn

User interactions with Tableau server
Tableau server components
Single-server installation
Content administration
Authorization and permissions
Users, groups and sites
Data sources and extracts
Schedules, tasks and subscriptions
Monitoring server status
Command-line utilities and REST API
Upgrading to a single-server installation to a new version
Modifying the authentication method

Outline

Module 1: Tableau server overview

Tableau Product Line
End-User Abilities

Module 2: Tableau server architecture

Component Functions
Server Diagrams

Module 3: Single server installation

Technical Specifications
Tableau Server Installation Checklist
Configuration Options
Resolutions for Common Installation Issues
Installing Tableau Server Software

Module 4: User Experience

Content Navigation, Searching, and Filtering
Exploring Server Content Types and Objects
Updating Account Settings
Setting the Start Page
Viewing Version Information
Renaming a Project
Adding a Workbook Description

Module 5: Authorization and permissions

Administrator Settings
Authorization Overview
Functional Security Model
Site Roles
Content Ownership and Permissions
Permission Rules and Capabilities
Permissions and the Default Project
Creating Projects, Local Groups, and a Local User
Importing Users and Adding Users to Groups
Granting Permissions to Projects
Creating a Project Leader
Publishing and Changing Ownership of a Workbook
Moving a Workbook
Site Administration

Module 6: Data sources, extracts, schedules and subscriptions

Creating, Publishing, and Connecting to a Data Source
Data Engine and File Store
Creating and Publishing Extracts
Backgrounder
Schedules
Subscriptions
Enabling Subscriptions and Alerts

Module 7: Automating server tasks

Automating and Programming Server Tasks
Tabadmin
Tabcmd
Using the REST API

Module 8: Monitoring server

Viewing Server Status
Admin Alerts
Viewing Email Alerts and Admin Views
Enabling Access to the Repository
Custom Admin Views
Licensing Information
Performance Recording

Module 9: Upgrading Tableau server

Preparing to Upgrade
Upgrading Software on the Same Machine
Modifying the Authentication Method
Importing AD Groups

Module 10: Log files administration

Overview of Log Files
Archiving Log Files

Module 11: Data security

Controlling What Users Can See
User Filters

Prerequisites

This is an introductory-level course. Participants would benefit from having some experience working with data, irrespective of their technical or analytical background.