Tableau Environment

Working with Tableau Environment

Here, we will see the working environment of Tableau:

Opening and Closing the Application

• The first thing to understand is how to open and close the application.

Open Tableau

There are several ways to open Tableau from your computer.
Firstly you have to open the application by doing one of the following:

• Double-click the Tableau icon lying on your computer. After that Select Start > All Programs > Tableau.
• Double-click a Tableau workbook or bookmark file. Tableau files are usually stored in the My Tableau Repository folder of your My Documents folder.

Close Tableau

When you are complete working in Tableau then you should save your task and close the application.
To close the application follows these steps:

• Click the Close icon located in the right corner of the application title bar. After that Select File > Exit. If your workbook has not been saved, you will be asked whether you want to save it.