Summary of the Podcast

Tim and Ravi discuss their experiences at the Tableau conference, highlighting new features, community and marketing insights, technical discussions, future directions, and their overall positive experience. They emphasize the importance of community feedback, the challenges of marketing and rebranding, the evolving role of analysts, and the spotlight on developers.

Key Points Discussed

• Tableau Public Desktop: New feature introduction.


• Table Extensions: Integration of third-party applications to enhance functionality.


• Marketing Challenges: Struggles with rebranding and positioning Tableau.


• Community Feedback: Importance of listening to the user base to improve product discoverability.


• Discoverability Problem: Addressing issues within Tableau for better user experience.


• Composable Data Sources: Simplifying data refresh processes.


• Relationships in Tableau: Exploring challenges and benefits.


• Microsoft Integration: A necessary and surprising partnership.


• Apple Silicon Benefits: Improved performance and speed.


• Upcoming Features in Tableau 2022.1: Enhancements for better data exploration.


• Phased Feature Development: Understanding Tableau's approach to rolling out new features.


• Feature Selectivity: Importance of choosing the right features for specific use cases.


• Rebranding Challenges: Opportunities and hurdles in Tableau's rebranding efforts.


• Evolving Role of Analysts: Changes in the analyst's role in the modern workplace.


• Developer Importance: Highlighting the crucial role of developers at the conference.


• Positive Conference Experience: Overall valuable and positive experience at the Tableau Conference.

Links and Resources:

• Tableau Keynote Summary


• Tableau Software

Feedback welcome on Twitter to Ravi at @scribblr_42 or Tim at @tableautim - or e-mail us, at datumpodcast@gmail.com