Tableau is a family of interactive data visualization and business intelligence software that lets you explore, visualize, and share data securely.
Available To
Students, Faculty, Staff
Note: Affiliates cannot download Tableau software, but may access tableau.mit.edu (valid MIT certificates and/or a Touchstone account required).
Benefits and key features
- Analyze your data and get quick answers to questions through visualizations, interactive dashboards, and data tables
- Connect directly to data in the Data Warehouse, Excel spreadsheets, and other data sources
- Securely publish the your views and share them. Users can view your dashboards through Tableau Server’s web interface, embed them on websites, or share a link via email.
- With Tableau Server you can filter data, drill down or drill up on the data, highlight related data in multiple views, or add new data to enhance your analysis.
- Create your own views using the same data with Tableau Server’s web authoring capabilities.
Getting started
- Access tableau.mit.edu to view Tableau workbooks (MIT certificate and/or a Touchstone account required)
- Obtain Tableau Desktop software
- Request Tableau Server space for your DLC
- Tableau in the Knowledge Base
- Request space on the Tableau server