Getting Started with Tableau

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Visual Analytics Fundamentals: Creating Compelling Data Narratives with Tableau

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Visual Analytics Fundamentals: Creating Compelling Data Narratives with Tableau

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Installing Tableau Desktop

Before installing Tableau Desktop, make sure your machine meets the necessary requirements for the application. Tableau Desktop is available for Windows and Mac, and the minimum requirements as of this book’s writing were as follows:

• Windows Operating Systems

  • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 (x64)

  • 2 GB memory

  • 1.5 GB minimum free desk space

  • CPUs must support SSE4.2 and POPCNT instruction sets

• Mac Operating Systems

  • macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS Catalina 10.15, and Big Sur 11.4+

  • Intel processors

  • M1 processors under Rosetta 2 emulation mode

  • 1.5 GB minimum free disk space

  • CPUs must support SSE4.2 and POPCNT instruction sets

  NOTE

  Research these and other minimum system requirements at www.tableau.com/products/techspecs.