Tableau
Service Description:
Tableau is a data visualization tool for building and interacting with dashboards, charts and maps. Access to dashboards is controlled through group membership. Dashboards can be accessed using a web browser, but publishing dashboards requires a separate Tableau Creator license that includes Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep applications. You can view training videos and read the FAQs here, and you can download the User Guide.
Eligibility:
Viewing dashboards: Any OSU employee, once granted access. You must have completed the Institutional Data Policy training within the past 12 months (view your training status here). Publishing dashboards: Any OSU owned single-user Windows or Mac computer.
What Is Included:
Viewing requires any web browser. Tableau Creator software is downloaded from the Tableau web site.
Cost:
Viewing is free. Tableau Creator license costs $500 annually.
How To Get It:
Contact Chip Styer.21 to get access to Tableau or to purchase a Tableau Creator license. Orders are placed once a month, but you can use the trial license while you wait.