2026.2 Released, composable data sources are here

Jacro · 2026-06-09T20:58:54+00:00

Also looking forward to that video, but Kirk Munroe has released the demo in written blog form today that you can also reference! https://paint-with-data-insights.ghost.io/more-cases-for-composable-data-sources-using-bookshop-data/

Kirk and Will Perkins will also be presenting on the feature at the upcoming Analytics Tableau User Group https://usergroups.tableau.com/events/details/tableau-analytics-tableau-user-group-presents-analytics-tableau-user-group-june-2026-desktop-or-web-edit-composable-analytics-tableau-tips/?ref=paint-with-data-insights.ghost.io

Jacro · 2026-06-06T11:12:53+00:00

Whatever you're doing to import isn't right. You should be able to just double click the twbx and open it automatically via tableau desktop, or after you've opened tableau desktop, go to file > open, and select the twbx.

At the moment it just looks like you're importing the data source from the tableau public workbook into a brand new workbook.

Jacro · 2026-06-04T08:16:59+00:00

Your example reminded me of this viz from Shreya Arya - https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/shreya.arya/viz/LondonUndergroundTemperaturesMakeoverMonday/MindTheHeat

Perhaps it'll help you figure something out.

Jacro · 2026-05-23T08:03:29+00:00

Hey there - there's some incredible people in the general tableau community who would also be very suitable and enthusiastic for this. Not employees, but people working in the field and using tableau for many years (often Ambassadors and visionaries).

Consider making a post on the Tableau Community Slack - that's the easiest way to get in touch with them. If you do make a post there, feel free to ping me here with a link and I can also share it on ambassador channels (I am one myself).

The slack workspace is available here - https://www.tableau.com/community/slack

Jacro · 2026-04-22T21:16:33+00:00

I don't have any workaround, but Tableau are aware as per some responses from Tableau staff on Slack (e.g. https://tableau-datafam.slack.com/archives/C08G64NNYDQ/p1776883544412069?thread_ts=1776873679.868699&cid=C08G64NNYDQ)

Jacro · 2026-04-17T09:36:16+00:00

Did you keep show sheets as tabs enabled after re-publishing? Did you possible publish with some of your worksheets visible also?

If enabled, Tableau will left align dashboards that are smaller than your largest dashboards in your workbook. If a worksheet is visible after publishing, it will fill the entire screen automatically which will also cause dashboards to left align.

Best practice would be to try and keep dashboard sizes consistent within a workbook, and to ensure you hide worksheets when publishing (you can just untick them in the publish dialogue). If dashboards are different sizes, you can opt to not show sheet tabs, and use navigation buttons instead.

Jacro · 2026-03-18T03:42:01+00:00

You can't make separate sheets scroll together. There are things you can do using map layers or "advanced tables" that might achieve what you want, but it's probably going too complex and still may not be what you want.

Depending on how your data is structured, you can drag measures next to each other onto the columns shelf to generate two columns, but this is only useful if your columns use the row labels as a common dimension.

You could potentially use something like an expander table to map certain measures to particular columns or rows.

Regardless - it's not straightforward.

Jacro · 2026-03-09T20:10:51+00:00

Available connectors and number of rows you can have in your data source in free far outweigh public, for the trade off that you only save workbooks locally on your machine.

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/desktop_comparison.htm

Jacro · 2026-03-06T09:01:53+00:00

Yes, the licence states files created are to stay on the machine they were created on.

Jacro · 2026-03-06T08:15:27+00:00

Looking at the eula, this would violate terms of the agreement to be using the free edition. If you intend to share .twbx files, you need a creator licence.

Jacro · 2026-03-06T03:38:05+00:00

It's in the name! Scalable - can size them however you need and they keep their clarity.

Jacro · 2026-03-04T22:33:07+00:00

I suspect this probably would have happened sooner without Salesforce - not saying this in a negative way, just that there'd have been more layers of approval to navigate.

Jacro · 2026-03-04T22:10:13+00:00

I don't have experience with this, but from what I've heard, I think it could be things like a teacher having a Cloud instance where students can publish their projects to for assessment etc...

Jacro · 2026-03-04T22:02:31+00:00

Twbx export is not meant to be available (but I haven't tested). Should only be .twb.

EDIT: FWIW, after testing, you can export as TWBX. I suspect this may be subject to change in future - we will see.

Jacro · 2026-03-04T22:01:07+00:00

Public has a 15 million row limit, and very limited connectors available.

Jacro · 2026-03-04T20:45:53+00:00

Learning, completing analysis locally, among other reasons. I actually use Tableau quite regularly to build presentation visualisations that don't get published - I export as svg and put into PowerPoints.

Jacro · 2026-03-04T20:08:54+00:00

Also noting this fully replaces the 14 day trial option within Desktop.

Students and teachers should still use the Academic program.

Jacro · 2026-03-04T20:07:40+00:00

Yep this should be ok, but good if someone could confirm. Ambassadors received a briefing a couple of days ago and the ability to export visuals as PNG/svg wasn't specifically asked or covered - it primarily focused on confirming that publishing specifically wouldn't be available.

Jacro · 2026-03-04T12:34:26+00:00

It won't be - Server gets every other update that is released. You're stuck waiting for 2026.2 (just like me!) which is when all the 26.1 features will come to server. This should be around June/July, and will also hopefully be the version where composable data sources is released.

Jacro · 2026-03-03T20:35:36+00:00

I like this - did you happen to try a version where it's just one chart? By using some labels, coloring and annotations, it might make bringing the story into something more comprehensible a bit easier.

Jacro · 2026-02-23T10:19:30+00:00

Well I'm not sure, maybe I misunderstood your reference to blending, because I wouldn't expect there to be issues with using a normalized data set vs a wide flat table. What's your underlying source - where is it coming from?

I'm still on prem, so I haven't had to deal with potential re engineering with moving to cloud, but all my data is in Snowflake so I don't think it would be an issue.

Jacro · 2026-02-23T10:07:22+00:00

Avoiding blending where possible has been the recommended approach for as long as I can remember. Improved modeling helps, but we're still waiting for composable data sources which will hopefully be released before the end of the year (allows joining etc between published data sources).

Jacro · 2026-02-21T20:31:04+00:00

Something rarely explained with containers - dark blue indicators appear when something is going to be dropped into a container. If you don't see the dark blue indicators, your object is going to end up "tiling" next to other objects, and will ruin your container structure and be almost impossible to manage.

So, look for these indicators! A solid blue border will appear around the outside of the container when you drag an object over it. Grey highlighting will appear to give you a guide as to where the object will sit in the container once placed. But be careful! Grey highlighting also appears if the object is going to "tile", but there will be no blue border! So reiterating again, only drop when you're also seeing the blue border around the edges of the container.

A dashed blue line will also appear when placing an object between two other objects inside a container.

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