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Setting up Tableau

This document explains how to add UW Madison approved preferences and icons to Tableau Desktop.

Purchase a license 

Here is information on how to request a quote through AE Business Solutions: https://kb.wisc.edu/msndata/103217 

Download Tableau

Download the version matching our server’s version. You can find this information here:

https://data.wisc.edu/tableau/

The download links can be found on Tableau’s website here:

https://www.tableau.com/support/releases 

Add UW color palettes 

These palettes should be saved inside the preferences.tps file (usually, it is inside the “C:\Users\<your_user>\Documents\My Tableau Repository\Shapes\Home Page” folder). You can download the preferences file from the following public Box folder: 

https://uwmadison.box.com/s/xchlzp8gklxo3br8izduikqgy3qskbk1 

Add icons 

These icons should be saved inside Tableau repository (usually, it is inside the “C:\Users\<your_user>\Documents\My Tableau Repository\Shapes\Home Page” folder). Here is where you can find the icons in the public Box folder: 

https://uwmadison.box.com/s/mm9x8ixw0ogcqo1okr52j2ehde4y99bh



Keywords:
Tableau 
Doc ID:
136635
Owned by:
Noah L. in Data KB
Created:
2024-04-08
Updated:
2024-05-01
Sites:
Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research