Tableau Public

Last updated 6 years ago

Tableau Public

If you want to include Tableau visualisations in your Data Story - particularly interactive visualisations - they need to be hosted somewhere on the web. Tableau Public is a service that lets you host your Tableau worksheets, a bit like . To sign up, follow this link, and create an account:

Next, open Tableau, and load your Workbook (I'm using the example Superstore Workbook here). Then, click "Server" on the menu, "Tableau Public", and then "Save to Tableau Public".

This will upload your code to the Tableau server - it may take a few seconds

Here's an example of mine:

You can see, at the bottom right of the chart, a menu that looks like this:

Open this menu, and copy the Embed Code:

Now, open a new file in Notepad (or another text-editor) and write the following lines (pasting in the copied embed code where shown):

<html>
<head>
    <title>My Data Story Title</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>My Data Story</h1>
    <p>This data story is about....</p>

    <!-- COPY AND PASTE THE EMBED CODE HERE -->

    <p> This chart shows that.... </p>
</body>
</html>

Save this file as "datastory.html", and then open it in your browser. You should be able to see your visualisation embedded in your Data Story!

Be aware that this approach relies on a server you do not control: if, for some reason, Tableau's server goes down, your visualisation will not appear correctly. This is (one of the) reasons why you are required to submit your source-code along with the Data Story.

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