If we really want to Tableau ‘at the speed of thought’, then we should do our best to avoid timeouts and crashes caused by resource constraints, so here’s what I believe should be the recommended minimum system requirements for Tableau Desktop. The fact is, if you’re going to be using Tableau on a regular basis, connecting to more than just a few thousand rows in an Excel file, and you’re planning on building out some workbooks with a moderate amount of complexity, then you’re probably going to want a better spec PC. Wow, that’s pretty low spec right? That would allow us to get Tableau up and running on some of the more sluggish PCs in the workplace right now, which is great news! But what happens when we want to connect to our large dataset and build some big dashboards that run lots of complex queries?
We often talk at length about the hardware requirements for Tableau Server, but what about Tableau Desktop? In this post, I want to show you how a relatively inexpensive increase in your laptop or desktop hardware spec can go a long way to improving your Tableau Desktop experience and productivity.Īccording to Tableau’s tech specs page, the minimum requirements for running Tableau Desktop are: | Jonathan MacDonald Recommended (not minimum) Tableau Desktop System Requirements
