Tableau Performance Tips

Folks

I would like to share with you various performance tips from basics to advanced to innovative

Firstly lets see basic level things that needed to increase Tableau Performance

The Client Machine

• 64 bit OS is faster than the 32 bit OS
• More memory is better (RAM size since its in memory tool) 
• Faster disk, Backplane, Memory etc. is better 

A backplane (or "backplane system") is a group of electrical connectors in parallel with each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors forming a computer bus.

Network Bandwidth 

• When dealing with large data sets, its better to have more bandwidth. (will add more points later...) 

The Tableau Server 

• More inMemory, Faster disks, and More/Faster CPUs, usually better

The Browser 

 

• IE7 returned results in 11 seconds 
• Firefox returned results in 3 seconds 

None of these are, typically, the place where you will get the biggest performance boosts  

Continued........