I had the pleasure of going to the 2016 Tableau Conference in Austin Texas a few weeks ago. Upon returning a lot of people asked me “was it worth it?”, from a time and money perspective.
The short answer is: Yes.
The slightly longer answer includes my top 5 highlights from the event listed below and video summary above. I hope you find it useful and it helps you get your company to support you going to future events like these.
Hopefully my top 5 highlights of the conference will persuade you or your boss to come next year. Tableau Conference 2017 is back in Las Vegas (09-13 Oct 2017), so save the date and I hope to see you there!
The scale and atmosphere
Quantity didn’t impact quality though, as sessions ran smoothly, catered to all skill levels, events were engaging and the food and drink was great. With too much to see a lot of the events were recorded, which you can watch here.
Attendees
Tableau staff
A lot of the exciting new features from the Devs that was announced were a direct result of this user feedback.
The keynotes and events
Their 3 year product roadmap was interesting to see as well, with Tableau focusing on all areas of the product; visualisations, enterprise scale, data preparation and collaboration.
Zen Masters
Click on each of the Zen Masters below to follow and explore their great works!