Monitoring
See problems coming.
How to monitor Tableau Server
Tableau Server gives you several ways to see what is happening. Knowing what each one shows, and what none of them tell you, is the difference between hearing about problems from a tool and hearing about them from your users.
Read the guide · 7 min →Tableau CloudHow to monitor Tableau Cloud
With Tableau Cloud, Salesforce runs the infrastructure. Your site’s refreshes, content, capacity and users are still yours to look after. Here is what the built-in tools show, and where teams add early warning.
Read the guide · 6 min →Tableau Server and CloudProactive vs reactive Tableau monitoring
Most Tableau teams find out about problems from their users. Proactive monitoring turns that around: you see the problem developing, understand it and fix it before anyone is affected.
Read the guide · 5 min →Running Tableau
Keep refreshes, performance and content healthy.
Why Tableau extract refreshes fail, and how to fix them
A failed refresh means a dashboard quietly shows old data. Here are the usual causes on Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud, and a practical way to stop the same failures coming back.
Read the guide · 6 min →Tableau Server and CloudWhy Tableau refreshes run late
When refreshes finish late, the instinct is to add more capacity. More often, the cause is when jobs are scheduled, not how fast they run. Here is how to tell, and what to change first.
Read the guide · 6 min →Tableau Cloud and ServerWhy Tableau quietly suspends extract refreshes
A suspended refresh does not fail. It simply stops running, and the data gets older every day. Here is why Tableau suspends refreshes, how to find them and how to prevent it.
Read the guide · 5 min →Tableau Server and CloudWhy Tableau dashboards are slow, and how to fix them
A slow dashboard has one of two causes: the way the workbook is built, or the platform it runs on. Telling them apart is the first step to fixing it.
Read the guide · 6 min →Tableau CloudTableau Cloud storage capacity: stay ahead of the limit
Every Tableau Cloud site has a storage limit. Reaching it is disruptive, but it is rarely sudden. Here is what uses storage, how to free it and how to keep it under control.
Read the guide · 5 min →Tableau Server and CloudRetiring stale Tableau content, without a fight
Workbooks nobody opens still take up storage, refresh time and attention. Here is a simple, owner-friendly way to retire them safely on Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud.
Read the guide · 5 min →Planning and change
Prepare for upgrades, growth and Tableau Cloud.
Tableau Server health check: a practical checklist
A health check tells you whether your Tableau Server is in good shape today and ready for what is coming. Use this checklist to run a first pass yourself, and to know when a deeper audit is worth it.
Read the guide · 6 min →Tableau Server and CloudTableau Server to Cloud: a migration readiness checklist
A move to Tableau Cloud goes best when you know exactly what you are moving. This checklist covers what changes, what to check first and how to avoid carrying old problems into a new platform.
Read the guide · 6 min →Tableau ServerTableau Server upgrade checklist
Most upgrade problems are not caused by the upgrade. They are existing issues that the upgrade brings to the surface. This checklist helps you find them first.
Read the guide · 5 min →Reviews and audits
Choose the right kind of review.
Tableau Deployment Review: what replaced it
Tableau’s former Premium Support included regular deployment reviews. Those programmes are no longer sold. Here is what a deployment review covered, where it went, and how the VizBolt Deployment Audit takes the idea further for every Tableau team.
Read the guide · 7 min →Deployment AuditTableau Annual Technical Health Review: what it is
The Annual Technical Health Review is a yearly check of your environment, offered to customers on the Salesforce Signature Success plan. Here is what it covers, who gets it, and how every other Tableau team can get an equivalent, independent view.
Read the guide · 6 min →Want a view of your own environment?
Book a product preview of VizBolt Intelligence, or discuss a Deployment Audit with our team.