Tableau Publishing & Sharing Insights 3

Question 1

What governs which users can publish content to a specific Tableau Server project?

Accepted Answer

Project permissions combined with the user's site role

Answer

Publishing rights come from project-level permissions together with the user's assigned site role.

Question 2

Which site role typically allows a user to view and interact with published content but not publish their own?

Accepted Answer

Viewer or Explorer (depending on permissions)

Answer

Viewer and Explorer roles permit consumption and interaction, while publishing usually requires Creator-level rights.

Question 3

What happens to a workbook's calculated fields when you publish it with a live connection?

Accepted Answer

They remain in the workbook and are computed against the live source at query time

Answer

Calculations stay with the workbook and run against the live data each time the view is loaded.

Question 4

Why might you choose to publish with an extract instead of a live connection for a widely shared dashboard?

Accepted Answer

To improve performance and reduce load on the source database

Answer

Extracts are optimized and offload query work from the source, improving performance for many concurrent viewers.

Question 5

A Story in Tableau is best described as a way to:

Accepted Answer

Present a sequence of sheets and dashboards to convey a narrative

Answer

A Story is a sequence of story points (sheets/dashboards) used to walk an audience through insights.

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