1. The document discusses how to scale Tableau for enterprise self-service use. It outlines how the company implemented Tableau across 30 sites with over 4,500 users on Tableau Server.
2. A key focus is establishing governance for the self-service analytics platform, including a governing body, content certification, data governance, and performance monitoring.
3. The goals are to protect the value of the shared analytics environment, prevent poorly designed queries from slowing servers, and provide trustworthy content to users while empowering business self-service.
4. Enterprise
Server Ready:
IT server
licenses, Infra,
architecture,…
2 Tableau Server Clusters
30 sites
320 Desktop users
4,500 users on Tableau Server
70,000+ views rendered per month
Jan 2015
Feb 2016
6. 6
Enterprise Application Data
Tier 1 Enterprise
Data
Warehouse
(Oracle)(SFDC, Oracle, SAP, etc)
Department or Functional
Data Tier 2
Data
Warehouse
Customer Auto Call Home
Data
Dashboards
Mobile
Apps
eMail
Burst
Self-Service Analytics Platform
7. 7
ü Enterprise
security
ü Scalability
ü Advanced
metadata layer
ü multi-user
develop ü Quick & rapid
reporting
ü Easy to use
ü Great
visualization
ü Easy data
blending
ü IT-Driven
ü Standard Reporting
ü Answer Known Questions
ü Enterprise Data
Top Down Governed
ü BU-Driven
ü Speed & Agility
ü Answer new Questions
ü Any Data
Bottom Up Governed
9. 9
Tableau Desktop User Community
Tableau Operating Council
X-functional group of Tableau experts, stakeholders, to identify, define and drive tactical
process, best practices towards protecting the value of the shared Enterprise Tableau
Server asset
Sales Product Finance IT MarketingMFG Service
Governing
Body
Content
Certification
Data
GovernancePerformance
Publishing
Community
Questions:
1. Who makes the rules for Enterprise Self-Service Platform?
2. Who enforces the rules?
11. 11
ü Complete Self-Service
ü 7x24, no blackout
Tableau Publishing : Trust and Decentralized
Tableau
Test
Tableau
Production
Check
Point
Site admin owns
but IT may take
control if rules not
followed
Question: How much IT should be involved for publishing or release?
Governing
Body
Content
Certification
Data
GovernancePerformance
Publishing
Community
Principles:
1. Test first
2. Performance rule of thumb 5-10-20
seconds
12. 12
Objectives:
1. How to protect the value of shared Tableau self-service environment?
2. How to prevent one badly-designed query from bringing all servers to
their knees?
Site ClosureMonitoring & AlertingServer Policy
• Site size < 5G
• Workbooks size < 500M
• Extracts timeout < 2
hours
• …..
• Daily yellow alerts 10-20
seconds render time
• Daily red alerts >20
seconds render time
Governing
Body
Content
Certification
Data
Governance
Performance
Publishing
Community
• Public performance
metrics
3 Week Red Warning
13. 13
Auditing
Connections
Data
Masking
“Must have” for
Self-Service BI
Enterprise Data Management
ü Consistent data access
from Tableau, OBIEE and
transaction systems
ü No connection to Tier 1
DW, ERP, SFDC, etc
ü Masked sensitive HR &
Fed data in Tier 2
Objective:
1. How to ensure Tableau self-service compliance with existing data
governance process, polices and controls?
2. How to avoid multiple versions of KPIs?
Governing
Body
Content
Certification
Data
Governance
Performance
Publishing
Community
14. 14
Objective: How to provide trustworthy contents to end consumers?
Governing
Body
Content
Certification
Data
GovernancePerformance
Publishing
Community
Data &
Questions
Catalog
Searching
Business is empowered
for self-service
IT maintains data
governance scope
Track
Identify
Certify
Use
Certified
Versions
Discovery
&
Analysis
Share &
Refine
15. 15
Governing
Body
Content
Certification
Data
GovernancePerformance
Publishing
Community
Governed
Self-Service
• Engagement process
• Desktop licensing model
• Server access policy
• Reporting permission
• Release process
• Vendor management
• Best practices
• Data Extracts
• Performance alerts
• Perf check & monitoring
• Customer data protection
• Data privacy
• Data access consistence
• Data level security
• Data sources
• Community & Collaboration
• Tableau User Group
• Training
• Best practice & Tips
• Roles & responsibilities
• Rules and policies
• Auditing
• Protecting the value of the shared asset
• Content Gov cycle
• Report catalog
• Report category
• Data certification
• Report certification
16. 16
Business
Review
Conversion
to Tableau
• Retired many
shadow IT
systems
• Lower data
management
risk
• Visibility on new
data sources
• Lean IT
• SFDC users get
enriched
Tableau views/
data
seamlessly
• Tableau users
& permissions
created
automatically
per SFDC
• Tableau
servers in DMZ
allowing
partner access
• Role level
security per
partner
• Hidden URL to
avoid user
guessing other
views
• Reduced
monthly
planning
cycle from 8
to 2 days
• Fully
automated,
data-driven
presentations
via Tableau
SFDC
Integration
External
Partner
Access
Big Wins
for IT &
Data Gov.
Success