Note: The following is a guest post by Tableau Zen Master Jeffrey Shaffer. I convert Tableau files from one version to another version quite frequently. From students at the University of Cincinnati to people at the office, to working on the Big Book of Dashboards with various people from around the world, I've had to convert all sorts of Tableau files.

Note: The following is a guest post by Tableau Zen Master and former Iron Viz champ Steve Wexler. It’s never been easier to glean great insights and craft compelling visualizations with survey data. We’ve just updated our whitepaper to show just what you can do with Tableau and a little data-preparation work. Getting the Data in the Right Shape

It's May. The weather is starting to heat up (at least here at Tableau HQ in Seattle!), and people are talking about climate change.

Hello, Android lovers. We’ve got a little surprise for you. We are excited to announce Tableau Mobile for Android phones is available right now! Download it today. We know you’ve been jealous seeing Tableau Mobile running on your friend’s iPhone. You can put your jealousy to bed. The wait for the Android version is finally over.

Note: The following is a guest post by former Iron Viz champ John Mathis. How complex was your last dashboard? I’ve seen many dashboards crammed full of every potentially useful piece of information. The result bombards users with an overwhelming array of different charts, graphs, and tables. This forces people to evaluate all of these competing components to determine which one to focus on when they open the dashboard.

Tableau 10 includes a number of API improvements. And these new APIs are all about opportunities—opportunities for new integrations with Tableau, and the opportunity to win a full conference pass to TC16! Let me tell you about both the APIs and our WDC v2 hackathon. Document API

Marketers, rejoice! We are excited to announce our new Marketo connector in Tableau 10. This new connector means you can connect directly from Tableau to see and understand your campaigns, leads, and lead activities—no ETL, data warehouse, or spreadsheets required. Here’s how to get started with the connector in Tableau 10.

Have you ever wanted to quickly find a mark or a set of marks without losing the other marks in the view? Meet our new first-class highlighter in Tableau 10. This new feature lets you quickly find and highlight data while maintaining the context of all the data in the view. It’s great for quickly exploring and discovering patterns. How Does the Highlighter Work? This feature is simple and powerful. First, select “show highlighter” from the contex...

Ever wish you could style your entire workbook with just a few clicks? Now you can in Tableau 10! For example, see how easy it is to change the color of all the titles in your workbook: You can also easily undo any of the changes you made, which means you can explore without losing your work. Tableau 10: Beautiful by Default

This post is part of our series covering tips, tricks, and ideas in Tableau Online, our cloud collaboration and sharing platform. When moving to the cloud, server admins often worry about losing control. They worry they won’t be able to manage and configure their environment. We’re here to tell you that’s not so.

Many of you have told us you’d like to create new geographic data using the data built into the geocoding database. And I am excited to announce you can do just that in Tableau 10 with our new custom territories! Let me explain how it works. The first thing to know is that there are two ways you can create custom territories: by using groups or by assigning a territory field as a geographic role. 1. Using Groups