The information you need to sign into the portal for the first time is sent to you in a welcome email from Tableau after you purchase (Link opens in a new window) the product.Īt the top of the Welcome to the Customer Portal page, click Licenses.Ī table opens, listing any product keys assigned to you. Sign in to the Customer Portal (Link opens in a new window) page on the Tableau website using your email address and password. Note: If you have trouble signing in to the Customer Portal page, or if you need help retrieving your product key, contact Customer Service (Link opens in a new window) and provide your name, company, phone number, and email address.
INSTALL TABLEAU WITH KEY LICENSE
For more information about license types, see User-Based licenses (Link opens in a new window) in the Tableau Server help. You can always view your product key in the Customer Portal (Link opens in a new window). If you have a creator license (the product key begins with "TC"), the same key activates both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Builder.
INSTALL TABLEAU WITH KEY INSTALL
If you are using Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep Builder without Tableau Online or Tableau Server with login-based license management, you need your product key to activate Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Builder after the install process is finished.
If you have Tableau Server with login-based license management, no product key is needed and you can activate by signing in to Tableau Server. Sign in to Tableau Online to activate and use Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep Builder. If you have Tableau Online, no product key is needed. In the Download Files section of the page, click on the installer for your operating system to download it. Open the Product Downloads and Release Notes (Link opens in a new window) page and select Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep Builder from the list on the left side of the page.Ĭlick on the version you want to install. You can also find the installers for all products and versions on the Product Downloads and Release Notes (Link opens in a new window) page. Under Quick Links, click Product Downloads, and then click the appropriate link to download the installer for your product and operating system. Where's the installer?įor the most current version of Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep Builder, go to the Customer Portal (Link opens in a new window) page. For more information see Login-based License Management (Link opens in a new window) in the Tableau Server help.įor information about what applications are included with a Creator product key, see the Tableau Pricing (Link opens in a new window) page. Note: A product key is not required if your organization uses Login-based license management for product activation. To install Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep Builder you will need two things a Creator product key (the key number starts with the letters TC) and the installer for the version you want to install.
INSTALL TABLEAU WITH KEY HOW TO
For information about how to install and activate your product from the command line, see Install Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Builder from the Command Line (Link opens in a new window). This topic describes how to install and activate Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep Builder from the user interface. Note: If you are looking for information about how to install Tableau Server, see the Install and Configure (Link opens in a new window) section in the Tableau Server Help instead.