The uppermost view in the performance summary recording dashboard shows the events that occurred during recording, arranged chronologically from left to right. The Performance Summary dashboard contains three views: Timeline, Events, and Query. The Detailed Views dashboard is only visible when the performance recording workbook is opened using Tableau Desktop. The Detailed Views dashboard provides a lot more detail and is intended to be used by advanced users when building workbooks. The Performance Summary dashboard provides a high-level overview of the most time-consuming events. Interpret a performance recording workbookĪ performance recording workbook contains two main dashboards: Performance Summary and Detailed Views. If you're sending the recording to Tableau Support, save this workbook as a packaged workbook (.twbx) file, and then send it. You can now view the performance workbook and begin your analysis.Ĭlick File > Save to save the workbook to the location you choose. Help > Settings and Performance > Stop Performance Recording

To stop recording and view a temporary workbook containing results from the recording session, follow this step: Help > Settings and Performance > Start Performance Recording To start recording performance, follow this step: Create a performance recording in Tableau Desktop

Tableau support may ask that you create a performance workbook as they work with you to diagnose performance issues. You can then view performance metrics in a workbook that Tableau creates to analyze and troubleshoot different events that are known to affect performance: The Performance Recording feature in Tableau records performance information about key events as you interact with a workbook. This is an especially good idea if you plan to share or publish the workbook. To find out what’s slowing it down, you can use a performance recording to evaluate your workbook. Your workbook is done and you’re wondering if its performance is taking a little longer than it should.

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