Question

Define performance testing in terms of Tableau?

Answer 1

We can check the performance of Tableau by the following 2 ways.

• We can create performance recording to keep track of performance details of main events while interacting with workbooks. Then, these performance metrics can be viewed by user and analyzed. Navigation to start/stop performance recording is Help→Settings and Performance>→ Start Performance Recording Help→ Setting and Performance → Stop Performance Recording
• Review the logs created by Tableau Desktop. Location for log files is C:UsersMy DocumentsMy Tableau Repository.
• For live connection, check the log files log.txt and tabprotosrv.txt.
• For Extract connection, check the log file tdeserver.txt