This year’s Tableau Conference isn’t just another event on the calendar — it’s looking to be a true inflection point for the future of Tableau and data analytics.

In our latest episode of The Sensemakers, Jonathan Drummey, Keith Helfrich, Shaun Davis, and Robert Rouse take a thoughtful look at why 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for Tableau, for its users, and for the broader data analytics community.

From the arrival of Tableau Next and its AI-driven innovations to big questions around the future of Tableau Core, the Actionauts explore the opportunities, the challenges, and what every data leader should be watching out for at the conference. With many decades of combined Tableau experience at the table, our four analysts offer a grounded, honest perspective on what’s at stake and how the choices made now could ripple across the next decade of analytics.

CORRECTION:
We want to clear up a possible point of confusion about Tableau Core vs. Next in the graphic at [06:18].
Tableau Core includes Desktop, Prep, Server, and Cloud. Of those, Tableau Cloud is cloud-only.
And, Tableau Next is also cloud-only.

This episode of The Sensemakers also marks the premier of our new Action Virtual Campus. The digital paint is barely dry, but we couldn’t wait to move in for such an important occasion. We hope you enjoy the new look.

We Will Be There!

Keith, Jonathan, Shaun, Johanna Villa, Jeremy Paytas, Josh Greenwalt, and Autumn Kloth will be at Tableau Conference 2025. If you see any of us, please introduce yourself. We may have a couple of secrets to share with you.

Where The TC25 Action Comes Together

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