Finding Your Tableau Version and Build Number

Published: 10 Dec 2013
Last Modified Date: 11 Oct 2022

Question

How to find the version and build number of Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.

Environment

Tableau Server
Tableau Desktop
Tableau Prep Builder
Tableau Cloud
Tableau Reader
Tableau Public

Answer

For Tableau Desktop

For Windows

Open Tableau Desktop
Select Help > About Tableau

For Mac

Open Tableau Desktop
Click the bolded "Tableau" file name in the menu bar > About

The version, build number, and bitness will appear towards the top of the About Tableau window:

Screenshot of the "about Tableau" window with version, build number and bitness highlighted

For Tableau Prep Builder

For Windows

Open Tableau Prep Builder
Select Help > About Tableau Prep Builder

For Mac

Open Tableau Prep Builder
Click Tableau Prep Builder in the menu bar > About Tableau Prep Builder

For Tableau Cloud

Click the question mark icon in the upper right hand corner and select About Tableau Cloud.
Screenshot of the menu that displays when the question mark icon is clicked

Screenshot of the menu that displays when the question mark icon is clicked

For Tableau Server

Option 1: Use the Tableau Server UI

After signing in to Tableau Server, click the information icon in the top right corner:
Select About Tableau Server.

Option 2: Use tsm (Windows versions 2018.2 or later. Linux all versions)

If on Windows, on the computer running Tableau Server, open the Command Prompt window as an administrator.
At the command prompt, run the following command: tsm version

Option 3: Use tabadmin (Windows versions 2018.1 or earlier)

On the computer running Tableau Server, open the Command Prompt window as an administrator and navigate to the Tableau Server bin folder:
- By default, this folder will be "C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\<version>\bin"
At the command prompt, run the following command: tabadmin version

For Tableau Reader and the Tableau Public app

For Windows

Open Tableau Reader or the Tableau Public app
Select Help > About Tableau

For Mac

Open Tableau Reader or the Tableau Public app
Click the bold "Tableau" file name in the menu bar > About

The version, build number, and bitness will appear towards the top of the About Tableau window, similar to the above Tableau Desktop steps.

Additional Information

The Tableau license is not version specific. When you have an up-to-date maintenance agreement, you can upgrade to the latest version at any time.

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