Tableau Reader and Tableau Desktop Compatibility

Issue

You are unable to open a workbook in Tableau Reader that was created by using a newer version of Tableau Desktop.

Environment

Tableau Desktop
Tableau Reader

Resolution

To resolve this issue, download the latest version of Tableau Reader from the Tableau Reader page.

Cause

Workbooks are not backwards-compatible. To open a workbook created with the latest version of Tableau Desktop, you must download and install the latest version of Tableau Reader. For more information about workbook compatibility, see Version Compatibility Between Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server.

Additional Information

Workbooks created in earlier versions of Tableau Desktop can be opened in the current version of Tableau Reader. For example, Tableau Reader 9.x can view workbooks created by Tableau Desktop 6.0-9.x. and workbooks created with a .tde format can be converted to using Hyper (though it cannot be reversed).