Tableau Extensions let you add features Tableau doesn’t ship with – custom functionality inside a dashboard, new visualization types on a worksheet, or a bridge to applications outside Tableau altogether.
They run in the browser, on Desktop, Server and Cloud. Nothing to install, nothing to change in your environment.
Available now
Tally (f.k.a. CountTo)
Animated KPI counters. The number counts up from zero when the dashboard loads, and again when a filter or parameter changes.
It’s a small thing. It’s also the single most requested piece of polish I get asked for, and doing it in Tableau alone means a stack of calculations that break the moment someone touches the view. Full control over font, number formatting and animation speed. Locale-aware, so 1,234.56 stays 1.234,56.
Latch
Latch turns a Tableau parameter into a control that finally looks the part: a polished toggle switch, checkbox, segmented control, or buttons, in your own colours, size and
labels, with twelve switch designs to choose from. Viewers flip it right on the dashboard and every worksheet reacts at once.
More are in progress.
Many of them will be released soon! If you want to know when, or are looking for a specific Tableau extension/functionality: get in touch.
What is a Tableau extension?
It is an add-on that gives Tableau something it doesn’t do out of the box. There are two kinds: dashboard extensions, which you drag onto a dashboard like any other object, and viz extensions, which add new chart types.
Underneath, it’s a small web application running inside your dashboard. It can read what Tableau gives it and react to filters and parameters. It works on Desktop, Server and Cloud, and there’s nothing to install on anyone’s machine.
How to add an extension to a dashboard →
Questions
Does this work on Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud?
Yes. Desktop, Server and Cloud. Your Tableau admin may need to add the extension’s URL to the safe list first – that’s a one-time setting.
Where does my data go?
Nowhere. The extension runs in your browser and reads what Tableau gives it. Nothing leaves the page.
“I have an idea for an extension!”
Tell me about it. Most of what’s on this page started as someone describing a problem they’d been working around for months. If it’s something more people run into, I’ll probably build it. Get in touch.