Requesting a Tableau Desktop License
You might have heard that there are some Tableau Desktop licenses are available to PATH through a grant from Tableau. At times, all of the licenses are allocated and there may be a wait list. If you would like to be considered to receive one of the licenses, be put on the wait list if they are all currently allocated, or to request a transfer IT needs to understand how you plan to use the granted Tableau Desktop License in order to determine if a full Desktop Licenses is appropriate or if the use of 'Web Authoring' will meet your needs.
Please use the steps defined below for any of the following requests:
- Request a Tableau Desktop Licenses under the grant
- Web Authoring' permissions
- Transfer of an existing license from one user to another
, please follow the step-by-step guide below. If there is currently a wait list, you might prefer to contact procurement to obtain a non-grant license.Note: Tableau Desktop licenses allocated under the grant are not self-service transferable.
Step-by-step guide
- Log into the IT Service Desk portal. From PATHCentral, choose Tools and Resources > IT Help Desk
- Click the 'Submit a helpdesk support request' button.
- Choose 'Help with access' → Get help accessing online services.
- Submit a request asking for a Tableau Desktop license, with Summary = Tableau Desktop License Request for <employee name>. In the Description, please include:
- What types of questions will Tableau help you to answer? (please provide example stories of how you expect Tableau will be used in your work)
- What types of data sources do you plan to analyze with Tableau? (please describe/list specific examples)
- What training courses or other methods of training will you use to ensure you are making the most of the Tableau license available to you? When planned/completed?
- Do you have needs to share the visualizations you've created with others? (please describe the types of audiences)
- If this is a request to transfer a grant license from one person to another, please provide the name of the individual from whom the license would be transferred.
- Other comments
- After receipt of the request, a member of the Tableau team in IT at PATH will contact you with any questions or to communicate the completion of your request.