However, by 2020, you will need to ensure that you have moved across to the subscription-based pricing model to continue to have Prep.
Prep is a separate license key to Desktop, but any Desktop user can download and use Prep today. Being a Mac user, I love the fact that I can install Prep and use it natively. As well as providing a workflow of your data changes, you can also see immediate relationships and data quality with a drag/drop interface.
Prep is designed on the same principals as Tableau Desktop with everything being instant feedback on your data. It’s an impressive 1st release for Prep and you can expect a monthly update to the product as the capabilities ramp up. Previously called Maestro before release, Tableau Prep is designed to help everyone cleanse, shape and blend their data before visualising it in Tableau. One of the biggest announcements which was also covered extensively on the day was Tableau Prep. Tridant had a booth there and were happy that so many people enquired about how Tableau and Anaplan work together. The Data Day Out was attended by over 1000 people and the venue was packed in every session on the day. Both Francois and Nate were engaging presenters and happy to talk to every Tableau customer present on the day. It was also fantastic to see Tableau sending Francois Ajenstat (Chief Product Officer) and Nate Vogel (Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Partner Readiness) to present at the events. Taking all of this into consideration, it was perfect timing for Tableau to hold the Data Day Out in Sydney and update all their clients and business partners. It has been a busy time at Tableau with them announcing the new role-based pricing, Tableau Prep, Tableau 2018.1, the beta for 2018.2 and the new Tableau starter kits. Recently the Tridant team attended the Tableau Data Day Out event in Sydney as well as spending the prior 2 days engaging with the Tableau team.