Preparation20% of the exam
Identifying versions, downloads and release notes
Find the running Tableau Server version in the web UI or with tsm version, read short and long (version_code) version numbers, get installers from the official product releases page, and use the Release Notes dashboards and support policy to judge what a version offers.
1.3 Versions: 1.3.1 Understand: 1.3.1.1 How to identify the current version of Tableau Server, 1.3.1.2 Where to obtain the latest release of Tableau Server, 1.3.1.3 Where to access release notes of Tableau Server.
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What the exam expects
- Identify the version of Tableau Server that is actually running, from the web UI or from the TSM command line.
- Read a short version and a long, build-specific version, and know which one appears in installation paths.
- Name the official place to obtain the latest Tableau Server release and its maintenance releases.
- Name the official place for Tableau Server release notes, and filter it to the version you run.
- Relate a version to its maintenance and support window.
Key terms:
- Short version: the major.minor.maintenance number, such as 2018.2.5.
- Long version (version_code): the build-specific number, such as 20182.18.1214.0751, used in install paths.
- Maintenance release: a numbered update within a version, such as 2025.3.4 within 2025.3.
- Release Notes: the Tableau Server help topic with dashboards of new and changed features.
- Maintenance window: the period of maintenance and full technical support after a version's initial release.
Key facts
Web UI version
- Detail
- Information icon, then About Tableau Server; available to all server users
CLI version
- Detail
- tsm version, run as administrator on the initial node; shows TSM and Server versions
Short version
- Detail
- Major, minor, maintenance in nnnn.n.n format
version_code
- Detail
- The long, build-specific version used in packages paths
Long version in the UI
- Detail
- Shown in parentheses in About Tableau Server
Installer source
- Detail
- Tableau Server product downloads page, one page per version
Fixed defects
- Detail
- Resolved Issues on each version's release page, since September 2023
Search by Feature default
- Detail
- Server, latest version of Server
What's Changed topic
- Detail
- Merged into Release Notes beginning with 2020.2
Server support window
- Detail
- 24 months maintenance, then 12 months limited support
Sources for this section (6)
- View Server Versionhelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Tableau Server product downloadswww.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Tableau Server 2026.3www.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Release Noteshelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- What's Changedhelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Technical Support Serviceswww.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- When is the Upgrade Server dashboard a better choice than Search by Feature?
- Why might an older Tableau Server version be missing from the product downloads page?
- What three parts make up a short Tableau Server version number?
- Which users can look up the server version in the Tableau Server web UI?
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