Overview

Infotopics Apps for Tableau support Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, and Tableau Cloud.

While the core extension functionality is the same across platforms, configuration, security controls, and administrative responsibilities differ depending on where Tableau is deployed.

This section explains how Apps for Tableau behave on each Tableau platform and what administrators and creators need to know.

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Supported Tableau platforms

• Tableau Desktop

• Tableau Server

• Tableau Cloud

Apps for Tableau follow Tableau’s official Extensions framework and respect all platform-specific security and governance rules.

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Supported Tableau versions

Dashboard Extensions

Dashboard Extensions follow Tableau’s Extensions framework and are supported on Tableau environments where dashboard extensions are available and enabled. Platform-specific configuration, permissions, allow-listing, and data access policies still apply.

Viz Extensions

Viz Extensions are supported on Tableau 2024.2 or later. This is required because Tableau introduced the necessary backend support for Viz Extensions starting in version 2024.2.

Roles and responsibilities

Role	Responsibility
Creator	Add and configure extensions
Viewer	Interact with extensions
Administrator	Enable, allow-list, and secure extensions

Recommended note

We recommend testing extensions in a non-production environment before upgrading Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud, especially when moving to a new major or maintenance release. Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud may also require allow-listing, HTTPS, and appropriate data-access permissions for extensions to run correctly.