TABLEAU SERVER CERTIFICATION
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT QUESTIONS
ANSWERS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED SCORE
REPORT GRADED PLUS 2026
◉ Your dashboard is published to Tableau Cloud, but the data is
stored on a company server behind a firewall and is not updating.
What do you implement?
Answer: Use Tableau Bridge to connect private data to Tableau
Cloud and enable refreshes.
◉ You created a calculated field for Profit Ratio in your workbook,
but your team is recreating it in multiple dashboards. What should
you do?
Answer: Publish the data source so the calculation is shared and
reused across workbooks.
◉ A stakeholder wants to receive a dashboard update only when
sales drop below a threshold, not on a schedule. What feature should
you use?
Answer: Data-Driven Alert.
,◉ Your manager wants to understand how much each Region
contributes to total company profit, even when filters are applied.
What do you build?
Answer: Create % of Total Profit = SUM([Profit]) / {FIXED :
SUM([Profit])} to compare each region to the global total.
◉ You publish a workbook with an extract from Tableau Desktop.
What is the FIRST component in Tableau Server that receives the
request?
Answer: Gateway
◉ After receiving a publish request, what is the role of the Gateway?
Answer: It forwards the request to the correct server component
◉ During publishing, which Tableau Server component processes
the request?
Answer: Application Server
◉ A Tableau workbook contains metadata and data. Where is the
metadata stored on Tableau Server?
Answer: Repository
◉ A Tableau workbook contains an extract (.hyper). Where is the
data stored on Tableau Server?
, Answer: File Store
◉ When publishing a workbook, why are XML files and Hyper files
stored separately?
Answer: XML stores metadata (structure), Hyper stores actual data
◉ What component handles storing workbook metadata after
publishing?
Answer: Repository
◉ What component handles storing extract data after publishing?
Answer: File Store
◉ You publish a workbook and want to understand how the request
flows through Tableau Server. What is the correct order of
components?
Answer: Gateway → Application Server → Repository / File Store
◉ What is the role of the Application Server in Tableau Server
architecture?
Answer: It handles publishing and processing requests
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT QUESTIONS
ANSWERS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED SCORE
REPORT GRADED PLUS 2026
◉ Your dashboard is published to Tableau Cloud, but the data is
stored on a company server behind a firewall and is not updating.
What do you implement?
Answer: Use Tableau Bridge to connect private data to Tableau
Cloud and enable refreshes.
◉ You created a calculated field for Profit Ratio in your workbook,
but your team is recreating it in multiple dashboards. What should
you do?
Answer: Publish the data source so the calculation is shared and
reused across workbooks.
◉ A stakeholder wants to receive a dashboard update only when
sales drop below a threshold, not on a schedule. What feature should
you use?
Answer: Data-Driven Alert.
,◉ Your manager wants to understand how much each Region
contributes to total company profit, even when filters are applied.
What do you build?
Answer: Create % of Total Profit = SUM([Profit]) / {FIXED :
SUM([Profit])} to compare each region to the global total.
◉ You publish a workbook with an extract from Tableau Desktop.
What is the FIRST component in Tableau Server that receives the
request?
Answer: Gateway
◉ After receiving a publish request, what is the role of the Gateway?
Answer: It forwards the request to the correct server component
◉ During publishing, which Tableau Server component processes
the request?
Answer: Application Server
◉ A Tableau workbook contains metadata and data. Where is the
metadata stored on Tableau Server?
Answer: Repository
◉ A Tableau workbook contains an extract (.hyper). Where is the
data stored on Tableau Server?
, Answer: File Store
◉ When publishing a workbook, why are XML files and Hyper files
stored separately?
Answer: XML stores metadata (structure), Hyper stores actual data
◉ What component handles storing workbook metadata after
publishing?
Answer: Repository
◉ What component handles storing extract data after publishing?
Answer: File Store
◉ You publish a workbook and want to understand how the request
flows through Tableau Server. What is the correct order of
components?
Answer: Gateway → Application Server → Repository / File Store
◉ What is the role of the Application Server in Tableau Server
architecture?
Answer: It handles publishing and processing requests
