TABLEAU SERVER PRACTICAL EVALUATION
PAPER ITEMS RESPONSE KEY EXPLANATION
RUBRIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
INSIGHT 2026
◉ You want to share visualizations and data source logic, but NOT
the data. What file type should you send?
Answer: .twb
◉ You want to share everything (visualizations + data source +
data). What file type should you send?
Answer: .twbx
◉ Your colleague cannot access the original database and needs to
open your dashboard offline. What file should you send?
Answer: .twbx
◉ You are using a live connection and do NOT want to include data
in the file. What workbook type should you use?
Answer: .twb
,◉ You want to share only the cleaned data structure (renamed fields,
calculations) but no actual data. What should you send?
Answer: .tds
◉ Your team needs both your data model and the actual dataset
because they don't have access to the source system. What should
you send?
Answer: .tdsx
◉ Which Tableau product can open ALL file types?
Answer: Tableau Desktop
◉ Which file type can Tableau Reader open?
Answer: .twbx
◉ Why can Tableau Reader NOT open a .twb file?
Answer: Because it does not contain data
◉ Why must you use a packaged workbook for Tableau Public or
Reader?
Answer: Because they cannot connect to live data sources
, ◉ What type of information is stored in XML inside a Tableau
workbook?
Answer: Metadata (structure, fields, calculations, layout)
◉ What type of information is stored in a Hyper file?
Answer: Actual data (extract)
◉ What does "metadata" represent in Tableau?
Answer: Data about the data (fields, types, structure, actions)
◉ A user opens your file but sees the structure of the dashboard
with no data. What file type did you most likely send?
Answer: .twb
◉ A colleague can open your file in Tableau Reader and interact with
full data offline. What file type did you send?
Answer: twbx
◉ You want to distribute only a dataset optimized for performance,
without visuals or data model logic. What do you send?
Answer: .hyper
PAPER ITEMS RESPONSE KEY EXPLANATION
RUBRIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
INSIGHT 2026
◉ You want to share visualizations and data source logic, but NOT
the data. What file type should you send?
Answer: .twb
◉ You want to share everything (visualizations + data source +
data). What file type should you send?
Answer: .twbx
◉ Your colleague cannot access the original database and needs to
open your dashboard offline. What file should you send?
Answer: .twbx
◉ You are using a live connection and do NOT want to include data
in the file. What workbook type should you use?
Answer: .twb
,◉ You want to share only the cleaned data structure (renamed fields,
calculations) but no actual data. What should you send?
Answer: .tds
◉ Your team needs both your data model and the actual dataset
because they don't have access to the source system. What should
you send?
Answer: .tdsx
◉ Which Tableau product can open ALL file types?
Answer: Tableau Desktop
◉ Which file type can Tableau Reader open?
Answer: .twbx
◉ Why can Tableau Reader NOT open a .twb file?
Answer: Because it does not contain data
◉ Why must you use a packaged workbook for Tableau Public or
Reader?
Answer: Because they cannot connect to live data sources
, ◉ What type of information is stored in XML inside a Tableau
workbook?
Answer: Metadata (structure, fields, calculations, layout)
◉ What type of information is stored in a Hyper file?
Answer: Actual data (extract)
◉ What does "metadata" represent in Tableau?
Answer: Data about the data (fields, types, structure, actions)
◉ A user opens your file but sees the structure of the dashboard
with no data. What file type did you most likely send?
Answer: .twb
◉ A colleague can open your file in Tableau Reader and interact with
full data offline. What file type did you send?
Answer: twbx
◉ You want to distribute only a dataset optimized for performance,
without visuals or data model logic. What do you send?
Answer: .hyper
