by Katie Paige, on September 1, 2016
Tab-WHAT?
Along your Tableau journey, you might have come across some confusing acronyms that Tableau uses. Here's a quick cheat sheet:
Tableau Workbook File (TWB):
An XML document which contains all the information about your sheets, dashboards and stories
Tableau Packaged Workbook (TWBX):
A package of compressed files, including a data source file, TWB and any other files used to create the workbook
Tableau Data Extract (TDE):
A file format for compressed data sources
Tableau Data Source (TDS):
An XML document that has the metadata about your data source. Holds defaults for fields (color, aggregation, format), calculated field logic, etc.
Tableau Packaged Data Source (TDSX):
All of the attributes of a TDE but with the metadata from the TDS on top of it.
The Information Lab has a more detailed explanation of the file types and extensions - read more here!
