Tableau 2018.2 is now available with a new Extensions API, Tableau Services Manager, Spatial Join, and new mobile layouts.

Companies that need more specialized features can create own custom extensions, for example to make data from a custom-built business application available in Tableau.

The Tableau 2018.2 release provides and Extension API for developers, and a new server configuration and management tool.

Anvil X is a toolkit for building and deploying Tableau extensions entirely in Python. The platform is based on Anvil, a framework and integrated development environment for pure-Python full-stack ...

This means IT can use the API to create a custom writeback extension, allowing analysts to update an inventory management system, for example, without leaving Tableau.

Tableau today previewed Tableau Extensions API, a new API currently available for developers to build on, that supports taking action from the desktop.

Tableau also demonstrated Explain Data, which uses sophisticated statistical algorithms to allow people to instantly uncover AI-driven insights about their data.