Baker Tilly showcases Anvil X at Tableau Conference 2024

Data visualizations and dashboards are powerful tools to clearly communicate complex information and deduce insights. Tableau extensions allow teams to take the next step and take action directly in their dashboard, turning dashboards into powerful data products. Tableau extensions are changing the game for data analysts, data developers and business users. Dashboard builders can now build exactly what they need to integrate dashboards into business processes. Baker Tilly team members attended the Tableau Conference 2024 to showcase Anvil X, a platform that allows users to build Tableau extensions using only Python.

The recap: Tableau Conference 2024

Baker Tilly’s Daniel Bolinson, senior manager and Data Dev Ambassador, presented two sessions during the three-day conference in San Diego. Explore the session highlights.

1. Unlock your dashboards with Python and Tableau extensions: Dan highlighted the process of building Tableau extensions using just Python. Live, he built a demonstration extension to enable users to keep track of the reasons behind variances-from-plan, showcasing how simple and effective creating the extension was with Anvil X. Dan also discussed key features of Anvil X such as the drag-and-drop UI builder, one-click deployment, real-time logging, error handling and secure server-side environments. Need to kick off a business process when a user clicks a mark on the dashboard? Dan’s demo highlighted just how easy that is with Anvil X.

Key takeaways

• Anvil X simplifies extension building by allowing developers to create Tableau extensions using just Python, streamlining the process of creating interactive data products without requiring web development expertise.
• Get started by exploring the online trexjacket documentation, which includes tutorials, guides and other material to help you get started building. Our specialists are here to support you. From training to full development, we have got you covered.