R is a popular open-source environment for statistical analysis. Tableau Desktop can now connect to R through calculated fields and take advantage of R functions, libraries, and packages, and even the saved models. These calculations dynamically invoke the R engine and pass values to R via the Reserve package and they are returned to Tableau.
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Through the tabadmin utility, Tableau Server may be set to connect to an instance of Rserve, allowing anybody to view a dashboard with R capabilities.
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We can integrate advanced statistical analysis into drag-and-drop visual analytics by combining R with Tableau.