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LogoutBoth the Tableau Workbook and Tableau Packaged Workbook are file types used in Tableau.
The Tableau Workbook type of file contains information about worksheets and dashboards that are present within a Tableau workbook.
The Tableau Workbook files have an extension as .twb.
We can only create these files from a live data connection and share them with users having access to that live connection.
So, the .twb files contain metadata related to the existing data connection and does not contain the actual data from the workbook.
The Tableau Packaged Workbook file type is different from the .twb files as it contains both the metadata or information about the data of a workbook and the data extracted from the data source.
They have an extension .twbx.
The .twbx file type is used in place of a .twb file when you want to share a workbook with a user who does not have access to the live data connection.
Thus, in this case, your .twbx file contains data extracted from the source along with the other information about the workbook.