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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP SuccessFactors HCM

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.

    $75.60

    per year per user (Up to 100 Employees)

    Tableau Server

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ATableau Server allows Tableau Desktop users to publish dashboards to a central server to be shared across their organizations. The product is designed to facilitate collaboration across the organization. It can be deployed on a server in the data center, or it can be deployed on a public cloud.

    $12

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    SAP SuccessFactors HCMTableau Server
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Viewer
    $12.00
    Per User Per Month
    Explorer
    $35.00
    Per User Per Month
    Creator
    $70.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP SuccessFactors HCMTableau Server
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP SuccessFactors HCMTableau Server
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    SAP SuccessFactors is very similar to Workday Cloud Platform, but SAP SuccessFactors was better suited for our business.
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    862 Answers
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    644 Answers
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    848 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    381 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    487 Answers
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    SAP SuccessFactors HCMTableau Server
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.1
    861 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.2763 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history8.1776 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.9744 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.1702 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting8.1785 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management8.1709 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.8441 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    7.7
    497 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.9383 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.3330 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.5336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.6318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.8311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.9404 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.5291 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.3
    498 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow8.5494 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details8.2425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment8.1380 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.3
    688 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.5524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.7670 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.1456 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.8421 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.5644 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    7.0
    669 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder7.3639 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.0607 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data6.8503 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.0
    541 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.7527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.5495 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.3
    667 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting8.1600 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.1660 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.9541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.9621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.2
    699 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans8.2674 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans8.0578 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.0638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders7.9630 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency8.1524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    8.0
    489 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Create succession plans/pools8.0452 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking8.1426 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search7.8433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate development7.9411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    7.7
    564 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Tableau Server
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.8535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.8508 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.7444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.7489 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.6456 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.7514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.9519 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.4
    95 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings9.129 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.094 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.081 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    7.8
    95 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.093 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.059 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.089 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    7.2
    91 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.085 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.084 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.070 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.077 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings5.19 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.3
    90 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.086 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.085 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.064 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    10.0
    95 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.093 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings10.090 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.092 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.062 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    8.1
    79 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings10.077 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.061 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.068 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAP SuccessFactors HCM and Tableau Server
    Feature
    SAP SuccessFactors HCM
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Server
    6.4
    46 Ratings
    19% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.037 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings6.040 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings5.57 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.19 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings4.67 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SAP SuccessFactors HCMTableau Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (894 ratings)
    8.0
    (111 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (59 ratings)
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (414 ratings)
    8.0
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    7.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.6
    (29 ratings)
    3.0
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    3.3
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (16 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    3.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.1
    (79 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (82 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.8
    (420 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    4.4
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    2.1
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    4.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP SuccessFactors HCMTableau Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    I recommend SAP SuccessFactors HCM to businesses seeking a functional HR solution. It combines various functionalities, including Payroll, workforce planning, talent management, recruitment, and more. It ensures smooth HR processes and, in the same spirit, proper employee engagement. Most businesses would benefit from this tool.
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    Tableau
    Whole funnel and specific channel performance from upper to lower funnel metrics. The ability to view full channel performance for some time, such as weekly, monthly, or quarterly, has truly been monumental in how my team optimizes specific channels and campaigns. Daily performance tracking is a bit overwhelming, with load times and having to refresh specific live views over time. It can be challenging to do so at times, as extensive dashboards take much longer to load.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • It's a well integrated tool and the synchronization between the modules is seamless.
    • We have a good experience with the onboarding.
    • We have a good experience with employee cycle management.
    • There is no match for the SAP payroll system. It takes care of all the legislation, it takes care of all the payroll related activities. So altogether it's a very good tool to work with.
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    • It's good at doing what it is designed for: accessing visualizations without having to download and open a workbook in Tableau Desktop. The latter would be a very inefficient method for sharing our metrics, so I am glad that we have Tableau Server to serve this function.
    • Publishing to Tableau Server is quick and easy. Just a few clicks from Tableau Desktop and a few seconds of publishing through an average speed network, and the new visualizations are live!
    • Seeing details on who has viewed the visualization and when. This is something particularly useful to me for trying to drive adoption of some new pages, so I really appreciate the granularity provided in Tableau Server
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    SAP
    • I think just overall the configuration can be a little bit hard on the backend user, like myself, knowing which screens to go to. Better documentation on how we configure things would be a great resource for employees in the HR field that are making those backend changes.
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    • Tableau Server has had some issue handling some of our larger data sets. Our extract refreshes fail intermittently with no obvious error that we can fix
    • Tableau Server has been hard to work with before they launched their new Rest API, which is also a little tricky to work with
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    It is the product that the Business is fully committed to for co-ordinately HR processes. Employee and Manage Self-Service has allow our business to reduce the overheads in our HR operating mode. The integration with 3rd party products is now in place and further developments will only increase its importance. SuccessFactors provide regular enhancements and has a support model in line with our business requirements.
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    Tableau
    It simply is used all the time by more and more people. Migrating to something else would involve lots of work and lots of training. The renewal fee being fair, it simply isn't worth migrating to a different tool for now.
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    Usability
    SAP
    Generally works as it needs to but there is room for improvement. Notifications are an example where they come from different places whereas they should be centralised and standardised. We would love to have time management and award interpretation in SAP SuccessFactors HCM instead of a third party system however the lack of rostering functionality makes this unusable
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    Tableau
    Tableau Server takes training and experience in order to unlock the application's full potential. This is best handled by a qualified data scientist or data analytics manager. Tableau user interface layout, nomenclature, and command structure take time and training to become proficient with. Integration and connectivity require proper IT developer support.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    Until now we have not had serious availability problems with SuccessFactors, we had Microsoft Active Directory and SSO with ADFS and we had availability problems but because of problems with ADFS, we migrated to Azure AD and with that the availability problems of SuccessFactors because of ADFS went away. The only windows of unavailability that we have had are those that we are communicated to do maintenance and upgrades.
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    Tableau
    Our instance of Tableau Server was hosted on premises (I believe all instances are) so if there were any outages it was normally due to scheduled maintenance on our end. If the Tableau server ever went down, a quick restart solved most issues
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    Performance
    SAP
    The performance is very good, the truth is that we have not had serious performance problems, some complex reports may take a little longer, but considering the complexity and the amount of records it is an acceptable time. We have never received a complaint from users regarding page loading speed.
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    Tableau
    While there are definitely cases where a user can do things that will make a particular worksheet or dashboard run slowly, overall the performance is extremely fast. The user experience of exploratory analysis particularly shines, there's nothing out there with the polish of Tableau.
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    SAP SuccessFactors has been a easy to implement tool with low risks for a sensitive thing like employee feedback. It provides powerful performance in the backend functionalities, and at the same time a great look and feel for the employees. Totally recommended.
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    Tableau
    We have consistently had highly satisfactory results every time we've reached out for help. Our contractor, used for Tableau server maintenance and dashboard development is very technically skilled. When he hits a roadblock on how to do something with Tableau, the support staff have provided timely and useful guidance. He frequently compares it to Cognos and says that while Cognos has capabilities Tableau doesn't, the bottom line value for us is a no-brainer
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    The in-person training was with a consultancy, we have taken several courses, all very specific. They have been reports in ecp, general configuration of ec, reports and IAS
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    Tableau
    In our case, they hired a private third party consultant to train our dept. It was extremely boring and felt like it dragged on. Everything I learned was self taught so I was not really paying attention. But I do think that you can easily spend a week on the tool and go over every nook and cranny. We only had the consultant in for a day or two.
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    Online Training
    SAP
    We use SAP Learning, and we like it very much, the topics are updated along with the products, we have access to the SFX customer certifications and we have done them all, in general the SAP learning platform is very good and complete.
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    Tableau
    The Tableau website is full of videos that you can follow at your own pace. As a very small company with a Tableau install, access to these free resources was incredibly useful to allowing me to implement Tableau to its potential in a reasonable and proportionate manner.
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    As we were new with all this, we would greatly appreciate if we had assitance directly from SAP so we can implement the modules with all of its features and best practices. Unfortunately, we notice that the partner left some thing incomplete.
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    Tableau
    Implementation was over the phone with the vendor, and did not go particularly well. Again, think this was our fault as our integration and IT oversight was poor, and we made errors. Would they have happened had a vendor been onsite? Not sure, probably not, but we probably wouldn't have paid for that either
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    SAP SuccessFactors is a very user-friendly application, it stacks up very well against competition, such as Oracle PeopleSoft HCM. We selected SAP SuccessFactors because we are already using a lot of other SAP solutions, such as SAP S/4 HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform. It allows us to have single-sign on and one vendor with multiple solutions.
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    Tableau
    Today, if my shop is largely Microsoft-centric, I would be hard pressed to choose a product other than Power BI. Tableau was the visualization leader for years, but Microsoft has caught up with them in many areas, and surpassed them in some. Its ability to source, transform, and model data is superior to Tableau. Tableau still has the lead in some visualizations, but Power BI's rise is evidenced by its ever-increasing position in the leadership section of the Gartner Magic Quadrant.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    SAP
    Not applicable.
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    Tableau
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    SAP
    The scalability and flexibility of SuccessFactors is unbeatable. It is very easy to scale the product to new countries and areas, and with the help of CPI it can be easily integrated.
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    Tableau
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    SAP
    Once time we need to change the datacenter and we made this with the professional services from SAP... everything goes just fine. excelent service.
    Incentivized
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    Tableau
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • It helps better in the tedious task of job posting, it's automated to social handles.
    • Better performance in speed, UI, performance management, skill management, talent onboarding, and finding candidates in the talent pool.
    • Reduces most of the cost in HR operations and future-proof technology with continuous improvement.
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    Tableau
    • Tableau does take dedicated FTE to create and analyze the data. It's too complex (and powerful) a product not to have someone dedicated to developing with it.
    • There are some significant setup for the server product.
    • Once sever setup is complete, it's largely "fire and forget" until an update is necessary. The server update process is cumbersome.
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    ScreenShots

    SAP SuccessFactors HCM Screenshots

    Screenshot of how to navigate to all SAP SuccessFactors solution modules and complete tasks using natural language—thanks to Joule, the AI copilot with generative AI.Screenshot of where to acquire future-ready skills by sourcing, engaging, and hiring top talent, as well as save time evaluating candidates and match skills to roles more efficiently with AI-powered applicant screening.Screenshot of some of the metrics that empower HR professionals, analysts, and business partners to answer questions about a workforce, or that influence business decisions with data-driven insights and an evidence-based approach to HR.Screenshot of the mobile interface, which also helps automate processes to improve employee and manager self-service, and strengthen compliance.Product screenshot

    Tableau Server Screenshots

    Screenshot of Tableau Server interface and administration view 1.Screenshot of Tableau Server interface and administration view 2.Screenshot of Tableau Server permissions view.Screenshot of Tableau Services Manager (TSM) view 1.Screenshot of Tableau Services Manager (TSM) view 2.