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The Performance Recording feature in Tableau records performance information about key events as you interact with a workbook. You can then view performance metrics in a workbook that Tableau creates to analyse and troubleshoot different events that are known to affect performance:

• Query execution

• Compiling query

• Geocoding

• Connections to data sources

• Layout computations

• Extract generation

• Blending data

• Server rendering (Tableau Server only)

Tableau support may ask that you create a performance workbook as they work with you to diagnose performance issues.

Looking for Tableau Server on Linux? See Create a Performance Recording(Link opens in a new window).

Enable Performance Recording for a Site

By default, performance recording is not enabled for a site. A server administrator can enable performance recording site by site.

1. Navigate to the site for which you want to enable performance recording.

2. Click Settings:

   

3. Under Workbook Performance Metrics, select Record workbook performance metrics.

4. Click Save.

Start a Performance Recording for a View

1. Open the view for which you want to record performance.

   When you open a view, Tableau Server appends ":iid=<n>" after the URL. This is a session ID. For example:

   http://10.32.139.22/#/views/Coffee_Sales2013/USSalesMarginsByAreaCode?:iid=1

2. Type :record_performance=yes& at the end of the view URL, immediately before the session ID. For example:

   http://10.32.139.22/#/views/Coffee_Sales2013/USSalesMarginsByAreaCode?:record_performance=yes&:iid=1

3. Click the Refresh button in the toolbar.

4. Load the view.

View a Performance Recording

1. Click Performance to open a performance workbook. This is an up-to-the-minute snapshot of performance data. You can continue taking additional snapshots as you continue working with the view; the performance data is cumulative.

2. Move to a different page or remove :record_performance=yes from the URL to stop recording.