
Use the following buttons to take action on your product key: Perpetual (permanent) licenses are no longer available for Tableau Desktop. These services must be renewed to continue receiving the service. However, to get access to product updates and technical support you must purchase Support and Maintenance services. Perpetual licenses don't expire and their License Expires field in the Manage Product Keys dialog box displays "Permanent". For more information about the different type of user-based licenses that are available, see User-based licenses (Link opens in a new window) in the Tableau Server help.Įxisting Tableau Desktop users may have a perpetual (permanent) license. The type of license that you have is displayed in the Product field. Note: Tableau offers term licenses that provide a range of capabilities. You can also activate or deactivate a product key or refresh a maintenance product key from this dialog if you are not using the Virtual Desktop (ATR) option. View data about your licenseĪfter you install Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep open the application and then navigate to Help > Manage Product Keys from the top menu to see information about the type of license you have and when it expires. After the trial period expires, you'll need to purchase a license (Link opens in a new window) to continue using the product. Note: Trial licenses for Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep expire after a set period of time, usually 14 days. For more information about renewing your license, see How to Renew your Tableau Licenses (Link opens in a new window). If you don't renew your term license and the term expires, Tableau will stop working and you will no longer have access to the software. You can continuously renew the term license as each specified period expires. Term licenses must be renewed and the product key refreshed to continue providing uninterrupted service. For more information, see Activate Tableau using Login-based License Management (Link opens in a new window). Instead, you use login-based license management to activate and sign in to Tableau Server or Tableau Online. When you purchase a new Tableau Server or a new Tableau Online subscription however, product keys are no longer issued for Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep Builder. Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Builder can be licensed under a term license model.
