In addition to the file types mentioned previously, there are quite a few other file types associated with Tableau. The following are some of the Tableau file types:
- .tbm: A Tableau Bookmark file—an XML file containing a definition of a static snapshot of a single view and associated data sources. As sheets can now be copied and pasted from one workbook to another, this file type is largely not needed. You can create bookmarks and import them into other workbooks from the Window menu.
- .hyper: A Hyper extract—a binary file containing data extracted from another source. This is the extract format used by Tableau 10.5 and later, which utilizes the much faster and scalable hyper engine.
- .tde: A Tableau Data Extract—a binary file containing data extracted from another source. The .tde file by itself does not contain information about the original...
