# My experience at Tableau Conference with action analytics. #tc25 #tableau #salesforce

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2025-04-19
- **Format:** Short · 1 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Community, Industry trends
- **Tools:** Tableau
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/my-experience-at-tableau-conference-with-action-analytics-tc25-tableau-salesforce
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UMxTIeTYJs

I'm at my first Salesforce-era Tableau Conference (TC25) in the States, chatting on camera about how it compares to the events I attended before. I reflect on Salesforce's polish and scale, the loss of pre-COVID scale, and how the real value comes from the conversations outside the sessions.

## Key takeaways

- Salesforce brings a high level of polish and scale to Tableau Conference, though it can feel a touch clinical
- Post-COVID conferences haven't quite recovered the scale that earlier Tableau events had
- The most valuable part of any conference is often the time spent outside the formal sessions, meeting people

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/my-experience-at-tableau-conference-with-action-analytics-tc25-tableau-salesforce

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