James here's what the licensing agreement says:

2.3.1 User-Based Server License:  If your Server

Software license is designated as User-Based, the Named

Authorized Users enabled to use such Server Software must not

exceed the number of licenses purchased on the Invoice or specified

at the time of purchase.  If your User-based Server Software license

is designated on the applicable Invoice or at the time of purchase as

Guest Authorized User enabled, for each such license you may

enable an unlimited number of Guest Authorized Users. 

(Interesting)

2.3.2 Core-Based Server License: If your Server

Software license is designated on the applicable Invoice or at the

time of purchase as Core-based, for each such license, an unlimited

number of Named Authorized Users may use the Server Software,

provided that the total number of Cores residing on all computers

where the Server Software is installed does not exceed the permitted

number of Cores identified on your Invoice or at the time of

purchase.  When the Server Software is installed and distributed

across multiple computers, all the Cores in each of these computers

count toward to the total number of Cores licensed  by you and

indentified on your Invoice or at the time of purchase.  "Core" means

the processor or execution core contained in the same integrated

circuit within a computer’s central processing unit, whether such

Cores are virtual or physical. If your Core-based Server Software

license is designated as “Guest Authorized User enabled”, for each

such license, you may enable an unlimited number of Guest

Authorized Users.

Hi Shawn,

You have mentioned that

If your Server Software license is designated as User-Based, the Named

Authorized Users enabled to use such Server Software must not

exceed the number of licenses purchased on the Invoice or specified

at the time of purchase.

I have 300 users and only 30 will be concurrently accessing the server.So can I purchase a user based license for $30K and the number of people concurrently accessing the server will not exceed 30 and that 30 can be anyone from 300 users.

Or is this userbased licensing model is not a concurrent licensing model?only 30 people will be able to access it ?

Regards,

Philip George

Again, talk to a sales rep.

Hi Toby,

Could you please help me to understand licensing model in the below scenario.

In named user license if we buy 30 licenses for 300 users (only 30 will be concurrently accessing the server at a time) can any 30 users from 300 users be able to access the reports concurrently or only specific 30 will be able to access at any time?

Regards,

Philip

Hi Philip,

You need to have this conversation with a Tableau employee, specifically your sales rep. Here's the quick answer: Tableau does not presently have a concurrent named user licensing model. For your use case you will need a core license or a named user license capacity of 300.

-Robert