Tableau Public version is a life saver for anyone who wants to keep their journey of using Tableau, to use it for personal purpose, to practice Tableau for career aspirations.

It's almost fully functional barely a few features that are disabled.

Earlier in 2024, Tableau Public was allowed to save Tableau worksheets locally which was a most awaited feature for about a decade or even more. This prevents the need to use Tableau Public account but you should still use it to showcase your portfolio to the audience.

One thing that's not there is Copying / exporting the content from the worksheet which was recently disabled. Therefore, you are stuck with your tableau version of everything - which is kind of bearable as you would still rely on MS Excel for that.

But basic decision making using Tableau dashboards is very much achievable.