# Autosave - New in Tableau 2022.1

> 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:** 2022-07-11
- **Format:** Video · 3 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation
- **Tools:** Tableau (cloud, server)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/autosave-new-in-tableau-2022-1
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn_pPuqe5D4

I walk through the new autosave feature in Tableau 2022.1 Web Edit on desktop. I demonstrate how leaving a workbook without saving keeps a draft, how to find and resume that draft, and how publishing clears the draft status.

## Key takeaways

- Tableau 2022.1 brings autosave to Web Edit on desktop, bringing it to parity with Tableau Prep
- Unsaved changes are kept as a draft, marked with a clear 'draft' tab at the top of the workbook
- You can leave the session entirely and still recover your draft work when you reopen the workbook
- Autosave may not restore the exact tab or spot you were on, but it preserves all your edits
- Hitting publish overwrites the existing workbook and clears the draft status until you make a new change

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/autosave-new-in-tableau-2022-1

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