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June 20, 2019
Visualization made simple, and complex!
Currently my organization is using Tableau Desktop to perform most if not all of our in-house analytics, it not only speeds up the process of our in house analytics but it also gives us plenty of options to customize and filter our reports. We also use Tableau as a consulting tool with our clients to help answer questions they have about their own business key performance indicators.
- Easy to use
- Plenty of Customization options
- Can be quick to pick up for average users
- Supports some complex analytics
- Integrates well with other software
- expensive
- does require some workarounds to solve sometimes simple analytics
- training for product is also very expensive
October 07, 2019
Turn Tables Into Vistas of Visualization with Tableau Desktop
Seventy-five percent of our department uses Tableau Desktop, for a range of use cases, including the joining of related data sets for specialized reporting purposes, and also for the analysis of assessments data. Tableau allows us to easily merge and process large datasets without needing to be SQL experts, and to produce compelling and fluent data visualizations.
- Tableau's suite of powerful data visualization tools allows users to create static and interactive dashboards with the ease of a drag-and-drop interface. It can help users avoid common data visualization pitfalls.
- Tableau handily deals with millions of rows of data, from various data sources, including spreadsheets and SQL databases. This allows users to integrate disparate data sources that may have been difficult to connect otherwise.
- Tableau's interface allows data analysts of all experience levels to quickly begin producing compelling and useful analysis and visualizations. As a user gains experience, Tableau's feature set continues to keep pace.
- Pricing at scale is inordinately expensive. One must pay for the best, it seems, but better large-volume pricing would be appreciated!
- When assembling a worksheet, there is only limited room for columns, and when that capacity is exceeded, columns are auto-collapsed into merged placeholders, which cannot be easily inspected.
- Tableau is so feature-rich that it can feel impossible to master. While the vendor does provide training outreach, an emphasis on interactive tool-tips and other forms of "hands-on" training would be a welcome addition to the application.
September 13, 2019
Tableau Desktop still is my go-to product in a crowded BI tool market
Tableau Desktop is one of the primary business Intelligence tools we use at my organization. We have an enterprise license of Tableau server (8 core) that runs in the AWS Cloud. We have over 100 licenses of Tableau desktop and use it to help visualize and make data easier to consume. While it is used for some ad-hoc analysis, I would say it is used to deliver dashboards to employees, faculty, administrators who don't have a lot of reporting or SQL experience. Meanwhile, we also use tableau public to showcase our official data. These dashboards are built with Tableau Desktop as well.
- Visualization of data.
- Easily connects to local or a variety of data sources or APIs.
- Short learning curve to come up to speed.
- The pricing model has been tricky at times.
- Tableau corporation doesn't do a great job with the inventory of those who own licenses.
- Performance has been an issue at times.
August 09, 2019
Tableau is the market leader when it comes to Interactive Data Analysis and Visualization
Tableau has increased our business and productivity exponentially. Tableau helps to make data-driven decisions with confidence, solve harder problems more easily, and uncover new insights more frequently. It is the backbone of our analytics department and it is used by us throughout the analytical life-cycle from data preparation to deep analysis, to the shared insights that drive the business forward. Because of it, we are able to call out patterns and anomalies and it has helped us enormously in fraud detection as we will be recognizing the trends in the data which we use to feed the tool.
- Tableau offers incredible data visualization tools and the ability to parse massive data-sets in a very limited time. Its plethora of different chart formats and tools allow you to show data almost any way, making it easy to adapt visualizations to differing needs and tastes.
- Tableau is great for creating a combined dashboard with multiple databases as the source. This is one of the main features that the Tableau can connect to almost any data source and import the data easily and quickly.
- The support for natural language query is invaluable. It helps people of all skill levels quickly discover actionable insights because they don't have to learn any particular language to get on-board with it.
- The charts and graphics that tableau makes are easy for even nonanalytical people to understand, ideal for end-users of information as well.
- When we are importing data from multiple sources and the data is huge, it sometimes tends to lag and have also crashed sometimes.
- Tableau Desktop lacks the basic functionality of cleaning and prepping the data to be imported in Tableau Desktop. This is one of the major features which it lacks, you need additional support from Tableau to get these things added.
- It has the annoying habit that saved database connections must be re-authenticated every time you open the program, which is a complete waste of time and effort to do it, again and again, each time.
In our company, we use this department-wide. The teams that work on data visualization use this product. The work on this tool is client specific, some teams use this to understand the data, some teams use it for making the good charts for presenting the data. The teams that are mainly using this tool are more into analytics.
- It creates good dashboards.
- Selecting the fields and metrics is quite easy. We can create the formulas for presenting any variable.
- We can use this tool with R studio and SQL, which I think is the major power of this tool.
- We can process huge data in a very limited time.
- Output delivery of charts is also very efficient. For example, we can take the PDF of the charts, which is good, from other tools.
- More statistical functions need to be introduced in it.
- We can not clean the data through this tool.
- While taking the data from multiple sources, it hangs sometimes which sometimes crashes the whole system.
June 30, 2019
Tableau Review
It was used by our department. And we mainly use it to build web-based reports, which can be used interactively by the senior management team.
- User-friendly interface.
- Good IT support and lots of resources.
- Can publish reports to a server.
- Quite expensive.
- Limited functions in calculations.
- Not support embedded SQL.
- Not compatible well with Microsoft’s products.
October 03, 2019
Still the Industry Standard for BI
We are a boutique consulting firm with the ability to choose what BI platform we consult with. Tableau remains the industry standard BI/Data Visualization Tool for business. It remains as our tool of choice for our customers and our internal reporting.
We have used it to solve all kinds of problems across the data value chain, from data exploration, automation of reports and providing insights.
We have used it to solve all kinds of problems across the data value chain, from data exploration, automation of reports and providing insights.
- Lots of Data Connections
- Easy Visualizations
- Well supported in the community
- Flexible tool - many ways to do things.
- Error messaging is ambiguous
- Confusing interface - many ways to do the same thing
- Limited Crosstabs
- Dashboard layouts don't allow cutting and pasting of objects
- Despite what they try to demonstrate, big datasets still don't perform as quickly as you might expect them to
We use Tableau as a tool to visualize analytics in many industries and search for insights. Data sources usually include SQL and CSV. We also use the ability to build white label solutions based on Tableau.
- After basic training users can operate with Tableau by themselves.
- Tableau is good for evaluating base data analytics and data science tasks.
- In comparison to Ms PowerBL: fewer visuals in Tableau.
- Fewer free versions and support documentation/examples in Tableau rather than in PowerBI.
May 22, 2019
Visualization is the Future
Tableau Desktop is being used to actively track sales achievement to the number of leads created per week to optimization reporting and everything in between! While the sales team here at Sojern are the main users, it can serve a purpose and be a resource for almost every department within the company.
- User-friendly, and made for visual learners.
- The best tool for presentation purposes and actionable examples.
- Good for using our data in a way that can be understood by everyone in the business.
- It can be slow, as in loading slow and taking a while to switch from dashboard to dashboard.
August 02, 2019
Tableau is a great data tool!
Tableau Desktop is being used by our team for social media and raw data visualization. It addresses the problem of being able to visualize raw data from social channels to which we don't have the API access to integrate with our existing social media tools. It addresses the problems of being able to house and visualize data from all platforms in one place.
- Dynamic visualization.
- Easy data entry.
- Easy data correction/cleaning/modification.
- Steep learning curve.
- Not very user friendly to navigate.
October 23, 2019
Great for Data-Viz-Wizzes, Painful for Others
Tableau Desktop is used at our organization by most of our analysts, who then publish the reports to Tableau Server for distribution to everyone else in the organization to consume the information. This enables our analysts, myself included, to use Tableau Desktop to create helpful insights which can then be used by anyone at any technical level.
- Allows for complex dashboards to be made and then presented to less-technical audiences
- Stories help highlight important information in the information, allowing a presentation to stand on its own without having to be explained in person
- Recommends different visualizations based on the type of data inputted
- Very steep learning curve for those who haven't used it previously.
- Because it's a powerful tool, getting it to do simple things can be extremely difficult.
- A jack-of-all-trades solution, sometimes it's hard to find or create industry-specific visualizations, such as NPS gauges.
September 19, 2019
The best tool for visualization and storytelling
I work for a Data Sciences organization which provides consulting and corporate training in data science and visualization, and since Tableau is my bread and butter for visualization, either to understand my data or train people on the nuances of data. It is generally used across the organization although some people prefer using R and Python libraries in pockets.
- Easy to import data from multiple sources
- Easy to drag and drop and create various dimension
- Easy to build a storyboard
- A simple knowledgebank to get people started is essential.
- The pricing could be slightly lower for individual users
- The calculated fields could be made simpler
September 18, 2019
Tableau is a sophisticated BI platform that's constantly improving
It is being used to create analytics for distribution and use throughout the supply chain organization.
We have creators that publish to the server which other users leverage. That solves the business problem of sharing spreadsheets and everyone having a consistent view of the information.
We have creators that publish to the server which other users leverage. That solves the business problem of sharing spreadsheets and everyone having a consistent view of the information.
- Easy to use
- Consistent analytics
- Presentation ready
- CTE for custom SQL
- Comments for users to add enhancement requests
- JIRA style project management of a workbook
September 13, 2019
The Dominant Tool, But Will It Stay That Way?
Tableau was purchased on the recommendation of a SaaS provider to get analytic data from their product. The IT Dept currently is the only user of Tableau and processes all the data. Over two years our organization has used Tableau to go from zero analytic data to a significant amount for our size. Its use has grown far beyond the initial single SaaS tool we bought it to use with.
- Easy to learn.
- Analyzes your data and recommends potential reports.
- User-friendly interface.
- Expensive compared to other tools.
- Hooking into data beyond CSV can get complicated.
- Entire Tableau ecosystem (Desktop, Server, etc) is overly complicated.
While working for a large defense contractor, Tableau was adopted and implemented on a large scale and enterprise-wide. We used to Tableau to roll up and display data in charts that were used for decision making. We started using Tableau desktop to build models on top of datasets where inputs could be added to see what happens when certain variables are changed.
- Can process large amounts of data.
- Has lots of data connections to feed data.
- Easy to set up basic reports and dashboards.
- The Online and Server products make Tableau easy to use and share work with large groups (or small groups).
- Now has the backing of Saleforce and that admired company culture.
- The cost for Desktop and Server is extremely cost prohibitive.
- Tableau is quick to blame the users when performance and processing speeds are poor, but in reality, Tableau needs to work on making the application lighter and more powerful. There is a tool to evaluate performance on each workbook.
- Needs more data connectors.
- It takes advanced training/knowledge to create advanced reports and dashboards. If you use it every day you can become advanced in a few months.
- Training documentation and access to trading materials are lacking. Maybe they want youtube to be the main source of training?
October 23, 2019
Tableau Desktop - Intuitive and Easy to Use
[It's] Used across entire organization to create dashboards to reflect clinical trials' statistical data and progress.
- Create dashboards
- Live link to data sources
- Flexibility
- Row level security
- Calculated fields
June 07, 2019
A Great BI Tool for those that love customization
Tableau Desktop was being utilized internally to automatically process monthly reports and create PDF exports for client delivery.
- Data Visualization
- Data Importing
- Data Blending
- Providing login-free dashboards for client/stakeholder visibility
- Definitions for tooltips
- Custom color schemes
June 02, 2019
Best solution for BI (features + price)
Today it is used to create/show dashboards for a specific product that we sell to customers. It is a fundamental tool to this application because it shows all data related to Industrial Internet solutions, and has many features that are awesome. It is used worldwide and it improves our solutions.
- It is easy to use.
- It has many data connections (data sources).
- It is multilanguage.
- Tableau is easy to learn.
- It is difficult to configure page layouts.
- Complex data sources correlations are difficult to create.
- The price could be better when compared to competitors.
June 02, 2019
Great data tool if you know how to use it
We use Tableau as a way of combining a large number of data sources to create one cohesive story, which guides our business decisions.
- Pulling data from multiple sources.
- Can handle large data sources, unlike Excel.
- Pivoting data in more dimensions than Excel.
- Difficult to learn and use.
- Requires a lot of skill to create more developed visualizations and automated reporting.
- An extremely expensive and over the top solution for small businesses.
September 16, 2019
Tableau Desktop - iReviewed
We use Tableau Desktop mainly for creating dashboards that are live and easy to refresh when required. It helps in monitoring KPIs of our business that may go up or down on a daily bases. We also use Tableau Desktop for ad hoc analysis where we want to look at any trends & patterns that may be helpful to provide insights for the broader audience.
- Very user friendly, even a beginner would not have problem in understanding how to use it.
- Various types of charts are available.
- Sharing the dashboards is easy.
- Creating a dashboard is pretty easy and only Tableau has storytelling options which have helped me in my presentations.
- Raw data downloading behind the dashboard - The format of the data that we download would be in a very confusing format.
- Format matching is pretty much manual for various charts that we create.
- Data cleaning, wrangling & formatting has a lot of room for improvement.
- Alerting system from the dashboard is not available yet.
July 02, 2019
Tableau Desktop For Large Data Driven Company
Tableau is being used by our business analysts as well as members in our IT department. We are using it to generate reports and do cross functional analysis.
- Visualization of Data
- SQL Capabilities
- Report Generation
- Connection to External Data -Snowflake, MS Access, etc
- Slow Connection when running Reports
May 10, 2019
Easy to use and share reports
Used for reporting purposes for many business units to see how products are performing. Also used to make analytical decisions by the product team to see how to position products in the future. Production support issues can also be triggered off these reports if something is not working the way it should.
- Very easy UI for all level of users.
- Easy to save/favorite different dashboards.
- Granting access to different levels of users is easy.
- You still need to have a fair amount of technical skills to set up some dashboards.
- Drag and drop functionality could work a little easier.
- Keep working on the UI.
May 21, 2019
Great visual tool for sharing data with others
Tableau is used across the organization to solve business problems. In our business unit, we use it to view data quality and staffing requirements for projects. In addition, we use it to perform data exploration on data to see what needs to be addressed. Other groups use it for all kinds of reporting needs.
- Multiple data connections and blending
- Ability to see recommendations for graphs
- Ability to use API to create custom applications
- Extension gallery needs more options
- I think having the ability to use libraries like D3 into graphs
- Hyper being able to handle multiple joins better
May 18, 2019
Very robust BI tool, but a steep learning curve. Be sure to dedicate enough time to learn it well!
Tableau Desktop is being used as the primary business insights tool in our organization, so Tableau Desktop is used by our power users to build visualizations.
- It's a highly flexible for building dashboards. Once you know how to use the tool, you can design a dashboard to look exactly how you want.
- Has a broad range of data connection options.
- An easy UI for joining datasets.
- The learning curve is really steep. Even with online self-help resources and training modules, it takes a long time to learn fairly basic operations compared to other tools I've used. Basic operations in Tableau Desktop should really be simplified to acclimate new users.
- I experience lots of unexplained connection errors and the error messages are really ambiguous. I've learned to keep retrying multiple times and that often resolves the error, but sometimes if a workbook has been inactive for a while, the only way to resolve the connection error is to restart Tableau Desktop. That is really buggy behavior, and I have wasted a lot of time (as have many colleagues of mine) trying to decipher these errors. This really needs to be fixed.
- The application runs really slowly. I have a powerful PC, but Tableau Desktop really saps its resources. The previous BI tool we used was cloud-based, so this was a big adjustment moving to this resource-intensive thick client. I think it should be optimized to run faster. I spend too much time waiting.
May 14, 2019
Self-taught user review
Tableau Desktop was initially going to be used across the whole organization for internal and external purposes. It was going to help automate much of the reporting so more time could be spent on analyzing the data.
- Data visualization
- Data integration
- Data clean Up
- Sharing reports
- Duplicating dashboards
- Overall learning curve
Tableau Desktop Scorecard Summary
Feature Scorecard Summary
About Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop aims to allow people to make data-driven decisions with confidence, by helping them answer questions more quickly, solve harder problems more easily, and uncover new insights more frequently.
The vendor says that with a couple of clicks, Tableau Desktop connects directly to hundreds of data sources, both on-premises or in the cloud, with the goal of making it easier to start analysis. Interactive dashboards, drag and drop functionality, and natural language queries help users of all skill levels quickly discover actionable insights, all from an intuitive and visual interface. Users can ask deeper questions by quickly building powerful calculations, adding trend lines and seeing statistical summaries, or clustering data to see relationships.
Tableau's goal is to help people and organizations become more data-driven. With an integrated platform that is strives to be easy to start and scale, Tableau aims to support the entire analytics journey, from data preparation, to deep analysis, to the shared insights that drive the business forward.
Tableau Desktop Competitors
IBM Cognos, SAP Lumira Discovery, Qlik Sense, Microsoft Power BI, MicroStrategy Analytics, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
Pricing
Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
Has featureFree or Freemium Version Available?Yes
Has featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?Yes
Entry-level set up fee?No
Free trials are available for both editions.
Tableau Desktop Technical Details
| Deployment Types: | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems: | Windows, Mac |
| Mobile Application: | No |