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Tableau Desktop

Overview

What is Tableau Desktop?

Tableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual…

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Recent Reviews

Analytics with Tableau

7 out of 10
February 27, 2024
We use Tableau to generate daily and weekly reports for our business module to generate our key performance indicators. These insights we …
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Awards

Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards

Popular Features

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  • Report sharing and collaboration (156)
    9.4
    94%
  • Drill-down analysis (158)
    9.2
    92%
  • Customizable dashboards (165)
    9.0
    90%
  • Formatting capabilities (161)
    9.0
    90%

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Pricing

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Tableau Creator

$70.00

On Premise
Per User / Per Month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttp://www.tableau.com/products/desktop

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $70 per month
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Product Demos

Tableau Desktop Tutorial | Tableau Desktop Training | Online Tableau Desktop Training - Youtube

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- Tableau Demo: Quick Tutorial to Getting Started with Tableau Desktop

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Tableau Desktop Naming Conventions Part 1

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Tableau Desktop Introduction Part 1

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

8.5
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

9
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.8
Avg 8.4

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8.6
Avg 8.1

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

8.7
Avg 8.6

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

8.4
Avg 8.0

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another

8.7
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is Tableau Desktop?

Tableau Desktop supports data-driven decisions by helping users to answer questions more quickly, solve harder problems more easily, and uncover new insights.

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 analyses. Interactive dashboards, drag and drop functionality, and natural language queries help users of all skill levels quickly discover actionable insights, all from its visual interface. Users can ask deeper questions by quickly building calculations, adding trend lines and seeing statistical summaries, or clustering data to see relationships.


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Tableau Desktop Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Tableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

Tableau Desktop starts at $70.

IBM Cognos Analytics, SAP Lumira Discovery, and Qlik Sense are common alternatives for Tableau Desktop.

Reviewers rate Report sharing and collaboration highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of Tableau Desktop are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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December 02, 2022

Tableau Desktop: Best in business

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Headcount Required
People having domain knowledge and experience of the tool. Someone who can provide detailed and in-depth training to a variety of users. Also, if the users are made aware of the latest releases, it would be beneficial for all. The developers of the reports should be aware of the latest features, and users should see the updated functionalities.
December 29, 2016

Worked superbly for analyzing web traffic data.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting
Internet Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Headcount Required
2
Technically savvy business analyst types for Tableau. While hard core DBA skills aren't really required, once you want to get into more complex mash-ups of data from multiple sources you do need someone relatively savvy about data types, queries, etc. You'd need more hardcore DBA types for maintaining actual back-end databases if reporting against SQL-queryable databases of course.
October 07, 2016

Tableau - helping you to tell your story ....

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Mining & Metals Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Headcount Required
2
We have a permanent team of 2 people to do Tableau Support, and a variety of mostly contracted developers who can also lend a hand. Generally we use a train the trainer approach meaning new users learn the tool and can support themselves. Experts are available on call, and Tableau offers a lot of help when necessary.
September 16, 2016

Tableau Desktop - Leader of the pack

David Shi | TrustRadius Reviewer
David Shi
Technical Business Analyst
Westpac (Banking, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Headcount Required
10
  • Existing experience with tableau, moderate understanding of relational databases and data. Microsoft Excel skills can also help get the users up to speed but not necessary.
  • Will suit any users from analytical and/or reporting backgrounds, visual analytics experience also helpful but not necessary.
  • Users with statistical background also helpful, but not always applicable depending on industry.
June 30, 2016

Tableau: If you don't use it... I don't want to work for you ...

David Fickes | TrustRadius Reviewer
David Fickes
Decision Sciences - Modeling, Simulation & Analysis
San Francisco State University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Headcount Required
There is no formal support structure. In general, we rely on a key people who are willing to assist and the forums hosted by the company itself. Decision Science (DS) professionals will not need a lot of support for the product, at least not the way we use it here. I do understand that other implementations do use server implementations that require some technical support roles.
June 09, 2016

Increased productivity and client satisfaction

Judith Breisch | TrustRadius Reviewer
Judith Breisch
VP Analytics
Citrix Systems, Inc., SaaS Division (Computer Software, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Headcount Required
1
Tableau has a healthy user community online and knowledge base. Support person would need to be able to search those resources to answer questions, actively participate/vote on development priorities. Support person, as the designated 'subject matter expert' (SME) should be comfortable with every aspect of the tool and how to apply it. That person does not need to have a technical background, per se.
May 24, 2016

Tableau - Great for business needs small to XL

Verified User
Director in Other
5001-10,000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Headcount Required
1
I support the users of the Tableau Destop versions. I have the Desktop professional series that allows me to connect the software to SQL where the data is housed for current and archive purposes. The programmer should have skills or experience in multiple programming languages, a good understanding of customer products and needs, experience working between business units and customers to move from customer needs to programming those into the tool, also the ability to innovate to be proactive of function enhancement to provide the customer what they didn't even know they needed.
March 08, 2016

Perfect analytics tool

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Telecommunications Company, 201-500 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Headcount Required
1
With some training many of the users can start using the desktop, but advanced training is recommended for users to take advantage of the various functionality that Tableau provides.

Analyst with technical background in data model and architecture proves to be an advantage when defining new data sources and how to establish connections to different data sources to pull the data into Tableau for analysis.
November 11, 2015

Visual Intelligence and Analysis (VIA) that is the name of our company & what you can expect from Tableau

Larry Keller | TrustRadius Reviewer
Larry Keller
CEO
VIA - Visual Intelligence & Analysis (1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Headcount Required
The skills to support Tableau Desktop touch one several key areas. In acting as a support person he or she should be Tableau certified at least at the Associate level. Said person should bring subject matter expertise to the support role and be capable of asking the next question.
March 18, 2015

Tableau Desktop Drives Analytic Efficiency

James Martin | TrustRadius Reviewer
James Martin
Measurement Solutions Designer
MRM McCann (Marketing and Advertising, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Headcount Required
12
We rely on data architects to create meaningful database tables that connect and integrate various different sources and channels of data. The people need database skills and SQL programming ability in particular. They work closely with website tagging and implementation specialists to ensure consistent and clean data gets fed into the Tableau system. These people need strong skills in tagging implementation, tag plan development, and website coding to some extent. Then the primary user of the tool is the analyst who uses it to create dashboards and perform analysis. These users require statistical skills, analytics experience, interface design and dashboard design skills as well as a little formula writing and coding ability and a dash of creativity.
September 26, 2013

100 Reasons why Tableau can help you!

Brad Llewellyn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Brad Llewellyn
Associate Data Analytics Consultant
Mariner (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Headcount Required
1
Given the size of our organization, I am Mariner's primary Tableau resource. In the rare case that a client is having issues with their Tableau Server/Desktop, I will be the one to answer it. As for the type of person needed, either an IT professional or a business analyst could support this product.
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