October 09, 2018
Tableau for the win!
Difficult Tasks
- Fixed calculations are difficult to learn.
- Containers are challenge to format.
- Predictive analytics aren't are difficult to understand.
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February 25, 2018
Tableau- The Data Visualizer
Difficult Tasks
- Using calculated fields for special functionalities
- Understanding and using LOD functions can be cumbersome for new users
- building advanced graphs require a deep understanding of several advanced tableau features, which comes from regular uses.
February 22, 2018
Tableau Desktop a tool for BD and BI
Difficult Tasks
- Establish relationships between different database fields and display the corresponding visualizations
March 20, 2017
Warming up to Tableau Desktop
Difficult Tasks
- MDX queries
- Building tables where you need to align text
Difficult Tasks
- Getting the "look" right on the stories is a bit difficult, I tend to want something really specific and so you end up having to adjust every single element.
May 24, 2016
Dashboard Experts, Scorecard Headaches
Difficult Tasks
- Dashboard layout wasn't as easy as expected.
- Linking more then 2 - 3 datasets together gets messy
May 24, 2016
Your business NEEDS Tableau
Difficult Tasks
- Table calculations require some reading-up
March 17, 2016
Oj's Review of Tableau Desktop
Difficult Tasks
- Running/Weighted Averages
- Dimensional Comparative using Window Calculations with data from a different dimension
November 11, 2015
Need to visualize data? Look no further.
Difficult Tasks
- Formatting data
- Occasionally, laying out data in a useful manner
Difficult Tasks
- Placement of items in a dashboard, particularly when exact coordinates are needed or attempting to duplicate a look and feel
December 29, 2016
Worked superbly for analyzing web traffic data.
Difficult Tasks
- There are a few things that should be simple that are cumbersome like data blending can be painful to get right and details like totals on top of stacked bars
- Formatting does not carry over from sheet to sheet and styles cannot be universally applied to a single visualization much less a dashboard -- lots of repetitive manual work to style things visually
Difficult Tasks
- building complicated joints in datasets when importing data
- exporting entire dashboard to pdf
- navigating the different filter types
May 04, 2016
Tableau is awesome!
Difficult Tasks
- The calculations are a bit tricky.
- Graphs that don't follow the popular path can be hard to create. It is not intuitive what to do "next".
February 12, 2016
"Tableau Desktop - Driving Organization Analytic Efficiency Engine"
Difficult Tasks
- Customized Reports
- Maps
- Cell coloring
- working with OLAP cube
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 |