October 09, 2018
Tableau for the win!
Easy Tasks
- Dashboard publishing
- Data Connectivity
- Creating extract to work with local data and avoid connecting live production database.
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February 25, 2018
Tableau- The Data Visualizer
Easy Tasks
- Building basic charts from already available show me is one of the quickest and easiest thing in any BI tool
- connecting to data is quite simple we don't need to write long queries(unless we want to).
- arranging sheets in the dashboard and using filters are just clicks away, anyone can do it by first chance only.
February 22, 2018
Tableau Desktop a tool for BD and BI
Easy Tasks
- Links and queries to databases
- intuitive handling of data
March 20, 2017
Warming up to Tableau Desktop
Easy Tasks
- Visualization
- Creating calculated fields
- Changing data types from the source
Easy Tasks
- Initial data exploration.
- Duplicating visualizations for variation.
- Creating a narrative storyline.
May 24, 2016
Dashboard Experts, Scorecard Headaches
Easy Tasks
- Visualizations are easy to create.
- Easy to connect and refresh data sources
May 24, 2016
Your business NEEDS Tableau
Easy Tasks
- Charting is the easiest
- Most calculations are very similar to Excel
March 17, 2016
Oj's Review of Tableau Desktop
Easy Tasks
- Visualizations using drag and drop
- Predictive Analysis, Regression, Trend, Correlation, Statistical calculations pre-built as functions
- Ability to integrate data across multiple data sources, varying in technology on the same dashboard and making them react to user choices using parameters and easy to create calculated fields
November 11, 2015
Need to visualize data? Look no further.
Easy Tasks
- Drag and Drop
- Switching between layouts
- Connecting to data
Easy Tasks
- Connecting to a data source
- Using filters
- Creating parameters
- Easily able to create new visualizations using the "Show Me" tab
December 29, 2016
Worked superbly for analyzing web traffic data.
Easy Tasks
- Drag and drop of dimensions and measures
- Styling of visualizations of all different types is easy
- Assembling charts and graphs into composite dashboards
Easy Tasks
- Creating charts
- developing dashboards
May 04, 2016
Tableau is awesome!
Easy Tasks
- Graphing is easy to do. It gets harder when you have a particular graph capability that you must mimic.
- Dashboards are super easy. Dashboard actions make the workbooks come alive.
- Filtering and parameters are a great tool in the workbooks to limit your data down to a subset that you can analyze fully.
February 12, 2016
"Tableau Desktop - Driving Organization Analytic Efficiency Engine"
Easy Tasks
- Visualization
- Connecting and Importing data from different sources
- Publishing to Tableau Server
- drag and drop features- Minimal coding
February 11, 2016
Tableau - Tab-yes!
Easy Tasks
- Spreadsheet clean-up, auto-adjust.
- Geo-mapping data.
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 |