Tableau Desktop

Tableau Desktop

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Score 8.4 out of 10
Top Rated
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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Popular Features

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  • Customizable dashboards (163)
    8.4
    84%
  • Drill-down analysis (156)
    8.4
    84%
  • Mobile Application (178)
    8.1
    81%
  • Formatting capabilities (159)
    8.0
    80%

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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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Features

BI Standard Reporting

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

8.1Avg 8.1

Ad-hoc Reporting

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

8.2Avg 8.0

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.4Avg 8.3

Data Discovery and Visualization

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

8.6Avg 8.1

Access Control and Security

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

8.5Avg 8.5

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

8.1Avg 7.9

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

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

7.7Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is 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.


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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 with Watson, SAP Lumira Discovery, and Qlik Sense are common alternatives for Tableau Desktop.

Reviewers rate Report sharing and collaboration and Publish to Web and Single Sign-On (SSO) highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of Tableau Desktop are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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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
Implementation Rating
9
Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.
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
Implementation Rating
9
Install very easy and works every time; don't have to worry about conflicts or setting PC variables. Also nice that it is independent of previous versions so that you can run multiple versions in case some people haven't upgraded yet. Just a little counter-intuitive to have to go to a 'Download Trial' to get the software, then when you open it, type in the product key. Seamless to continue working on existing workbooks, files.
May 26, 2016

Tableau - the better BI tool

Paul Morgan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Paul Morgan
Senior Product Manager
Experian (5001-10,000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Implementation Rating
9
Make sure you focus on the data organization. The BI tool will run at the speed of the data....therefore if you have to have joins across multiple data sources of a fair size, these should be connected outside of Tableau in production environments. Alteryx is a great tool for merging data sources and having workflows to support it.
May 25, 2016

Tableau Desktop reality revealed

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Implementation Rating
8
Tableau desktop requires client installation and is used to create data sources and dashboard in tableau which can be published to the server. You can use tableau server's web edit functionality to modify reports on the server, but tableau desktop is needed for a rich report creation experience
May 24, 2016

Tableau Makes Data Sexy!

Majd Izadian (majd.izadian@zendeux.com) | TrustRadius Reviewer
Majd Izadian (majd.izadian@zendeux.com)
Managing Partner & CEO - Big Data, MDM, Data Quality
Zendeux Business Data Solutions (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Implementation Rating
10
We love Tableau and have been using it for a couple years. We mainly use it for data visualization and descriptive analytics projects. We have also recommended it to a couple of our consulting clients. The only issue we see sometimes is the lack of backward compatibility between versions. This sometimes causes issues with sharing insights with clients.
May 24, 2016

Tableau for Analysis- great tool!

Jasmeet S Babra | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jasmeet S Babra
Marketing Data Analyst
Brandify (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Implementation Rating
7
Tableau is a great tool for data visualization. I think it best works for a user who is performing visualization on his own. In order to present the charts or visual graph to a user who doesn't use tableau is very hard. It can be exported in the form of images or a tableau file for which the end user needs to install tableau reader. This is one extra step in implementation which needs to be eliminated it to attain a 9 or a 10 score.
May 24, 2016

Dashboard Experts, Scorecard Headaches

Phillip Smith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Phillip Smith
Sr. Financial Analyst (Finance Manager)
Spring Mobile (Wireless, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Implementation Rating
8
Time needs to be spent ahead of implementation to make sure data sources are set up and ready. Consultants need to understand the data sources and the goals before setting foot on-site. Installation is easy, learning to use it takes time. The training resources available are great.
May 24, 2016

Tableau - a fantastic product for delivering modern business intelligence

Ivan Miller | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ivan Miller
Business Intelligence Engineer
Experticity (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Implementation Rating
8
The desktop application seems to be extremely well done. The app is tightly integrated with Tableau server and makes managing various workbooks and projects relatively straightforward. By working with data extracts, it is easy to quickly develop visualizations and analytic tools and then ship them off to Tableau server for other individuals to consume.
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