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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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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

YouTube

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

YouTube

Tableau Desktop Naming Conventions Part 1

YouTube

Tableau Desktop Introduction Part 1

YouTube
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Features

BI Standard Reporting

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

8.3
Avg 8.1

Ad-hoc Reporting

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

9
Avg 8.0

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.4
Avg 8.3

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.

8.5
Avg 8.0

Access Control and Security

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

8.7
Avg 8.5

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

8.1
Avg 7.9

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

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

9.2
Avg 7.8
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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 Java API highest, with a score of 9.9.

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

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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

(1-5 of 194)

Tableau Desktop - All in one business intelligence tool

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 24, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
1 year of experience
  • Can create best eye catching report with interaction.
  • Easily calculate and visualise business KPI , that will help your business for making good decisions
  • Can easily collaborate report
Cons
  • Nit budget friendly
  • Some formatting options and chart options is still missing

Analytics with Tableau

Rating: 7 out of 10
February 27, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
4 years of experience
  • Easy to import the data from various external sources and transform them as per the business requirements.
  • Through Quick analysis tool bar option, we could easily calculate certain metrics and boost productivity
  • We use set and parameters in Tableau to generate business insights required for our process.
Cons
  • It has poor performance while handling large data sets and takes a longer time to complete certain tasks.
  • Their customer service assistance is not good which should be improve for better experience.
  • They have limited options to export the data from Tableau that should be improved.

A versatile platform that can make your daily work life easier!

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 29, 2023
KV
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
3 years of experience
  • User friendly platform
  • User can easily navigate and access the dashboard we're looking for
  • We're confident that our data/files are secured
Cons
  • Not really a negative one but just an opportunity to improve its user interface or its UI
  • Laggish view sometimes
  • Autologs out every idle time

The gold standard in data visualization

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 06, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
2 years of experience
  • Data visualization.
  • Data sharing/collaboration.
  • Report building.
  • Analytics.
Cons
  • Expensive pricing.
  • Slow performance for large data files.
  • Poor customer support.

Excellent tool for data visualization with simplicity

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 02, 2023
ST
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
2 years of experience
  • Data visualization
  • Data analytics
  • Merging two or more than two tables
  • Exploring multiple tables
Cons
  • Need multi value parameters currently it is static and single value parameters
  • No custom visual report
  • Custom formatting in Tableau
  • Limited data preprocessing
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