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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

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

YouTube

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.

8.4
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 7.9

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 57)

The gold standard in data visualization

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 06, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
2 years of experience
I have not personally reached out to customer support, but colleagues of mine state that Tableau support is unresponsive or slow to respond.

Tableau Desktop is an excellent tool for visualizations

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 20, 2022
AM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
2 years of experience
Tableau Desktop is a great tool to have on our side. With customer support, I'd like for it to be better more often. In some cases, contacting the support team can be challenging, but they're always eager to help us.

"Tableau Desktop is a powerful visual analytics tool that helps us understand our business."

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 04, 2022
TI
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
1 year of experience
In our company, Tableau Desktop is used to ensure data visualizations. It's a crucial pillar of stability. In addition to tracking interactions with customers and sales, dashboards often include tables, charts, and graphs for other purposes. Salesforce bought Tableau. Community help forum posts have either vanished or are challenging to locate. Except in the case of a paid support contract, Tableau Desktop will not provide support to you. However, the user experience has met my expectations.

Visual reporting gone right

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 19, 2022
NP
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
1 year of experience
Tableau Desktop does not give you support unless you pay for it. If your organization has purchased Tableau Desktop and not support, your best bet is to simply use Google and see if any one else has had the same issues as you are having at that moment in time. You can pay for better support.

"Efficient, Aesthetic And AWESOME Visualization Tool."

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 13, 2022
OM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Desktop
1 year of experience
Without payment, Tableau will not provide customer support. Salesforce has purchased the community forums for the Tableau software. Forum posts are either unavailable or missing. It isn't easy to contact support, but they're helpful when you can meet or call. Because they weren't trying to sell anything, they were less aggressive. Although they are a great partner, I wish for more cooperation.
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