Tableau - Simple Analytics for the Impatient
Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop
Tableau Desktop is being used to sort and organize data at the National Institutes of Health. We take metadata and create charts showing trends over time and check whether performance requirements are met through set benchmarks.
Pros
- Tableau is a great introduction to SQL since it automatically generates a lot of the code for you. You will probably encounter blending errors sooner or later and fixing that depends on how well you understand your data.
- Simple and quick to use. Drag and drop interface is fantastic and right clicking solves everything.
- Lots of support, including forums. Easy to learn, challenging to master.
Cons
- Calculated fields can be tricky, as are window calculations. You really need to understand your own data.
- I had some issues with scrolling when the view I was making was too large for my laptop resolution.
- Concatenating rows, combining fields, and other SQL jobs can also require some thought.
- Definitely faster turnaround time on projects.
- Shorter learning curve compared to programming software like R and Matlab
- Easy formatting methods to make visuals easy on the eyes
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