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Tableau - Tab-yes!
February 11, 2016

Tableau - Tab-yes!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop

Tableau Desktop is specifically used by our data analytics team and any other analysts in the company. It is used specifically for business intelligence and to provide visual and easy to understand and see dashboards for our e-team. Before Tableau Desktop came along, everything was created and generated in Excel, so this has been a big step up in data visualization.
  • Tableau Desktop is a very intuitive platform. Its smart tools help you clean and organize your data before you go and start dragging and dropping your data to build your visual dashboard.
  • Tableau Desktop is very user friendly, it has a nice user interface and is easier to learn/pick-up than most business intelligence tools out there.
  • Tableau Desktop has an open API so it's easy to connect to other systems, such as an HRIS system, so you can do real time reporting and information gets updated immediately.
  • Great analytic tool.
  • Pricing.
  • Predictive analytic tools.
  • Specific tools or suggestions for different business units. For example, I do people analytics, maybe a list of recommended analytics for my area (HR)?
Tableau Desktop is useful for all companies. Make sure you have clean data and the right people using the tool or it'll be wasteful. If you don't have good data or a team spearheading business intelligence, I would say hold off until your company is ready.

Tableau Desktop Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
9.0
Pixel Perfect reports
Not Rated
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
9
9.0
Drill-down analysis
9
Formatting capabilities
9
Integration with R or other statistical packages
9
Report sharing and collaboration
9
9.0
Publish to Web
9
Publish to PDF
9
Report Versioning
9
Report Delivery Scheduling
9
9.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
9
Predictive Analytics
Not Rated
9.0
Multi-User Support (named login)
9
Role-Based Security Model
9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
9.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
9
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding ()
Not Rated

Using Tableau Desktop

Any one can use it. It's a very intuitive system.
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Lots to learn
  • Spreadsheet clean-up, auto-adjust.
  • Geo-mapping data.
Yes, but I don't use it