Item: Tableau Desktop
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Tableau to create interactive dashboards from individual charts and graphs. It helps visualize complex data and share reports cross functionally with the click of a link. The fact that dashboards are connected to live data sources that refresh periodically ensures accurate and efficient reports. Tableau offers limitless features and is highly customizable. It is truly the gold standard in data visualization.

Pros and Cons

Data visualization.
Data sharing/collaboration.
Report building.
Analytics.

Expensive pricing.
Slow performance for large data files.
Poor customer support.

Return on Investment

Saves hundreds of hours that would be spent manually building weekly/monthly reports.
Increases data and analytical accuracy.
Sharing data is extremely efficient; does not require downloading or taking up space.

Key Insights

Do you think Tableau Desktop delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Tableau Desktop's feature set?

Yes

Did Tableau Desktop live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Tableau Desktop go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Tableau Desktop again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Microsoft Excel, OneNote

Usability

Overall Tableau provides an unmatched variety of features and is the gold standard in data visualization and analytics. It streamlines reporting, provides templates and cool features such as heat maps, and maintains up-to-date dashboards that are easily shareable and manipulated to satisfy various business needs. The pros far outweigh the cons.

Support Rating

I have not personally reached out to customer support, but colleagues of mine state that Tableau support is unresponsive or slow to respond.

Likelihood to Recommend

Tableau is valuable in its ability to allow viewers to filter and manipulate data to find answers to their own questions. Having the data connected to live source keeps all stakeholders up to date with the relevant data. However, sometimes large data files can take a considerable amount of time to load. Tableau's lack of an auto-save feature is also inconvenient.

The gold standard in data visualization

Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop