A powerful Business Intelligence tool for enterprises
March 29, 2022

A powerful Business Intelligence tool for enterprises

Issac Paul | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop

Tableau is used for data reporting and dashboard creations. Since we have a huge amount of data stored in SQL servers it is really hard to use excel for data reports creation. Thus we use Tableau for the generation of reports directly from the SQL database. We use it across various departments such as sales, finance, and Production for KPI monitoring Project cost monitoring, etc.

Pros

  • Dashboard Creation.
  • Fast connection to SQL, Oracle Databases.
  • Automatic Data Refreshing.

Cons

  • Report refresh rate needs to be improved.
  • Support for more visual graphs.
  • Cost of the license should be reduced.
  • Man Hours are saved in manually creating the reports.
  • The scheduler helps to automatically refresh reports.
  • Easily KPIs can be monitored for various business units which have overall improved the efficiency of the business teams.

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?

Yes

Would you buy Tableau Desktop again?

Yes

It is easy to use and also provides mobile connectivity for viewing reports. It easily connects to databases and provides easy drag and drop functionality for generating graphs. Very easy to schedule and refresh reports. User access can be easily controlled by the admin. Very intuitive interface and is secure for handling confidential data.
Any bugs or new features that I have required I update it in the user community forum usually a moderator from tableau support responds and provides the necessary solutions. Also, the user group in the forums are interactive for Q/A related to the product features.
Highly suitable for data already available in databases Suitable for handling large volumes of data Can handle multiple tables smoothly without any lag in loading Not suitable if source data is unstructured without clear headers and wrong data formats. Not suitable if data sources are excel copies saved in local machines.

Tableau Desktop Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
8.0
Pixel Perfect reports
8
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
7
8.5
Drill-down analysis
9
Formatting capabilities
7
Integration with R or other statistical packages
9
Report sharing and collaboration
9
9.0
Publish to Web
9
Publish to PDF
8
Report Versioning
10
Report Delivery Scheduling
10
Delivery to Remote Servers
8
9.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
9
9.5
Multi-User Support (named login)
9
Role-Based Security Model
10
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
Single Sign-On (SSO)
9
9.3
Responsive Design for Web Access
10
Mobile Application
9
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
9
9.0
REST API
10
Javascript API
10
iFrames
8
Java API
8
Themeable User Interface (UI)
8
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
10

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