Tableau Server - A new way to Visualize data
May 25, 2016
Tableau Server - A new way to Visualize data
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Server
Tableau server is being used by data visualization team to create highly visual dashboards and then accessing the dashboards from any location and any device. One need not share heavy Excel based dashboards which take ages to open and access can not even be controlled. With Tableau server one does not need to go back to the development team if they want to see a different view or need more drilled down information. Views can be edited and modified from any location and any device after the dashboard has been published to Tableau server.
- Tableau server is incredibly fast to deploy and easy to manage different permission levels for different roles and individuals
- Tableau server helps to share dashboards via cloud and it can be connected to live data sources so that the dashboard gets updated automatically when the data is refreshed. This was not possible with traditional dashboards.
- Tableau server enables integration of dashboards with existing enterprise applications so that data can be used by various departments to analyze business issues.
- Tableau server allows safe and secure connection to virtually any data source.
- The pricing plans should be made more affordable for small and medium businesses and continuous emphasis should be on reducing high maintenance costs which range from 20-25%.
- Tableau server is very user friendly and does not require much of technical expertise after the initial data preparation has been taken care of or if you are using basic data sources like a csv or an Excel file (which is highly unlikely to happen with an enterprise). So, there is still a need for someone with good technical skills to create the initial database and integrate it with Tableau server.
- It has a limited set of capabilities when it comes to advanced statistical or predictive features. So, Tableau server is best used to describe and analyse the past events but fails to predict the future events.
- Integration with other enterprise systems and applications is not possible and even customization is out of question.
- There is no provision for efficient reporting by scheduling reports and notifying the users once a new report has been generated. Also, data security is enabled by providing database access to the users which itself poses a threat to data security.