Tableau Server is the best of the best
October 30, 2018
Tableau Server is the best of the best
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Server
We use it across the organization, but I only manage 1 or quite a few. It is the trusted platform for visualization across the organization.
- User management; you have a plethora of options built in (LDAP, Domain, SAML, etc.) for SSO and user management.
- Dashboard Hosting; you have the option to host your dashboard in a few different ways. You can embed it as part of a larger web page, have it emailed automatically, or view it directly on the server.
- Web Editing; while not as robust as a full fledged desktop I can see that it is edging that way. The web editing is great for fast, small, on the fly edits during a working session with a customer.
- Installation; the latest iteration was an absolute nightmare to install. It failed to install several times.
- Web Editing; while it is okay at small edits it would be a very nice feature to have an integrated solution that is as robust as desktop.
- User Management; in certain aspects user management could use a small boost. Have a setting that allows Active Directory / LDAP based users be removed/deleted from the server automatically instead of forcing a script be written and deployed. If the user no longer exists in the AD or LDAP group they should be removed vice set to inactive as an option.
- Time to adoption has been a very big factor; it was easy to adopt.
- Deployment cost has also been a big factor; outside of the initial purchase of an 8 core license, my organization has been unwilling to revisit getting a larger core license due to the large cost.
- The headcount needed to setup and install Tableau Server can be pretty low. It depends upon your deployment preference, but as an example a single server option domain connected on a windows server install is likely to take only a couple of hours to setup and a couple of hours of maintenance a month. Even a more highly available setup is still not going to require more headcount per-say, merely a little bit more time on initial setup and maintenance.