Failed to meet expectations
September 13, 2019
Failed to meet expectations
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Server
Tableau Server was purchased by the IT department in an effort to expand the institution's use of analytic data. Prior to buying Tableau Desktop, there was very minimal use of analytics data of any kind. Tableau Server was purchased with the intention of expanding the use of Tableau and storing data in a central repository for collaboration.
- It's part of the Tableau ecosystem of products.
- Easy connectivity to Tableau Desktop.
- Easy installation.
- Slow, even with a solid server running it.
- Overly complicated.
- Still not 100% sure why I need it in the first place.
- The time investment to deploy the product that ultimately was shut down was a loss.
- Frustration from end-users.
- Connectivity was overly slow and unreliable.
We selected Tableau Server over other options because of the published feature set and capabilities. It appeared to be far more advanced than its competition. However, it failed to meet expectations. Moving forward we are going to give a more serious look at Google Data Studio since we are standardized on G Suite across our institution.