Item: Tableau Server
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Tableau Server is an online platform to host and hold all the tableau workbooks, data sources, and related tableau data. Users should have a license in order to use Tableau server and its features. creating security, folder setup, automation, data refresh are some of the best features Tableau servers provides. Scheduling the data extracts and dashboard refresh is the main scope of our project

Pros and Cons

Security
extract refresh schedule
subscriptions to workbooks & Dashboards
download data in crosstab
download workbook as image, pdf, twbx

permissions should flow from primary folder if changes are made later.
download pdf content doesn't have scroll bar it just takes snapshot leaving some data
data cache issues should be resolved

Return on Investment

formatting options on server are limited
tableau server has customizable options for users to save their own view which is an advantage
daily email subscriptions is an advantage

Alternatives Considered

SAP HANA and Alteryx

Tableau Server is extremely well suited for a company with a few dedicated analysts creating dashboards and reports for a few stakeholders. It is also great at handling a large number of report viewers, but it is more expensive because you have to pay for each user. We have just created a single visualization containing multiple what-if scenarios that our users can easily update on the fly using Tableau’s new set of controls.

Key Insights

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

Yes

Are you happy with Tableau Server's feature set?

Yes

Did Tableau Server live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Tableau Server go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Tableau Server again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Pivotal RabbitMQ, Microsoft SQL Server, Postman, Microsoft Azure

Usability

Tableau Server is a Business Intelligence application that allows its users to organize, edit, share, and collaborate on Tableau dashboards. While Tableau Online is a paid add-on that keeps your data fully hosted on Tableau, Tableau Server allows you to store data on your chosen cloud storage or your own on-premises server

Support Rating

Tableau Server on Linux supports a subset of the data sources on Tableau Server on Windows. You need to confirm that the data sources used by your organization are supported on Linux, and install any drivers required. Tableau Server will start a session for the user and the user will see the visualization. Of course, the user does not see the HTTP requests going on behind the scenes, but simply loads a page in your application and sees embedded Tableau content without having to signin.

Likelihood to Recommend

Ask data is one of the new and good feature that is available in tableau server. Tableau Server is well suited for a data warehouse build and handling big data. Tableau data aggregation, transformation, clustering capability is powerful and easy to implement. The choice of charts and visualization tools is outstanding.

Data Analytics with Tableau

Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Server