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Tableau

Tableau

#1in Business Intelligence
Discussions5
Followers1.35k
OverviewDiscussions5Adoption

What is Tableau?

Tableau can help anyone see and understand their data. Connect to almost any database, drag and drop to create visualizations, and share with a click.

Tableau is a tool in the Business Intelligence category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Connect to data on prem or in the cloud—whether it’s big data, a SQL database, a spreadsheet, or cloud apps like Google Analytics and Salesforce. Access and combine disparate data without writing code. Power users can pivot, split, and manage metadata to optimize data sources. Analysis begins with data. Get more from yours with Tableau.Exceptional analytics demand more than a pretty dashboard. Quickly build powerful calculations from existing data, drag and drop reference lines and forecasts, and review statistical summaries. Make your point with trend analyses, regressions, and correlations for tried and true statistical understanding. Ask new questions, spot trends, identify opportunities, and make data-driven decisions with confidence.Answer the “where” as well as the “why.” Create interactive maps automatically. Built-in postal codes mean lightning-fast mapping for more than 50 countries worldwide. Use custom geocodes and territories for personalized regions, like sales areas. We designed Tableau maps specifically to help your data stand out.Ditch the static slides for live stories that others can explore. Create a compelling narrative that empowers everyone you work with to ask their own questions, analyzing interactive visualizations with fresh data. Be part of a culture of data collaboration, extending the impact of your insights.

Tableau Pros & Cons

Pros of Tableau

  • ✓Capable of visualising billions of rows
  • ✓Intuitive and easy to learn
  • ✓Responsive

Cons of Tableau

  • ✗Very expensive for small companies

Tableau Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Tableau?

Power BI

Power BI

It aims to provide interactive visualizations and business intelligence capabilities with an interface simple enough for end users to create their own reports and dashboards.

Metabase

Metabase

It is an easy way to generate charts and dashboards, ask simple ad hoc queries without using SQL, and see detailed information about rows in your Database. You can set it up in under 5 minutes, and then give yourself and others a place to ask simple questions and understand the data your application is generating.

Dataform

Dataform

Dataform helps you manage all data processes in your cloud data warehouse. Publish tables, write data tests and automate complex SQL workflows in a few minutes, so you can spend more time on analytics and less time managing infrastructure.

Looker

Looker

We've built a unique data modeling language, connections to today's fastest analytical databases, and a service that you can deploy on any infrastructure, and explore on any device. Plus, we'll help you every step of the way.

Chartio

Chartio

Chartio is a cloud-based business analytics solution on a mission to enable everyone within an organization to access, explore, transform and visualize their data.

Superset

Superset

Superset's main goal is to make it easy to slice, dice and visualize data. It empowers users to perform analytics at the speed of thought.

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Tableau Integrations

Apache Kylin, SAP HANA, Vertica, Trifacta, AtScale and 7 more are some of the popular tools that integrate with Tableau. Here's a list of all 12 tools that integrate with Tableau.

Apache Kylin
Apache Kylin
SAP HANA
SAP HANA
Vertica
Vertica
Trifacta
Trifacta
AtScale
AtScale
DataRobot
DataRobot
TimescaleDB
TimescaleDB
Panoply
Panoply
SnapLogic
SnapLogic
Dremio
Dremio
AppFollow.io
AppFollow.io
AWS Glue DataBrew
AWS Glue DataBrew

Tableau Discussions

Discover why developers choose Tableau. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.

Kate Magrou
Kate Magrou

Feb 12, 2024

Needs adviceonPowerBIPowerBIQlikQlikTableauTableau

Hello everyone,

My team and I are currently in the process of selecting a Business Intelligence (BI) tool for our actively developing company, which has over 500 employees. We are considering open-source options.

We are keen to connect with a Head of Analytics or BI Analytics professional who has extensive experience working with any of these systems and is willing to share their insights. Ideally, we would like to speak with someone from companies that have transitioned from proprietary BI tools (such as PowerBI, Qlik, or Tableau) to open-source BI tools, or vice versa.

If you have any contacts or recommendations for individuals we could reach out to regarding this matter, we would greatly appreciate it. Additionally, if you are personally willing to share your experiences, please feel free to reach out to me directly. Thank you!

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Samantha Inguanzo
Samantha Inguanzo

Jul 15, 2021

Needs adviceonMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL ServerTableauTableauPower BIPower BI

Looking for the best analytics software for a medium-large-sized firm. We currently use a Microsoft SQL Server database that is analyzed in Tableau desktop/published to Tableau online for users to access dashboards. Is it worth the cost savings/time to switch over to using SSRS or Power BI? Does anyone have experience migrating from Tableau to SSRS /or Power BI? Our other option is to consider using Tableau on-premises instead of online. Using custom SQL with over 3 million rows really decreases performances and results in processing times that greatly exceed our typical experience. Thanks.

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Dane Thomas
Dane Thomas

Feb 6, 2020

Needs adviceonTableauTableau

We decided to use Tableau as it will allow us to quickly create rich representations of our data. It can also integrate well into our app using the JS api. Additionally, our team's experience with this platform should assist with getting our prototype up and running speedily.

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Sung Won Chung
Sung Won Chung

Jun 5, 2019

Needs adviceonTableauTableau

I use Tableau because it has a good drag and drop interface for data viz. I usually connect it to databases and warehouses for real-time querying.

I love the dynamic tool tip charting that's pretty easy to create.

However, it's pretty expensive for large organizations, and Tableau server runs pretty slow after awhile. I recommend this for users who don't want to code up data viz.

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Mark Swedberg
Mark Swedberg

Apr 19, 2019

Needs adviceonTableauTableau

We've been able to develop great reports in QuickBooks, HubSpot, and other software. The problem is it's always a very limited view of the company, and we have hundreds of dashboards and reports scattered across dozens of different types of software.

We use Tableau to grab data through APIs and tie it altogether in a more intuitive and useful way.

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