Tableau: Basics and uses

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                                      Tableau: Basics and uses

Tableau is a visual analytics platform transforming the way we use data to solve problems empowering people and organizations to make the most of the data. Tableau helps people and organizations be more data-driven. It empowers everyone to see and understand that data. It's business intelligence for your entire organization to explore and analyze data in seconds. Just drag and drop to discover trends or use the National language to go from question to answer in an instant. Connect to the data you care about whether it is a spreadsheet database or big data. Access data warehouses for cloud data. Tableau helps you quickly and confidently shaper data for analysis. Easily combine data from multiple sources and see all your data at a glance.

Tableau provides solutions for all kinds of industries, departments, and data environments. Following are some unique features that enable Tableau to handle diverse scenarios.

  • Speed of Analysis − As it does not require a high level of programming expertise, any user with access to data can start using it to derive value from the data.

  • Self-Reliant − Tableau does not need a complex software setup. The desktop version which is used by most users is easily installed and contains all the features needed to start and complete data analysis.

  • Visual Discovery − The user explores and analyzes the data by using visual tools like colors, trend lines, charts, and graphs. There is a very little script to be written as nearly everything is done by drag and drop.

  • Blend Diverse Data Sets − Tableau allows you to blend different relational, semi-structured, and raw data sources in real-time, without expensive up-front integration costs. The users don’t need to know the details of how data is stored.

  • Architecture Agnostic − Tableau works in all kinds of devices where data flows. Hence, the user need not worry about specific hardware or software requirements to use Tableau.

  • Real-Time Collaboration − Tableau can filter, sort, and discuss data on the fly and embed a live dashboard in portals like SharePoint site or Salesforce. You can save your view of data and allow colleagues to subscribe to your interactive dashboards so they see the very latest data just by refreshing their web browser.

  • Centralized Data − The tableau server provides a centralized location to manage all of the organization’s published data sources. You can delete, change permissions, add tags, and manage schedules in one convenient location. It’s easy to schedule extract refreshes and manage them in the data server. Administrators can centrally define a schedule for extracts on the server for both incremental and full refreshes.

Tableau is a powerful and fastest-growing data visualization tool used in the Business Intelligence Industry

  • The Tableau Product Suite consists of 1) Tableau Desktop 2) Tableau Public 3) Tableau Online 4) Tableau Server and Tableau Reader

  • Tableau Desktop has a rich feature set and allows you to code and customize reports

  • In Tableau public, workbooks created cannot be saved locally, in turn, it should be saved to the Tableau's public cloud which can be viewed and accessed by anyone

  • Tableau server is specifically used to share the workbooks, visualizations that are created in the Tableau Desktop application across the organization

  • Tableau online has all the similar functionalities of the Tableau Server, but the data is stored on servers hosted in the cloud which are maintained by the Tableau group.

  • Tableau Reader is a free tool that allows you to view the workbooks and visualizations created using Tableau Desktop or Tableau Public.

  • Tableau connects and extracts the data stored in various places. It can pull data from any platform imaginable.

  • The spreadsheet application used for manipulating the data while Tableau is a perfect visualization tool used for analysis



Article by: Kanupriya Chundawat

Edited by: Aastha Soni






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