In 2020 the world will generate 50 times the amount of data as in 2011 and 75 times the number of information sources (International Data Corporation, 2011). To turn huge, unparalleled opportunities for human advancement into reality, people need the power of data. Tableau is building software to turn such problems and deliver proper solutions.
Tableau Software is an American computer software company headquartered in Seattle, WA, USA. It is a tool which produces interactive data visualization analyzing the data focused on business intelligence.
It is designed for everyone. No scripting is required, so anyone can become an analytics expert. You can grow your deployment, as you need it.
Tableau products can be accessed by four ways:
Tableau Desktop (both professional and personal editions)
Tableau Desktop is based on breakthrough technology that lets you drag & drop to analyze data, explore different views, and even combine multiple databases together easily. Users can create and distribute interactive & shareable dashboards which depict the trends, variations and density of the data in the form of graphs, charts. It also has mapping functionality.
Tableau Server
Tableau Server is a business intelligence application that provides browser-based analytics which can be used by anyone. It’s a rapid-fire alternative to the slow pace of traditional business intelligence software.
Tableau Online
Tableau Online is a hosted version of Tableau Server. Sharing of dashboards with your whole company, also with customers and partners— in minutes. Provide live, interactive views of data that let people answer their own questions, in a web browser or on a tablet. Also provide a secure and hosted environment.
Tableau Reader and Public
Tableau Reader and Public is for anyone who wants to tell stories with interactive data on the web or read others stories. It delivered as a service that allows you to learn and are free to use. With Tableau Public you can create amazing interactive visuals and publish them quickly.
The Premium version of Tableau Public is for organizations which wants to enhance their websites with interactive data visualizations. There are high limits on the size of data you can work with. And among other premium features, you can keep your underlying data hidden also.
It is very easy to use:
With drag and drop feature you can easily create stories or reports using just your mouse. All this is possible due to the revolutionary VizQL a visual query language. VizQL translates drag-and-drop actions into data queries and then expresses that data visually. The result is an intuitive user experience that lets people answer questions as fast as they can think of them. VizQL represents a foundational advancement in the area of data analysis and visualization.
Advanced In-Memory Technology- The Data Engine:
Most of the data analytic software have a lot of features but some of them get fail when it comes to operate over large amount of data, this is where the advanced in memory technology of Tableau is a savior to all of those who need to get reports from ever increasing data. The tableau data engine is a breakthrough in-memory analytics database designed to overcome the limitations of existing databases.
Speed
The greatest strength of Tableau is its speed with which it analyzes millions of rows and gives the required answers in seconds. This quality comes in very handy when fast business decisions need to be taken.
Ease of use
Second strength of Tableau is that it is very easy to use. It’s just only drag and drop. One can start using Tableau even with no prior programming experience. With just basic MS Excel skills one can easily learn Tableau.
Interactive dashboard
The Dashboard of Tableau is very interactive and gives dynamic results. Rich visualizations can be created very easily. The graphics and charts are smart. Images, web pages and documents can be added into the dashboard for easy story telling.
Direct connection
Tableau allows the users to directly connect to various databases servers, cubes, and data warehouses etc. The data access is very easy, without any advanced setup and the data is live that keeps getting updated. One can pick tables from spreadsheets to data from Hadoop to create a perfect mash-up and get desired results in less time.
Easy publishing and sharing
After analyzing the data, the results can be shared live.
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