I use Tableau for providing business insights. Instead of depending on Excel files, I provide information to the business users to make quicker decisions.
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Drill-down and interactivity provide detailed data analysis for quick decision-making
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The drill-down approach and interactivity in Tableau are highly effective. Users can filter out specific information they are looking into. The interactive, action-based approach allows for detailed data analysis. For example, if I want to drill down from state information to region-wise information, I can click on a region, and the dashboard filters out to show performance analysis of that specific region.
What needs improvement?
Tableau currently lacks some modern features like AI generative approaches, video type analytics, voice command, and some predictive analytics features. These are limitations I hope will be addressed in future versions.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Tableau for the last five years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
Deployment requires a Tableau Bridge when connecting from Tableau Cloud to an on-prem server, which can be tricky. This process takes a couple of days for configuration and setup.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There have been issues where suddenly the site will not respond, requiring a restart. The application hangs after continuous use due to the buildup of cache, necessitating manual clearing of temporary files to restore functionality.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Tableau is easy to scale. For an increasing number of users, it's straightforward to approach the sales department for an extension.
How are customer service and support?
I am mostly satisfied with Salesforce's support, rating it nine out of ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, I worked with Business Objects of SAP. I stopped using it about one and a half years ago.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is very easy and doesn't require much time.
What was our ROI?
The main cost-saving aspect is reducing resource costs by investing in a Tableau license and developer, which decreases the need for several MIS personnel.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Tableau licensing costs vary based on the number of user licenses. For example, a license for 150 users costs around $17,000 USD per year. However, the cost is justified as it reduces the need for other resources.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Some clients consider Power BI due to its cost-effectiveness. However, I still recommend Tableau for its superior functionality compared to Power BI.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend Tableau as a pure data analytics tool that provides more insights to business users in a much easier way than other market tools. My overall rating for Tableau is nine out of ten.
Industry leading flexible solution
What do you like best about the product?
Tableau is great for building and automating a custom holistic reporting view without a ton of internal resources needed at the get go.
What do you dislike about the product?
At times when I am viewing a published report online, it can take time to load the page, especially when I am pulling multiple dashboards that use multiple data sources, into a single view.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tableau assists with navigating through complex datasets, and pinpointing actionable insights that we would otherwise not be able to view. It helps inform high level decision making based on analytics available in our Tableau instance.
Tableau
What do you like best about the product?
The range of capabilities and designs that are possible.
What do you dislike about the product?
Aggregated and Non aggregated calculations and the speed it loads with large data sources.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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Fun to use, powerful vis tool
What do you like best about the product?
Many possibilities for creative and flexible vizzes. End-user friendly. New AI features seem great though we haven't had the opportunity to implement them yet.
What do you dislike about the product?
$Pricey compared to competition. Hard to convince leadership of the value in tight economic times. High learning curve for more complex visuals.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Making data accessible to stakeholders, enabling our team to execute higher quality and more efficient processes.
Viz engineering
What do you like best about the product?
Provides Insights of data and flexible on doing charts and graphs
What do you dislike about the product?
Slowness on big datasets and multiple dataset joins
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Provides sales charts and executive dashboards
Building hyper extracts and creating visuals have been streamlined
What is our primary use case?
I use Tableau for analytics development for different clients. It doesn't serve a specific use case for me as each customer has their own analytics development. I develop and provide analytics for various clients.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Tableau include building hyper extracts and creating visuals. These functionalities are very useful, especially the ability to create visuals without much pre-work, which is a great advantage. Building hyper extracts and visualization capabilities make Tableau a robust tool for data analysis.
What needs improvement?
Tableau's data blending feature could use some improvement. Previously, I used other tools, such as Alteryx, for data blending because Tableau had limitations. Although the hyper extract and data modeling capabilities have slightly improved this feature, there is still room for enhancement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Tableau for around six to seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Tableau is pretty stable, and I have not found any problems in terms of performance.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is fully scalable and performs well even with large datasets, provided there is proper supporting hardware.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support has been very responsive. Even if there are any issues with Tableau Server, writing a ticket results in a prompt response.
How was the initial setup?
Tableau installation is easy, both for server and desktop versions. One person is enough to manage the installation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing for Tableau is slightly higher, which is why I generally suggest Power BI as a much cheaper alternative.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have worked with QuickSight, Tableau, and Power BI.
What other advice do I have?
I rate my overall experience with Tableau an eight out of ten. In terms of suggestions, I feel that Tableau needs to improve its AI capabilities. In comparison, Power BI offers features like Copilot and AI-enabled visuals, which Tableau currently lacks. Enhancing AI features would be beneficial. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
TC25 Product Review
What do you like best about the product?
The upward movement of constant innovation.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some features like automatic updating User Filters on tableau worksheets is an issue, but is currently being pending for a solution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is solving how to describe and display data that is utilized by multiple team members.
Informative event
What do you like best about the product?
Tableau is a great tool for showcasing data in a multitude of different ways. Makes it easier for end users to understand complicated data sets.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some items can be repetitive such as having to manually edit each filter as opposed to being able to select all filters to make them drop down menus.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tableau is helping our business to help make better predictions regarding how many customers are company can expect to board in the future, as well as help track data on existing customers.
Awesome
What do you like best about the product?
Lots of great hands on training and great presentations
What do you dislike about the product?
Food was not great . Need to have good food for hectic days
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Actionable insights
great time at tc25
What do you like best about the product?
Tableau makes it extremely quick and easy to review data and to get insights into what is happening inside of our business. The drag and drop functionality is awesome
What do you dislike about the product?
Like most software the tiered pricing is not my favorite
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being able to look at a large data set quickly and manipulate it to answer questions asked by my team
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