Tableau Software

We have been using Tableau at my work for a couple of years now. It's a very powerful tool in terms of showing data in a wide variety ways. Custom views are great, and can easily be shared within the organization.

Pros

Customizable views
Data can be visualized im any different ways
Export to excel for further processing of the data

Cons

It's not so easy to share the reports with partners in a format they can work with.
Auto time out of session makes the view return to default settings.

Overall, I am using it because it helps to create beautiful graphs and charts and I know how to make it work, but there are more straightforward options available in the market.

Pros

I have been using Tableau for about a year now and I started using it because I wanted better visualization tools compared to excel with some intelligence.
- Beautiful graphs available and has some tutorials on its website as well to instruct
- Hosting results on server (Tableau server) makes it even more real time in nature
- I have been using the student edition and hence pricing is not a concern for me.
- Wide variety of chart options available based upon dataset

Cons

- To use some of the features it can get really complicated, for example to draw a donut pie-chart there is not direct way but the hack to do it is very complicated
- Though website has a community for answering questions there should be more video tutorials that can teach how to maximize the use of Tableau

Pros

Tableau is great because it visually can do a lot of cool stuff. It's a step up for business presentations versus the normal Excel/Powerpoint uses. I had a free version through school so I was able to play around with it a little bit.

Cons

The biggest con is the complexity of it. There is a reason that there are full grad school classes dedicated to figuring it out. If you want to be able to use this software, you better be ready to spend a lot of time figuring it out. Like Excel or Powerpoint, there are probably a lot of free resources out there to help out.

It has really helped our department within Finance. We have been able to create dashboards that have been presented to Senior Management with great feedback.

Pros

It's ease of use. Tableau is very easy to import data, manipulate data, and publish it. The visualization and customization options are great too. One of my go to software for data analysis and visualization.

Cons

When uploading custom SQL it tends to reject some query pieces that are made.

Pros

Analyze a large amount of data in a short period of time. Easily customizable and repeatable analytics. Very user friendly and pretty easy to understand for anyone.

Cons

Depending on the set up, sometimes the filtering is preset in a way which can give different results than expected.
Tool is best used for regular reporting than adhoc.

I work on Zip Code level or County level data to analyze how fix and flip loans are doing on a regional level.

Pros

The differnt type of charts, plots and graphs which can be created can immensely increase and ease of data viewing. Show more feature helps in deciding the chart and analysing data on aggregated or unaggregated level.
Tableau can easily handle differnt dataset and merge on key levels.

Maps data can easily be plotted and increases the data visualisation for viewing for higher leadership.

Cons

Merging differnt datasets is sometime a problem as the software is unable to identify key or just because a column is string in one end and decimal on other table.

I have been using Tableau for the past 4 months for my school course data visualization. I have used Tableau for 5-6 assignments and my project in school. It taught me a new aspect of looking at the data. It taught how to visualize data in ways I have never done before.

Pros

1. Provides various insights when I view my data in the tableau.
2. The tooltip is the best thing in Tableau. It gives you the details of the particular point.
3. Another plus point is the dual axis technique that we can use in to compare and contrast the data.
4. "Redo" option that is by using ctrl+z and ctrl+y, this is another thing that is not offered by many other data visualization tools.

Cons

1. At times I feel that zoom-in and zoom-out option doesn't work as easily. It takes time to respond.

Pros

The data visualisation capability is great

Cons

The data modelling capability is not as good as it's competitors. It's quite time consuming

Awful

Pros

a great program for those who do not have Word. That's it.

Cons

It's hard to customize and tweak things. If the entire company is on Word, and you use this, you stand out because it's too hard to match what Word is doing.

Please see the Pros section.

Pros

It works far better than Domo. We have been using domo for the past several years and constantly had issues with them from slowness of updates to terrible customer support. After trying out Tableau for a few weeks we decided to go with them over Domo.

Cons

I don't have any dislikes about this software.

Since using taleau, I have very animated chast. It was amazing.

Pros

It draws charts together with maps and delves into a small section of the chart with just a click of the mouse.

Cons

There are many steps when using tableau. But once you get used to it, it's easy.

Developing clear precise reporting for building and improving our business

Pros

The ability to integrate multiple databases into one cloud reporting tool is just a brilliant resource.

Cons

Requires understanding of the databases and your systems. Should not be given to every user unless your team is all analytically driven

I have used for analyses of data related children language learning.

Pros

I got a license free as a university student. It is really good for analysing data and visualising them. Produce good quality diagrams for report writing. It gives good and deep insights into data when you know how to use the software properly, applying the filters etc.

Cons

The software however can sometimes take some tinkering to figure out how you can plot the diagrams the way you want them. Yet, the same goes with any other statistical software. It is good in that you don't really need to do any coding.

Pros

Quite widely used. Powerful visualisations and tools can create a lot of business value.

Cons

Expensive to run as it requires a powerful server. Support for Linux not as mature as Windows.

We've been able to find many undetected problems and unrealized opportunities by plotting data from many difference sources together via Tableau. This met our needs and prevented us from having to buy a much more expensive DMP.

Pros

Tableau allows us to combine and reference data sources from a wide variety of places. No other software that we've found allows us to cross-reference data from completely different applications/platforms.

Cons

It's fairly expensive, and you also need very technical skills within your staff to make the most of what you've invested in.

Love tableau. If you are a data geek this is the tool for you. If you are an organization you can find plenty of people that know how to use this tool in the data world. Story telling with tableau is awesome

Pros

Anything and everything is possible with tableau. I have used all 3 solutions of tableau (desktop, online, their prep tool). If you can dream it you can build it. There is a reason they dominate the industry.

Cons

Data connections can be a little finicky in the desktop version. Support is lacking

I use tableau to create dashboards. There is an interface between Tableau and a metric's report tool, so the information that is entered is that tool is then reflected in tableau. There, I created some dashboards to see the result of the metrics (number and color [red, green or grey]). After all metrics have been reported, the dashboard can be exported in different formats.

Pros

Can be connected with any software through an interface. You can create any dashboard from scratch, write the formulas, the logic you want the software to use in order to see the expected result. You can see the information in many different ways, depending on the type of dashboard you choose.

Cons

If you want to build a dashboard from scratch, you will need an expert who understand how to write formulas. The support it is not good enough

Tableau has almost exclusively replaced other analysis platforms for me. I will use it over Excel 90% of the time. It didn't take long to learn the basics and you can easily get creative and move into the advanced realm quickly.

Pros

Great user community; Intuitive controls and use; Anything that you see online you can find a way to make yourself.

Cons

The cost is high compared to other platforms; sometimes it can be difficult to export data or crosstabs to excel for use on other analytic platforms.

Pros

I am a relatively new user of Tableau, and have been overwhelmingly impressed by this software. There is just so much that you can do. Once you understand the basic design elements, you can quickly dive into your data and find answers to questions you didn't know you had.

Cons

There is a decent learning curve on Tableau, and I feel the software does not make it clear what happens when you place object x in place y (initially). Without guided instruction there is a LOT of trial and error to understand the software. I would highly recommend watching some kind of training material on Tableau before using it, but even with that warning I could not recommend anything better than Tableau.

Pros

Used tableau extensively while I was working at an e-commerce start-up. The UI is easy to use, processing is fast and easily exportable file formats. Also, highly customizable to suit a businesses need.

Cons

Used dashboards extensively and the layout & design of the tables/charts can be made simpler or more interactive.