Tableau Reviews

Actually, the whole product is very valuable for me.

Actually, I am still testing the product before I ask my team to use it, but it’s most likely going to be one of our tools.

I would really like to import data from any online website to make it dynamic.

I would like them to also extend the trial version to 30 days to encourage more people to use it and understand it more. Like an addiction, when you use something for a long time, it becomes a habit. :)

I've used this solution for only one month, and it has been a great experience.

It’s a little bit slow on my system. I don’t know why, but I am looking forward to them developing a lighter version.

Customer service is not bad.

I liked the way when I created an account, they followed up with a call.

Setup is very easy, like any other program.

I've tested a lot of products. I researched which tool is the best for visualization, and I found that Tableau is one of the best for it.

I would say Tableau is a good product to use for data visualization. I recommend it for that and for data analysis.

• Simplicity
• User friendly

This tool helps in understanding data in a visually better form and generate insights quickly.

Add calculated columns in the edit text box like in Spotfire.

I have been using it for two years.

I have not encountered any serious deployment, stability or scalability issues.

Customer service and technical support are excellent.

I have used Spotfire. The two main reasons to use Tableau over Spotfire are the ease of working with it and the availability of an in-depth knowledge database.

It is very straightforward, like installing any other application.

An in-house team implemented it.

This tool has provided savings in terms of man hours.

License cost is average.

Contact a Tableau technical team to understand exactly which product you need.

It's ability to connect to multiple data sources, easy and intuitive interface, and analytics functions.

Yes. We use Tableau dashboards in Tableau Server (connected to our ERP system) in our weekly executive sales meetings. The data is almost real-time, allowing a better decision making process.

We also use Tableau to identify data quality and cleansing related issues.

Custom formatting and layout.

Three years.

Only with SAP BW data sources.

Not yet.

An eight out of 10.

Yes. SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards/Xcelsius. Switched because of easy adoption of Tableau, and minimum knowledge required.

It was very easy.

To consider that MS Power BI, which costs less, requires MS Office 365 subscription. Therefore, the investment in Tableau is less.

Yes, Microsoft Power BI, SAP Lumira, and BOARD.

• Define clear objectives and outcomes.
• Proper sizing if Tableau Server is needed.
• Follow Tableau Drive Methodology.

Tableau is easy to use. It provides us with faster development and deployment. It also produces impressive graphs and charts.

We make heavy use of supply chain analytics to analyze information on orders, bookings, landed costs freight analytics, partner scores, etc.

We would like to see more advanced data science capabilities like predictive analysis and advanced linear regression.

Tableau also lacks native financial functions. Also, we would like to see integration with native Hadoop and some standard reporting capabilities beyond the dashboard.

We have been using Tableau 9.3 for three years, and are currently beta testing 10.0.

We have not experienced any issues with deployment.

We have not experienced any issues with stability.

We have not experienced any issues with scalability.

I rate the technical support as excellent.

We previously used Enterprise standard.

The initial setup is simple and straightforward.

We built the implementation in house.

Pricing is costly when compared to products like Microsoft Power BI. Also, the licensing should be more general.

Go ahead and use Tableau.

I use Tableau Desktop and Server 10.4 for data visualization to measure business targets and performance, it helps the business identify strategies and solutions to meet objectives.

Our clients are so happy with the new visualisation tools. It has answered most of their questions on how to measure and improve their business performance. 

It gives us a new dimension to the way that we analyse our data.

• Parameters
• Calculations
• Dynamic filters
• LOD
• The ability to use multiple data sources. 

The use of a storyboard helps the flow of the data visualisation.

If they could add global filters in the stories, more chart types, and default colours, it would help.    

One to three years.

Tableau works for a diverse range of industries and use cases. I have work with Tableau for big organizations and big governmental entities as well.

Tableau has comprehensive, insightful charts, which allow you to build stunning dashboards and enrich your support decision-making.

• Ease of use
• Maps
• Filters
• Drag and drop functionality
• Dates
• Undo button
• Wide-range of data connectors

• Scripting just as loops would be great. 
• Forecasting on table calculation fields.

Less than one year.

• Geo charts
• Dashboards
• Data connections

Our decision-making process has been streamlined.

Real-time interactions need more attention. Predictive analytics capability should be increased.

I have been using it for 1.5 years.

I have not encountered any deployment, stability or scalability issues.

I rate the level of customer service and technical support on the high side.

Initial setup was straightforward.

We implemented it. I prefer in house, as it is the best.

It’s about each and every individual and organization.

Fantastic visualizations & dashboarding capability, ease of use for business users.

It is meant as a visualization tool agreed, but some basic ETL functionality will do a world of good. Also, enterprise collaboration and embedded analytics (like Spotfire) would be great

3 years

Yes, hierarchies and cube definitions are not retained while connecting to an OLAP DB.

Yes, certain features cause Tableau to hang repeatedly - for example, editing the data source to point to another extract. Certain issues with data blending exist as well.

Lots of care including design/caching required to ensure quick reports while handling large amounts of data.

Good, most times any technical queries I have are addressed by the community posts itself - but there a number of easy to implement and tremendously useful functionalities included in the Ideas page that are yet to be implemented.

Easy as pie.

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