As a consultant and solutions developer for an integrator company, I use Tableau for the construction of Control Dashboards and BI applications.
Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Better interaction and less time spent with end users
Pros and Cons
- "Gradual scalability from simple to complex situations"
- "Better interaction and less time spent with end users."
- "Provide additional enhancements in any business process: Operations, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Logistics, etc."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
- Enhanced application development
- Less time spent with end users
- Better interaction with end users
- Better application quality
What is most valuable?
- Easy of use
- Easy to learn
- Gradual scalability from simple to complex situations
- Wide integration with BI industry
What needs improvement?
Provide additional enhancements in any business process: Operations, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Logistics, etc.
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For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
BI & New Project Profesional at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Initial setup is straightforward, because of the quality and consistency of data
What is most valuable?
Visualization and user friendly. Visualization: How you sell your ideas or your message, for example, integrate D3.js graphs.
Traditionally bars or line graphs are useful, but they make a difference when presenting your important ideas. The vision of Business Intelligence creates a rupture between old-school (like IBM, Oracle, etc) and new guys (Tableau, TIBCO, and SAP Lumira) and new forms to work with: structured and unstructured data.
How has it helped my organization?
Interaction between information/data and final user.
What needs improvement?
Preparation and consolidation of data. Many organizations needs prepare data, changes formats or consolidate sources. ETL jobs waste a lot time and sometimes is unproductive.
For how long have I used the solution?
Two years in my company.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No.
How are customer service and technical support?
An eight out of 10.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Excel.
How was the initial setup?
Straightforward, because of the quality and consistency of data.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It's transparent; no hidden costs.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Yes, IBM Cognos, BusinessObjects, SAS, TIBCO, and Qlik.
What other advice do I have?
Make your decision based on your own culture, quality of data, and champion for the project.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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