We'd like more flexibility with the calendar as our fiscal year does not align with the calendar year. We have to load or create our own custom calendar to actually need our fiscal year-end. With other tools, like Tableau or Power BI, it's much easier to adjust your calendars. How we get data into the solution is not the easiest. I need to rely on a partner who needs to load the data from Alteryx into ThoughtSpot. We'd like this process to be simplified. In terms of features, I'd like to be able to pivot data - for example, going from rows to columns. It's not easy to do. I really don't like that when we load data; all the names get automatically put into lowercase.
ThoughtSpot is a fairly new product, so some usability aspects aren't as mature as we'd like them to be. One example is their organizational methodology, like how objects are organized in their dashboards inside the product. They're all on a flat list, which works if you've got five or 10 dashboards. However, it's insufficient when you're a large enterprise with multiple groups looking at the same dashboards. It isn't organized well. I would also like to see more preset visualizations. They've recently introduced the build-your-own visualizations, but we don't have time to build those ourselves.
Principal Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
2022-12-09T18:35:33Z
Dec 9, 2022
I would like to see more flexibility in adding the pins. Currently, we have four different sizes in which I can add pins, but I would like to be able to resize my pins. Additionally, when I add a pin, it goes to the bottom of the screen and I have to drag it all the way to where I want it. So I would like to have a little more flexibility in that. I would also like to have a larger color pallet. A simplistic look is important to me. I would be happy to see automatic emails for when volume falls below a certain threshold. Right now, I'm sending those out by hand. This would be a wonderful feature to have and I think they are rolling it out in the next version.
Sr. Big Data Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 5
2022-11-29T15:37:29Z
Nov 29, 2022
There is more flexibility in Power BI than in ThoughtSpot. In the matrices, for example, the size is very limited and the ratios are fixed. It would be better if they could be adjustable. The formatting for rows and columns separating could be more flexible. If I want to order columns, this feature is not there.
SVP, Head of Enterprise Data Mgmt & Data Intelligence at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
2022-11-14T21:55:06Z
Nov 14, 2022
The one area of the solution that I do hear needs improvement is on the visualization front. In my mind, I'd rather just get to the data and get to the actual values or get to the thing that drives the business, but there is a certain segment of customers, particularly marketing and external facing where they want additional visualizations. They want the ability to do geospatial reporting, more maps and latitude, longitude, and things like that. From a marketing standpoint and look and feel and harmonization across your product, you want visualizations that look like your product.
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We'd like more flexibility with the calendar as our fiscal year does not align with the calendar year. We have to load or create our own custom calendar to actually need our fiscal year-end. With other tools, like Tableau or Power BI, it's much easier to adjust your calendars. How we get data into the solution is not the easiest. I need to rely on a partner who needs to load the data from Alteryx into ThoughtSpot. We'd like this process to be simplified. In terms of features, I'd like to be able to pivot data - for example, going from rows to columns. It's not easy to do. I really don't like that when we load data; all the names get automatically put into lowercase.
ThoughtSpot is a fairly new product, so some usability aspects aren't as mature as we'd like them to be. One example is their organizational methodology, like how objects are organized in their dashboards inside the product. They're all on a flat list, which works if you've got five or 10 dashboards. However, it's insufficient when you're a large enterprise with multiple groups looking at the same dashboards. It isn't organized well. I would also like to see more preset visualizations. They've recently introduced the build-your-own visualizations, but we don't have time to build those ourselves.
I would like to see more flexibility in adding the pins. Currently, we have four different sizes in which I can add pins, but I would like to be able to resize my pins. Additionally, when I add a pin, it goes to the bottom of the screen and I have to drag it all the way to where I want it. So I would like to have a little more flexibility in that. I would also like to have a larger color pallet. A simplistic look is important to me. I would be happy to see automatic emails for when volume falls below a certain threshold. Right now, I'm sending those out by hand. This would be a wonderful feature to have and I think they are rolling it out in the next version.
There is more flexibility in Power BI than in ThoughtSpot. In the matrices, for example, the size is very limited and the ratios are fixed. It would be better if they could be adjustable. The formatting for rows and columns separating could be more flexible. If I want to order columns, this feature is not there.
The one area of the solution that I do hear needs improvement is on the visualization front. In my mind, I'd rather just get to the data and get to the actual values or get to the thing that drives the business, but there is a certain segment of customers, particularly marketing and external facing where they want additional visualizations. They want the ability to do geospatial reporting, more maps and latitude, longitude, and things like that. From a marketing standpoint and look and feel and harmonization across your product, you want visualizations that look like your product.