Tableau Desktop tool is an extremely popular and widely used tool for BI and is reviewed by BI professionals very highly overall. Tableau Desktop is really a successful tool because of its uniqueness or it is just popular because of its ease of use? What are the pros and cons of such a widely used tool? How is Tableau Desktop better than its competitor tools, and where might it lag behind them?
Pros :
- Dashboards are easy to publish and share dashboards
- Critical, time-sensitive ad-hoc reports can be generated within minutes
- Dashboards can be automated
- Root causes issues can be identified and resolved by using simple steps
- Easy trending and other data cuts
- Using Tableau operational expenses can be reduced.
- Best part is data connectivity, tableau provides a wide range of sources to connect with data ranging from very basic method of storage of flat files to more advanced method of storage of online servers
- Tableau’s data visualization suggests best practices for all kinds of data to users
Cons :
- It is not possible to put multiple metrics on the secondary vertical axis.
- Complex joins and formulas require custom SQL coding as metric calculations are SQL based.
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Tableau Desktop Tool