{"id":196,"date":"2017-01-16T07:20:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T07:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/?p=196"},"modified":"2017-01-16T07:20:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T07:20:13","slug":"tableau-desktop-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/2017\/01\/16\/tableau-desktop-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Tableau Desktop Dashboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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? \u00a0What 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?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/files\/2017\/01\/tableau-300x169.png\" alt=\"tableau\" width=\"483\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/files\/2017\/01\/tableau-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/files\/2017\/01\/tableau-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/files\/2017\/01\/tableau-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/files\/2017\/01\/tableau.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pros :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dashboards are easy to publish and share dashboards<\/li>\n<li>Critical, time-sensitive ad-hoc reports can be generated within minutes<\/li>\n<li>Dashboards can be automated<\/li>\n<li>Root causes issues can be identified and resolved by using simple steps<\/li>\n<li>Easy trending and other data cuts<\/li>\n<li>Using Tableau operational expenses can be reduced.<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>Tableau\u2019s data visualization suggests best practices for all kinds of data to users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cons :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is not possible to put multiple metrics on the secondary vertical axis.<\/li>\n<li>Complex joins and formulas require custom SQL coding as metric calculations are SQL based.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>References :<\/p>\n<p>Tableau Desktop Tool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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? \u00a0What are the pros and cons of such a widely used &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/2017\/01\/16\/tableau-desktop-dashboard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tableau Desktop Dashboard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1870,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"tpatil","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/author\/tpatil\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"Tableau Desktop tool is an extremely popular and widely used tool for BI and is reviewed by BI professionals very highly overall. 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