Tableau Reviews

Processing power, easy to use, user friendly, good number of chart templates

Can’t pre-process the data as much as i would wish. Have to buy another software - Tableau Prep.

I like the possibility of all the features.

It is very slow and inaccurate at the most critical times. Really disappointing.

Tableau allows users to create a wide variety of interactive, high-quality visualizations, such as charts, maps, and dashboards, with drag-and-drop ease. The tool is user friendly and very simple to learn + use

The tool could become complex for some users for in-depth analysis / calculation. However, if you have been using other similar tool, this should not be an issue. The formatting is somewhat limited but it is not much of an issue

Most useful is being able to use the drag-and-drop function, which saves time creating data visualizations in a simple way. Analyzing the data is a plus, it can be done with filters or my favorite "trend analysis".

Tableau support is not free, you must pay for a plan to access it. And the stability issue itself is a negative factor as well, as it slows down for large amounts of data.

Ability to customize what information and data that can be used.

Users need training to be able to use the tool efficiently.

I love its map functionalities - it's so simple to create a detailed map of locations of company X in country Y or locations of various companies in country Y on a heatmap with population density. You can divide your map by different categories, use different colours for different categories and it just has so many possibilities that it's really fun to use.

Connecting different data sources can be a little frustrating - you need to be careful with your file extensions and always double-check your data types.

It allows you to create various charts and graphs for analysing data.

It's expensive for professional use.It's enterprise edition is pricy.

Technology and innovation of the software is outstanding.

Incorporating joins like left join, right join, etc.

Tableau is a transformative tool for data visualization, turning raw data into captivating visual stories and unlocking valuable insights. With its intuitive interface and powerful analytics, Tableau empowers users to explore data effortlessly, making data exploration feel like an exciting journey of discovery.

Tableau is awesome and it doesn't have challenges.

Its outstanding visualization capabilities, has appealed to me the most. The quality of my data visualization activity on Tableau is far superior to what I have gotten from substitute business intelligence or analytics tools.
Tableau's infusion of generative AI into my data visualization and analysis experience, enables me to integrate predictive modeling into my Tableau workflow, thereby improving the quality of insights I generate from my data.

Tableau comes with a steep learning curve and it is simply not for early stage data professionals. To learn to use Tableau effectively, a user must have had experience using lesser visualization platforms in the past.

My team was able to successfully set up a nightly data feed from Technolutions Slate to Tableau to store historical admissions data. It was important to implement Tableau because there's no way that takes snapshots of data in Slate as it's always changing. Once the data storage was set up my team was able to create many different dashboards to display complicated data to other team members to use. One dashboard we were able to create uses slate data from many different storage tables and pulls together appointment data over time so I can monitor workload volume. This has been a really useful visualization tool.

You will definitely need a data and Excel expert to set up the dashboard and reporting initially as there's a little clunkiness and set it up charts but it still does the job.

Tableau makes creating impactful, visually attractive dashboards quick and easy. The software connects to most structured data sources to quickly import your data and you can then link your data in the software to create additional tables that you can build visual from. A very flexible data visualization tool.

When you are trying to create complex dashboard or blend data across multiple primary keys it can be difficult to do inside the tools and I found myself creating custom tables in a SQL database to get the correct data blend. Large data sets, especially calculated fields can really slow down the software and make the dashboard feel sluggish. There are also certain actions / chart changes that feel like they should be simple but take "hacking" the software to accomplish. These can be frustrating and time consuming.

The way you can display the important information you need and being able to create multiple dashboards. Along with the fact you can easily see the breakdown of the KPI's and compare it.

The time it takes to update the information generated. In most cases it took 2 full days to get the most recent information on the KPI's

Tableau is a very easy tool for the use of the creation of Dashborad for data visualization with different connectors,with the drag and drop option & with various functions it makes the job simpler

We are currently getting data for Tableau Online from DB via a Flow created in Tableau Online, if the flow fails we are not seeing exact error message why the flow is failed it just says Failed an Error occured, it will be good to have the exact error message displayed

Ease of use.
Learning curve.
Multiple options for visualizations.
Can be used from beginners to experts.

When your organization needs to have multiple users connected in real time, If data source is using live connections, the user experience could be bad.

What I love about Tableau is how easy it is to quickly change, modify and filter reports to produce the exact data visualizations that you need. In the office, we use it a lot for simple reporting measures.

It might just be our software, but we are unable to change the visuals for our reports. Font style, size and colors are not able to be changed from our view, but it would be nice to have the option.

How efficient and easy to use the application is

Can be more user intuitive at first but easy to catch on

Tableau has a great user interface which is easy to navigate through

If the tool is being used to measure a multitude of global markets or sectors within the same business, sometime the selection of data takes a while to refresh

Overall I like the customization of reports & possible ways to visualize the data. Love that there is a strong community on the internet within Tableau help forum.

I like that you can do most things on Tableau Online version, however, there are a couple of things that can only be done on desktop.

Sometimes same features are placed differently in desktop vs online version & that makes using the product a bit more confusing.

Ease of Use and ability to go from data to visuals within minutes

lack of statistical analysis tools, formatting table visuals is cumbersome

Being able to aggregate so many data sources and such a large amount of data into a visualization that is easy to navigate. It is also very customizable to provide different types of views

it can be tricky to export data and you really need someone who is an expert in data visualization to build usable visuals