Tableau Erfahrungen

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Einfachheit der Bedienung. Daten anwendergerecht aufbereitet

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Details Anforderungen meist nur mit lästigen workarounds zu lösen.

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Mit der Software können wir unsere Performance optimal und umfangreich analysieren und sind damit unserem Auftraggeber immer einen Schritt voraus

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Anfangs ist der Umgang und die Konfiguration etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig

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Wir bearbeiten 8.000 Aufträge pro Monat für einen großen Telekommunikationsanbieter. Alle 15 Minuten werden meine KPI aktualisiert, sodass ich sofort erkenne wo ich eingreifen muss. Die größten Vorteile dabei sind die Geschwindigkeit und die einfache anpassung der Auswertungen.

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Fehlende Möglichkeiten der Visualisierung. Wir haben diverse KPIs auf verschiedenen Arbeisblättern, können diese aber nicht automatisiert durchlaufen lassen.

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Mir gefällt an der Software die genauen Auswertungen

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in der Software gibt es leider Kopierfunktion

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We really like the easiness to upload and prepare data visualizations, charts, graphics and dashboards. It works with the mains data files such as text crv, xls and google sheet documents. They have a free version which present the main functionalities, perfect for a small business, then if you need to upgrade to a paid version the process is very simple. Their forums and community really support, and help to improve, learn and develop great visualizations.

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As any other solution, it takes some investigation and learning to understand the way it works and how to prepare robust presentations in Tableau. Some older versions do not allow roll back. Some sharing and analytic challenges are presented and really wish they develop additional features.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

Microsoft Power BI

Warum Tableau gewählt wurde

Tableau is a better product for the easiness and the complete customer service experience.

Zuvor genutzte Software

Microsoft Power BI

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Tableau

Once we started working with Tableau, we would not change to another solution because the way we work with the tool fits our opertive needs.

Vorteile

Once you get going and understand the basic functions, you can start using it right away. You can do a quick data visual (graphs, charts) from the pre-set templates. An interactive dashboard is very helpful for allowing other users to use the published dashboard without a full access to the tableau software.

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Lack of clear explaination of different functions and features in the program. It is not always obvious and will require some training from an advance users or training program outside the software.

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The product has a lot of potential and features that could really help us, but we ran into too many roadblocks with customer service.

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Customer service was too difficult to work with

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Tableau is very useful software for data analysts. it is very easy to create Graphical and tabular visualisations using this software. the dashboard is vey responsive and we can easly understand about the dataset

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initially, the interfaces are little bit tough to understand. some times, the geographical datas did not detect properly.

Vorteile

Pros:Easy to use: Tableau is known for its intuitive and user-friendly interface, making it easy for even non-technical users to create interactive visualizations and analyze data.Data integration: Tableau offers seamless integration with a wide range of data sources, including spreadsheets, databases, and cloud services.Interactive visualizations: Tableau offers a range of visualization options that are interactive and allow businesses to drill down into their data to gain deeper insights.Collaboration: Tableau offers a range of collaboration tools that make it easy for teams to share data, insights, and visualizations with each other.Mobile compatibility: Tableau offers mobile compatibility, allowing businesses to access their data and visualizations from anywhere.

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Cons:Steep learning curve: While Tableau is easy to use once you get the hang of it, some users may find that it has a steep learning curve, especially if they are new to data analysis and visualization.Cost: Tableau can be expensive, especially for small businesses or individuals who are on a tight budget.Limited data preparation tools: While Tableau offers a range of visualization options, it has limited data preparation tools, which can make it more difficult to clean and prepare data for analysis.Limited customization: While Tableau offers some customization options, some users may find that it has limited flexibility compared to other data visualization software.Processing time: Tableau can be slow when working with large data sets, which can be frustrating for users who need to analyze and visualize large amounts of data.

Vorteile

It allows you to create the data visualization works you want to create in a very detailed and specific way. For example, it gives you a very good output when you want to compare a financial data for some countries and show it in the best way.

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Using the application is not very easy and can work faster.

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This software has multiple features that allow me to customize it as I want for a good viewing

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Often the access to the account is very complex

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Tableau is an excellent data visualization and analysis tool that makes it easy to analyze and present complex data sets. The software's intuitive interface and drag-and-drop functionality make it easy to create interactive dashboards and reports that can be customized to meet specific needs.

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Tableau's performance can suffer when working with large and complex data sets, leading to potential frustration when trying to analyze data.

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The ability to automate data processes is a plus but with Tableau software, I was also able to analyze, explore and collaborate with that data. This program saved me time in completing my duties and saved the company money and manhours in analyzing these processes. It has definitely closed the gap when it comes to how we use and manage raw data to provide growth insight into our company operations

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Honestly, I am yet to notice anything that I do not like about Tableau.

Vorteile

The data visualization is very great. Functions tools and calculations tools are very helpful and convenient to use and perform. The reporting analytics is also very effective and helpful.

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Data import export can be even more improved. The data connectors are very good but can be even more improvised i fee; about them.

Vorteile

- Very intuitive way o assemble data, no need for programming or special commands
- Easily change data from numeric to alphanumeric
- The most common and useful charts are available
- Easy to breakdown data into several clusters
- I once plotted 6 parameters in a 2 dimensional chart: X, Y, bubble size, color, name, icon
- You can build special read-only docs with the functionality to be read by Tableu Reader (as in acrobat reader)
- You can customize label, axis, trend and references lines

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- Eventually some very specific charts are not there as chord, tornado, tree maps, nodes, gauges, alluvial diagram, dendograms
- Even with all the clustering, it lacks statistical analysis as Anova, hypothesis test between two set of data, normal probability plot

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

Microsoft Power BI

Warum Tableau gewählt wurde

More easy to use, I can do my charts in less time and with less steps

Zuvor genutzte Software

Microsoft Power BI

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Tableau

It requires less time to make charts and analysis compared with the other options

Vorteile

Tableau Desktop absolutely produces the cleanest and most intuitive reports of any software like it. The learning curve for basic functionality is short and the online resources for deeper dives are plentiful.

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Reports distribution in Tableau Desktop is clunky and connecting to SharePoint or similar distribution tools are too difficult to setup without professional IT assistance.
Tableau Prep is still in early stages of development. Some Flows take much too long for what shouldn't be so challenging an operation.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

Microsoft Power BI

Warum Tableau gewählt wurde

Better, more intuitive functionality. Cleaner aesthetic.

Zuvor genutzte Software

Microsoft Power BI

Vorteile

I really like how easy it is to try visualizing data in different ways. Going into an analysis I don't always know the best way to present my data, so being able to try different things so easily makes my analysis a lot easier.

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Formatting visualizations is not easy to understand. Clunky UI for formatting. Somewhat difficult to figure out what exactly is being changed by different options.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

Microsoft Power BI

Warum Tableau gewählt wurde

Power BI was a pain to use, slow, and did not have the same out of the box visualizations that Tableau does.

Zuvor genutzte Software

Microsoft Power BI

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Tableau

Best value for money, easier to use, better fit for the key projects the organization was taking on at the time.

Vorteile

The ability to create and visualize sets of data in a number of different ways, and tailor it to your liking something very powerful about the tool that really stands out. Having one set of data and being able to visualize and paint of a picture of that data in two different ways side by side in one dashboard really stands out for me.

Nachteile

The time it has taken to get in touch with customer support at times when there are urgent issues has been a frustration and has prevented our team from being able to troubleshoot a few different technical product issues in a timely manner.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

Microsoft Power BI

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Tableau

Based on user reviews, through product demos and feedback on the initial product walkthrough, I found the solution to be tailored more to our teams needs.

Vorteile

Tableau is just way easier to use. Ive used a lot of others. Yes many have features that Tableau does not. But when it comes down to ease of use and fast turn around Tableau is probably the best

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Tableau is not great when it comes to time series data. Its ok. But the amount of contortion that is necessary to show meaningful data in a time series is a real pain in the neck. Also Tableau data blending is nonsense. Better than Alteryx? probably. But still.

Vorteile

Tableau is centered around you as a user asking questions to your data. It is as simple as that and it works in ways not imagined before. Via graphical user antierface and drag and drop you combine aspects of your data and visualize relations. The coolest thing is that Tableau supports you without pushing or distracting. The process is emergent and makes it possible to walk the line from coherence to causality and have fun along the way. The End results look great and can be reformated by a couple of clicks in order to shift perspective or look from a different angle or with a different point of interest towards your findings. Tableu picks you up where you are and you can run it as SAAS or on premise, depending on your preferences. Also the API is simple and powerful, making the integration as a dedicated reporting and statistcs module, or more precise data visualisation playground to your existing product easy and convenient. By doing so you can add tableaus product-versatility, ease of use and beauty to a product and participate from its user friendly and open aproach to data analysis.

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The licensing was a bit of a hassle as we started in the early days of tableau. Also Sales were very eager and pretty actively tried to support us. This never was a bad thing, just a bit too much. Also Tableau introduced support for document based databases rather later than earlier so we had a slight wait there. Then again, every time the did include a feature it was just bug free and worked like a charm so this was allright as well.
Two things are especially important when evaluating Tableau, from my point of view: The data you whish to process with it must adhere to a minimal standard (or you will have to do a lot of conversion before you can enjoy it within tableau). So older datasources might become somewhat bothersome or at least require a preprocessing step. Most important is that you understand what tableau is for: You will have a great time when dynamically and actively exploring data, even rapidly changing data or real time streams. If you use a tool for creating static reports you waste the potential of this great piece of human engineering and might run into issues.

Vorteile

I have been using Tableau Desktop for over five years now and I still get excited about it. First, Tableau is so easy to learn and use--the intuitive interface allows even first-time users to create amazing visualizations. Second, Tableau is a time saver. What used to take me weeks now takes days and what used to take days now takes minutes. Third, Tableau is versatile. There are many different chart types available, and with the ability to tweak everything from size to font to color, your imagination is the only limit. Fourth, Tableau is always evolving and improving. With each update, Tableau adds new features and capabilities that continuously make my job easier to perform. The software is capable of connecting with data in many different formats from spreadsheets and SQL to PDF's and spatial files, making it useful for any field or company that works with data. I could go on and on about the benefits of using Tableau, but the best way to understand my enthusiasm is to try the product--it speaks for itself!

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Sometimes large data files can take several minutes to load. Tableau allows for the creation of extracts to speed up the process, but the initial upload still takes time. Tableau also does not have an auto-save feature, which has caused me to lose work on several occasions.

Vorteile

Tableau is exceptionally easy to pick up and be productive, and has the ability to connect to almost any data source you can imagine, including REST APIs (though this is a pretty advanced process).

Cross database joins are an amazing feature that allow you to mix data from Excel, Oracle, MySQL and others on a single dashboard.

There are a ton of online resources available from Tableau, and the broader user community which help you in the event that you get stuck on a thorny issue.

Tableau also supports the Tableau Public desktop software which allows anyone to create and share visualizations for free on the web (though data sources are severely limited with Tableau Public).

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Price is an issue, particularly if you're an individual or a small business. Woe be unto you if you're a small business and you'd like to set up a Tableau server.

There are some functions which we've all grown accustomed to in Excel which new users will expect to be in Tableau but just aren't--robust Conditional Formatting, for instance. However, in most cases there are workarounds and other ways of accomplishing the same task.

While it's easy to become quickly productive, most users will outgrow the easy stuff pretty quickly as they attempt join new data sources, or produce more complicated visualizations.

Vorteile

The software is very powerful tool and excellent visualization tool. It is easy to get started and there is a ton of free training available. The pool of users is great and the community is very helpful to new and existing users.

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The support we pay for is almost worthless. We frequently solve the problem ourselves and it is time consuming to submit everything via their helpdesk with nothing to show for it. Providing logs and files and emailing with someone on the west coast outside of normal east coast business hours is frustrating. Tickets get "escalated" to the engineering team and that ends up being code for "we don't know and this won't be fixed by us". Turnover for their sales representatives indicates it isn't a great company to work for either.

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Microsoft Power BI

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Tableau

Pricing, features and flexibility

Vorteile

It has amazing data visualization capabilities. Working for an organization where mostly reporting and visualization done on excel, When Tableau was introduced to our team and has been so much beneficial for us. You can create a scintillating and self-explanatory dashboard using this which is easily understandable by higher management even if they don't have any technical knowledge.

Tableau can handle a large number of datasets also very easily and that dataset can be easily visualized without facing any performance issue. One thing which I like the most about tableau is report scheduling where your reports can be updated automatically every day.

Another thing which i love about tableau is that multiple and different kind of data sources can be easily connected at one place.

Nachteile

Till now nothing that hinders me while working on this tool as its meeting all my expectations.

Vorteile

It's pretty easy to use Tableau, it's really intuitive, colourful and self explanatory. The overall design of this software comes in hand with charts and pretty neat visualisation tools. The charts are really user-friendly and have some default values that are subject to formatting, painting, resizing, etc. to fit your needs.
Has some great built in functions on Server that allow users to pull the raw data directly or in some form that they need the report. Subscription option on server is a great feature that allows you to get daily/weekly or monthly reports on your email address.
Also data source feature of this software is a fantastic part of this tool, as you'll able to connect almost anything on the market, from SQL queries and excel files on OneDrive to Tables on Azure or lists on SharePoint.

Nachteile

Performance is a little bit tricky, as in any other software. When you use big chunks of data, it can cause some troubles in speed and charts loading. If you add some joins, blends or multiple data source dashboards, and you have data sets of multiple million rows, that will cause some headaches, but just until you learn to manipulate the data and prepare the data for your charts.