
I use Tableau to transform raw, complicated data into interactive visual dashboards, which helps me tell a story with data so stakeholders can make faster, data-driven decisions. I love the intuitive visual storytelling aspect, where I can drag and drop data to instantly see patterns. I also love that I can build an interactive dashboard that lets a non-technical stakeholder 'play' with the data and answer their own questions. Tableau allowed us to analyze our full historical dataset without performance issues, which wasn't possible with Excel. The initial setup of Tableau was very smooth, and the drag-and-drop interface meant I could prototype our first dashboard the same afternoon I installed it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I think Tableau's native data modeling capabilities could be improved. While the relationship model has gotten better, for complex cleaning—like heavy pivoting or complex joins—I still prefer to handle that in SQL or Tableau Prep before bringing it into Desktop. Doing heavy data prep inside the visualization layer can hurt performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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