Tableau

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financial services firm
5,000+ employees

I spend most of my time with clients trying to get more out of their existing tools, more often than not some combination of an ERP tool (JDEdwards, SAP etc.) a selection of more “pure” databases such as Oracle, Access, SQL and a lot of spreadsheets.

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tech consulting firm
1-500 employees

Pretty Pictures of BI: Tableau

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deepthoughts's picture
deepthoughts Is there a trail version available to test and see the features? If yes, please let me... more
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pytdk You can download a trial from here: http://www.tableausoftware.com/products/desktop/try

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May 02 2013 3:29pm
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Disclosure: I am an industry analyst focused on self-service business intelligence and data analysts. QlikView and Tableau user. Current clients include QlikView, Spotfire, and Tableau.

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4
Apr 26 2013 6:59pm
Great visualization that connects to many different data sources. But expensive and performance can be tricky.
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Great visualization tool!!! Connectivity to many different types of data sources. Great flexibility with function/features used to produce the visualizations and make them interactive for end-users.
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Jan 12 2013 5:03pm
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I use both Tableau and QlikView. Although very different, I really like both solutions. They belong to the new BI generation known as Interactive Visual Analytics. http://bit.ly/qiFiyr

In my opinion, QlikView has a great interface for regular users (non-experts). It's very intuitive but...
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3
Jul 23 2012 4:27am
Tableau is excellent for visualizing pre-built data or data that are already organized
Pros:
• Graphical representation – great for showing trends over time or comparisons
• Data source integration – can integrate with almost every type of databases/data sources like text files (csv, txt), SQL, SSAS, Oracle, etc
• Flexible – very simple for a user to create reports with parameters and...
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managing1215 Excellent Advanced Visual and Interactive Analytics tool. Intuitive to both users and... more
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Alin Radu From my point of view, Tableau has three advantages: First is that the user can create... more

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