Why download Tableau Business Intelligence?
Imagine your standard spreadsheet. Rows of numbers, line after line, densely packed detailed information. It takes a skilled eye simply to read these spreadsheets never mind extrapolate key points of information crucial to decision making.
SQL may have changed database interactions in text form but Tableau continues the revolution by upgrading interaction with databases to visual form.
In order to achieve this visual interaction, Tableau employs VizQL, which is a visual query language for databases. VizQL facilitates three key functions in relation to Tableau capabilities:
Tableau Expressiveness
Users have the ability to create an infinite number of visual expressions.
Tableau Incremental Construction
Complex questions can be applied to simple graph, allowing users to build up a bank of visual information.
Tableau Alternatives
Tableau’s dashboard of presentation makes it easy for users to switch from one chart to another, thereby combining information results and facilitating higher levels of decision making.
A unique feature of VizQL and what puts it light years ahead of SQL and MDX is its ability to creatively format the row and column structure of any table. VizQL achieves this in a number of ways:
Tableau Unique Framework
VizQL is a computer language for describing tables, graphs, charts, maps and time series that permits an unlimited number of unique visual expressions.
Tableau Co-ordination
VizQL permits users to not only control the form of the visual expression but also its colours and markings.
Tableau Declarative Language
Because VizQL is a declarative language the user only needs to describe what image they are trying to create and not how to make it.
Tableau Uniform Interface
VizQL is compatible with both SQL and MDX thereby providing a uniform interface for data analysis and presentation.
Tableau Speed
VizQL can query, process and draw over 100,000 records per second.
If you would like more information about Tableau Software, contact a member of MXI Soft today.
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