Tableau Software: Why are you so Special?
Tableau is different
Tableau Software is based on a fundamentally different approach to database analysis than traditional media such as Excel which rely on templates, wizards and widgets. Tableau’s use of unique declarative visual query language, VizQL ensures that users have the ability to totally analyse information in a functional format and can totally control the presentation of that information.
Tableau has the power of five
Tableau Software employs five core design principles to facilitate this analysis and control: Easy User Interfaces, Easy Data Exploration, Expressiveness, Visualization Best Practices and Database Independence.
Tableau Easy Interface
For any data analysis tool to be truly functional it must make query generation easy. It serves little purpose spending time putting formulas into a spreadsheet if that information keeps changing. Decision makers need to be able to focus on the job at hand by being able to customise questions, ask and get answers in seconds.
Tableau Data Exploration
Not only does Tableau Software enable users to think visually, it serves as a visual interactive tool that answers questions. When a user requests a graph, Tableau automatically generates the queries and analytical computations.
Tableau Expressiveness
Data analysts rarely have set closed ended questions. They not only want to ask open ended questions of databases, they want those answers presented in a way that expresses the complexity of the question in a simple to read format. That’s what Tableau does.
Tableau Visualisation Best Practices
That point leads nicely on to the next. The whole purpose of Tableau’s function is to give decision making the power to make more informed decisions by probing analysis to the limits. Tableau works on the basis that effective presentation of information leads to effective analysis.
Tableau Database Independence
Tableau is compatible with all database types which means that irrespective of the data is stored, Tableau can access and present it in Tableau’s unique visual form.
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