2. What isTableau?
■ Tableau is a business intelligence
software
■ Produces interactive data
visualization products
■ Tableau Desktop is a BI designer
tool, whileTableau Server is a
publishing environment to share the
charts
3. How doesTableau work?
■ Tableau Desktop
– translates pictures of data into optimized queries,
allowing users to connect to data from their own data
warehouse
– provides live and up to date data analysis
– allows users to upload data intoTableau’s data
engine from multiple sources and integrate them,
creating an interactive dashboard
■ Tableau Server
– allows for the sharing, distribution, and collaboration
for companies who seek to control where and how
their data is stored and managed
– hardware behind a firewall or on a cloud service
4. Business Implementation
■ Gain business insight for a more
efficient development of a company
■ Allows users of the software to
create customized dashboards that
give input to a broad spectrum of
information
■ Allows you to blend different
relational, semi-structured and raw
data sources in real time at a low
monthly fee
