Tableau is a business intelligence and analytics tool that transforms data into visual formats for easy understanding by connecting to various data sources. Founded between 1997 and 2002 at Stanford University, it utilizes a proprietary visualization language called VizQL. The document also compares Tableau to its competitors, including Microsoft Excel and Google Charts.

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Tableau
A Business Intelligence and Analytics Tool

2. Introduction
 Tableau enables users to quickly see and understand their data
by automatically turning data into pictures
 Tableau connects easily to nearly any data source, be it
Corporate Data Warehouse, web-based data or any file like SQL
Server, ORACLE, SAP HANA, Salesforce, Teradata, Hadoop,
Google Analytics, MS Excel, MS Access etc.
 In 2020 the world will generate 50 times the amount of data as in
2011 and 75 times the number of information sources (IDC,
2011). To manipulate these huge data people need the power of
data at their fingertips. Tableau is the software to deliver exactly
that.

3. Dashboard Examples

4. Dashboard Examples

5. Dashboard Examples

6. Company Background
 Tableau Software - American software company headquartered
in Seattle, WA, USA
 Founded at Stanford University’s Department of Computer
Science between 1997 and 2002. Professor Pat Hanrahan and
Ph.D. student Chris Stolte
 Combined Structured Query Language (SQL) for databases with
a descriptive language for rendering graphics and invented a
database visualization language called VizQL (Visual Query
Language).

7. Company Background
 VizQL formed the core of the Polaris system, an interface for
exploring large multi-dimensional databases – foundation for
Tableau
 Net Profit in Last 5 Years

8. Clientele

9. Features

10. Products

11. Pricing

12. Business Integration

13. JavaScript API Example

14. Competitors
 Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft BI Tools (SSIS,SSRS,SSAS)
 Google Charts
 Spotfire
 Qlik Sense
 IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
 GoodData
 iDashboards
 Salesforce Analytics Cloud (Wave)

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