June 2023
Beginner
320 pages
8h 16m
English
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Chapter 2
Venturing into Tableau Versions
IN THIS CHAPTER
Test-driving the Tableau product portfolio
Identifying which Tableau product best suits your business needs
As I mention in Chapter 1, the Tableau product family isn't just one or two applications but a collection of solutions that come together to support an organization's end-to-end business intelligence needs. From its inception in the scrappy halls of the Department of Computer Science at Standard University in the late 1990s, the founders of Tableau had a single mission: to help folks like you and me see and understand big data visually. Today, Salesforce maintains this goal because they know that delivering a successful data experience is essential for everyone, from the workforce to students in our classrooms.
In this chapter, you figure out what parts of the Tableau portfolio are appropriate for your business needs based on user type and business use case.
Getting to Know the Tableau Product Line
Tableau is a business intelligence platform that provides tools for users to engage and interact with data across all phases of the analytics life cycle. Such tools and techniques include data management and governance functionality, visual analytics and storytelling, collaboration and communication, and deep learning ...
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