What Is Tableau?
By Karthick Selvam · Published
Tableau is a visual analytics platform for exploring data and building interactive dashboards.
Products
Tableau Desktop for authoring, Tableau Cloud and Tableau Server for sharing, and Tableau Prep for data preparation. Tableau Public lets anyone publish public visualisations.
Strengths
Fast visual exploration with drag-and-drop, strong charting and a large community.
Core concepts
Dimensions and measures, calculated fields, level-of-detail (LOD) expressions, filters and dashboards.
Ownership
Tableau has been part of Salesforce since 2019.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need coding for Tableau?
No coding is needed for most work, though calculations use a formula language.
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