Tableau 简明教程

Tableau - Overview

Tableau 作为领先的数据可视化工具，拥有许多令人向往和独一无二的功能。其强大的数据发现和浏览应用程序让您可以在几秒钟内回答重要问题。您可以使用 Tableau 的拖放界面来可视化任何数据、浏览不同的视图，甚至轻松地组合多个数据库。它不需要任何复杂的脚本。任何了解业务问题的人都可以通过相关数据的可视化效果来解决问题。分析之后，只需发布到 Tableau Server 即可轻松与他人分享。

As a leading data visualization tool, Tableau has many desirable and unique features. Its powerful data discovery and exploration application allows you to answer important questions in seconds. You can use Tableau’s drag and drop interface to visualize any data, explore different views, and even combine multiple databases easily. It does not require any complex scripting. Anyone who understands the business problems can address it with a visualization of the relevant data. After analysis, sharing with others is as easy as publishing to Tableau Server.

Tableau Features

Tableau 为各种行业、部门和数据环境提供解决方案。以下是让 Tableau 能够处理各种场景的一些独一无二的功能。

Tableau provides solutions for all kinds of industries, departments, and data environments. Following are some unique features which enable Tableau to handle diverse scenarios.

  1. Speed of Analysis − As it does not require high level of programming expertise, any user with access to data can start using it to derive value from the data.

  2. Self-Reliant − Tableau does not need a complex software setup. The desktop version which is used by most users is easily installed and contains all the features needed to start and complete data analysis.

  3. Visual Discovery − The user explores and analyzes the data by using visual tools like colors, trend lines, charts, and graphs. There is very little script to be written as nearly everything is done by drag and drop.

  4. Blend Diverse Data Sets − Tableau allows you to blend different relational, semistructured and raw data sources in real time, without expensive up-front integration costs. The users don’t need to know the details of how data is stored.

  5. Architecture Agnostic − Tableau works in all kinds of devices where data flows. Hence, the user need not worry about specific hardware or software requirements to use Tableau.

  6. Real-Time Collaboration − Tableau can filter, sort, and discuss data on the fly and embed a live dashboard in portals like SharePoint site or Salesforce. You can save your view of data and allow colleagues to subscribe to your interactive dashboards so they see the very latest data just by refreshing their web browser.

  7. Centralized Data − Tableau server provides a centralized location to manage all of the organization’s published data sources. You can delete, change permissions, add tags, and manage schedules in one convenient location. It’s easy to schedule extract refreshes and manage them in the data server. Administrators can centrally define a schedule for extracts on the server for both incremental and full refreshes.