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10 Features of Tableau to Smoothen your Data Visualization Tasks

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10 Features of Tableau to Smoothen your Data Visualization Tasks

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  1. 10FEATURESOF TABLEAU info@data-flair.training

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  3. FEATURESOFTABLEAU TableauisconsideredasoneofthebestBusinessIntelligenceanddatavisualizationtools andhasmanagedtotopthechartsquiteafewtimessinceitslaunch.Themostimportant qualityofthistoolisthatitmakesorganizing,managing,visualizingandunderstanding dataextremelyeasyforitsusers. OneinterestingaspectofTableauthathasbeenakeyplayerinmakingiteveryone’sfavorite BItool,isitseasydrag-and-dropfunctionality.Youdonotneedtocomefromatechnical backgroundorknowalotofcodingtobeabletoworkonTableau.Youcaneasilymaster thistoolbyunderstandingandlearningitsUI-basedfeaturesandfunctionalitiestocreate dashboardsandanalyzereports.

  4. TABLEAUDASHBOARD TableauDashboardsprovideawholesomeviewofyourdatabythemeansofvisualizations, visualobjects,text,etc.Dashboardsareveryinformativeastheycanpresentdataintheform ofstories,enabletheadditionofmultipleviewsandobjects,provideavarietyoflayoutsand formats,enabletheuserstodeploysuitablefilters.Youevenhavetheoptiontocopya dashboardoritsspecificelementsfromoneworkbooktoanothereasily. COLLABORATIONANDSHARING Tableauprovidesconvenientoptionstocollaboratewithotherusersandinstantlysharedata intheformofvisualizations,sheets,dashboards,etc.inreal-time.Itallowsyoutosecurely sharedatafromvariousdatasourcessuchason-premise,on-cloud,hybrid,etc.Instantand easycollaborationanddatasharinghelpingettingquickreviewsorfeedbackonthedata leadingtoabetteroverallanalysisofit.

  5. LIVEANDIN-MEMORYDATA Tableauensuresconnectivitytobothlivedatasourcesordataextractionfromexternaldata sourcesasin-memorydata.Thisgivestheusertheflexibilitytousedatafrommorethanone typeofdatasourcewithoutanyrestrictions.Youcanusedatadirectlyfromthedatasource byestablishinglivedataconnectionsorkeepthatdatain-memorybyextractingdatafroma datasourceaspertheirrequirement. DATASOURCESINTABLEAU Tableauoffersamyriadofdatasourceoptionsyoucanconnecttoandfetchdatafrom.Data sourcesrangingfromon-premisefiles,spreadsheets,relationaldatabases,non-relational databases,datawarehouses,bigdata,toon-clouddataareallavailableonTableau.Onecan easilyestablishasecureconnectiontoanyofthedatasourcesfromTableauandusethat dataalongwithdatafromothersourcestocreateacombinatorialviewofdataintheform ofvisualizations.

  6. ADVANCEDVISUALIZATIONS (CHARTTYPES) OneofthekeyfeaturesofTableauandtheonethatgotitspopularityisitswiderangeof visualizations.InTableau,youcanmakevisualizationsasbasicasa: •Barchart •Piechart andasadvancedasa: •Histogram •Ganttchart •Bulletchart •Motionchart •Treemap •Boxplot andmanymore.Youcanselectandcreateanykindofvisualizationeasilybyselectingthe visualizationtypefromtheShowMetab.

  7. MAPS YetanotherimportantfeatureofTableauisthemap.Tableauhasalotofpre-installed informationonmapssuchascities,postalcodes,administrativeboundaries,etc.Thismake themapscreatedonTableauverydetailedandinformative.Youcanadddifferentlayersof geologyonthemapasperyourrequirementsandcreateinformativemapsinTableauwith yourdata. ROBUSTSECURITY Tableautakesspecialcareofdataandusersecurity.Ithasafool-proofsecuritysystembased onauthenticationandpermissionsystemsfordataconnectionsanduseraccess.Tableau alsogivesyouthefreedomtointegratewithothersecurityprotocolssuchasActive Directory,Kerberos,etc.AnimportantpointtonotehereisthatTableaupracticesrow-level filteringwhichhelpsinkeepingthedatasecure.

  8. MOBILEVIEW Tableauacknowledgestheimportanceofmobilephonesintoday’sworldandprovidesa mobileversionoftheTableauapp.Onecancreatetheirdashboardsandreportsinsucha mannerthatitisalsocompatiblewithmobile.Tableauhastheoptionofcreating customizedmobilelayoutsforyourdashboardspecifictoyourmobiledevice. ASKDATA TheAskdatafeatureofTableaumakesitevenmorefavoredbytheusersglobally.This featuremakesplayingwithdatajustamatterofsimplesearchesaswedoonGoogle.You justneedtotypeaqueryaboutyourdatainnaturallanguageandTableauwillpresentyou withthemostrelevantanswers.Theanswersarenotonlyintheformoftextbutalsoas visuals.

  9. TRENDLINESAND PREDICTIVEANALYSIS AnotherextremelyusefulfeatureofTableauistheuseoftimeseriesand forecasting.Easycreationoftrendlinesandforecastingispossibledueto Tableau’spowerfulbackendanddynamicfrontend.Youcaneasilyget datapredictionssuchasaforecastoratrendlinebysimplyselecting someoptionsanddrag-and-dropoperationsusingyourconcernedfields.

  10. MISCELLANEOUSFEATURESOFTABLEAU Alongwiththelistofkeyfeaturesthatwejustcovered,Tableauisloadedwithalotofother importantaswellasusefulfeatureslistedbelow: •Crossdatabasejoin •Nestedsorting •Drag-and-dropintegration •Dataconnectors •Prepconductor •Texteditor •Revisionhistory •Licensingviews •ETLrefresh •WebDataconnector •Externalserviceintegration •Splitfunction

  11. SUMMARY Inthisway,wecompleteourdiscussiononthefeaturesofTableau.We hopeyougotenoughinformationonTableauanditswiderangeof features.Tableauisaveryusefultoolloadedwithuser-friendlyfeatures andfunctionalitieswhichhelpsusextractvaluableinformationfromraw dataandanalyzeitusingvisualizations.

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