Tableau Desktop Overview

Tableau Desktop connects, analyzes, and visualizes data for quick insights. It forms part of a comprehensive business intelligence solution with other Tableau products.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Funnel Analysis, Competitive Intelligence, Communication Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Tableau Desktop.

Other use cases:

  • Social Media Management
  • Engagement Management
  • Collaboration
  • Forecasting
  • Lead Analytics
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Workflow Management
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Business Priorities

Scale Best Practices and Enhance Customer Relationships are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Tableau Desktop.

Other priorities:

  • Acquire Customers
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve ROI
  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Launch New Products
  • Grow Market Share
  • Manage Risk
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Establish Thought Leadership
  • Increase Customer Life Time Value
  • Improve Internal Communications
  • Improve Visibility
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Build Brand Awareness
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Improve Consistency
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Improve Navigation
  • Shorten Ramp Up Time
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Tableau Desktop Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Tableau Desktop's features include Dashboard, Calculator, Personalization, etc. and Tableau Desktop support capabilities include AI Powered, Chat Support, Phone Support, etc. also Tableau Desktop analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"We're using the strengths of Tableau to help non-technical users easily ask questions from the data directly, instead of having to submit a request with our team." - Megan Oertel

Tableau Desktop, CARTO Platform, Hevo, Phocas, Databox, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Business Intelligence. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for Tableau Desktop

Top Industries

  • Computer Software
  • Education
  • Information Technology and Services

Popular in

  • Large Enterprise
  • Enterprise
  • Mid Market

Tableau Desktop is popular in Computer Software, Education, and Information Technology And Services and is widely used by Large Enterprise, Enterprise, and Mid Market.

Comprehensive Insights on Tableau Desktop Use Cases

How can Tableau Desktop enhance your Funnel Analysis process?

Why is Tableau Desktop the best choice for Competitive Intelligence?

Why is Tableau Desktop the best choice for Communication Management?

How does Tableau Desktop address your Social Media Management Challenges?

Why is Tableau Desktop the best choice for Engagement Management?

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Tableau Desktop solved their Business Intelligence needs. Cuspera uses 30134 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Business Intelligence needs.

Customer Testimonials

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Megan Oertel

Director of Product Analytics

Sysco LABS

We're using the strengths of Tableau to help non-technical users easily ask questions from the data directly, instead of having to submit a request with our team. Testimonial By Megan Oertel
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Raj Seenu

Senior Director of Data Technologies

Splunk

Having Tableau in the cloud like our other properties is a real asset for us. We get all the benefits of scalability and hands-off administration, and it demonstrates to our customers that we truly are cloud-first. Testimonial By Raj Seenu
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Amy Sprangers

Chief Revenue Officer

The Seattle Seahawks

Our team shines a light on every single area across the organization. All our efforts to be the best in class in the NFL and in our community come to life in a visual way through Tableau in success that we can share. Testimonial By Amy Sprangers
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Megan Oertel

Director of Product Analytics

Sysco LABS

We're using the strengths of Tableau to help non-technical users easily ask questions from the data directly, instead of having to submit a request with our team. Testimonial By Megan Oertel
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Raj Seenu

Senior Director of Data Technologies

Splunk

Having Tableau in the cloud like our other properties is a real asset for us. We get all the benefits of scalability and hands-off administration, and it demonstrates to our customers that we truly are cloud-first. Testimonial By Raj Seenu
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Amy Sprangers

Chief Revenue Officer

The Seattle Seahawks

Our team shines a light on every single area across the organization. All our efforts to be the best in class in the NFL and in our community come to life in a visual way through Tableau in success that we can share. Testimonial By Amy Sprangers

Case Studies

Sports

Case Study The Seattle Seahawks

How The Seattle Seahawks, Managed 30,000 customer touchpoints through Tableau Cloud

Financial Services

Case Study RBC Wealth Management

RBC Wealth Management personalizes and transforms the client experience with CRM Analytics

Banking

Case Study KeyBank

With Tableau, digital transformation at KeyBank integrates people, processes, and data

Automotive

Case Study Jaguar

Jaguar Land Rover develops a pioneering data culture to accelerate its digital transformation with Tableau

Insurance

Case Study Progressive Insurance

How Progressive Leverages Tableau for actionable insights across products and customer experiences

Sports

Case Study Team USA

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee helps Team USA succeed by building a better digital HQ with Tableau and Salesforce

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Tableau Desktop

What is Tableau Desktop?

Tableau is a data visualization platform for sales, marketing, legal, data and analytics and operations teams to see and understand their data.

It primarily helps with analytics and reporting activities to track and measure outcomes. It supports desktop, mobile, server and web based access.

It comes with built in dashboards and widgets to provide analytics.

What is Tableau Desktop used for?

Tableau Desktop is a Business Intelligence Software mainly used by its customers to Scale Best Practices and Enhance Customer Relationships by Funnel Analysis, Competitive Intelligence and Communication Management .

What are the top features of Tableau Desktop?

Dashboard, Calculator and Personalization are some of the top features of Tableau Desktop.

Who uses Tableau Desktop?

Tableau Desktop is used by Computer Software, Education and Information Technology And Services among other industries.

What are Tableau Desktop alternatives?

CARTO Platform, Hevo, Phocas and Databox are popular alternatives for Tableau Desktop.

Where is Tableau Desktop located?

Tableau Desktop is headquartered at 1621 N 34th St. Seattle, WA 98103.
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Peers used Tableau Desktop for funnel analysis and competitive intelligence

Tableau Desktop Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.43/5 ★

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Analytics

4.30/5 ★

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Custom Reports

3.83/5 ★

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.43/5 ★

Read Reviews (169)
Analytics

4.30/5 ★

Read Reviews (3356)
Custom Reports

3.83/5 ★

Read Reviews (9775)

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Tableau Software, LLC News

Product

Critical Salesforce Tableau Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution - Patch Immediately!

Salesforce has identified critical security vulnerabilities in Tableau Server, potentially allowing remote code execution and unauthorized database access. These vulnerabilities, with CVSS scores between 8.0 and 8.5, affect several Tableau Server versions. Organizations are urged to update to the latest versions to mitigate risks, as these flaws could lead to significant data breaches and security compromises.

Product

Salesforce launches Tableau Next to automate data analysis - IT Brief Asia

Salesforce has introduced Tableau Next, an API-first analytics platform, to automate data analysis and enhance business intelligence through agentic analytics, leveraging Data Cloud for streamlined data management and visualization tasks.

Product

Tableau Software updates data visualization and cloud analytics management - SiliconANGLE News

Tableau Software has updated its data visualization and cloud analytics management tools, enhancing its capabilities for users.

Product

Tableau Einstein is a new BI platform with AI at its core - TechTarget

Tableau Einstein is a new AI-based analytics platform focusing on autonomous insights and real-time analysis.

Tableau Software, LLC Profile

Company Name

Tableau Software, LLC

Company Website

https://www.tableau.com/

Year Founded

2003

HQ Location

1621 N 34th St. Seattle, WA 98103

Employees

1001-5000

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Financials

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