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.

Reviews

"Tableau Cloud gives us an opportunity to bring different facets of our organization together. And the ease with which we’ve been able to give that to Red Hatters across the globe and in different functions has helped speed up and create a community ...groundswell." - Wes Gelpi

Tableau Desktop, Microsoft Power BI, Looker BI, Domo, Tableau Server, 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

What solutions does Tableau Desktop provide for Funnel Analysis?

How can Tableau Desktop enhance your Competitive Intelligence process?

What makes Tableau Desktop ideal for Communication Management?

What Are the key features of Tableau Desktop for Social Media Management?

What benefits does Tableau Desktop offer for Engagement Management?

73+ more Business Use Cases

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

Wes Gelpi

Senior Manager Business Intelligence and Analytics

Red Hat

Tableau Cloud gives us an opportunity to bring different facets of our organization together. And the ease with which we’ve been able to give that to Red Hatters across the globe and in different functions has helped speed up and create a community groundswell. Testimonial By Wes Gelpi
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
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Dana Greenlaw

Analytics Manager

Specialized

Before Tableau, we'd present a static report to execs, and after that, they'd send emails with a dozen follow-up questions. Now, the execs can poke around in the report, get insights, and answer questions in real time. Testimonial By Dana Greenlaw
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Wes Gelpi

Senior Manager Business Intelligence and Analytics

Red Hat

Tableau Cloud gives us an opportunity to bring different facets of our organization together. And the ease with which we’ve been able to give that to Red Hatters across the globe and in different functions has helped speed up and create a community groundswell. Testimonial By Wes Gelpi
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
Tableau Desktop testimonial

Dana Greenlaw

Analytics Manager

Specialized

Before Tableau, we'd present a static report to execs, and after that, they'd send emails with a dozen follow-up questions. Now, the execs can poke around in the report, get insights, and answer questions in real time. Testimonial By Dana Greenlaw

Case Studies

COMPANY INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES
Tableau Desktop case study
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Case Study Specialized

Specialized chooses Tableau Cloud to quickly and securely scale up global sales reporting

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Tableau Desktop case study
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Case Study Specialized

Specialized chooses Tableau Cloud to quickly and securely scale up global sales reporting

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Tableau Desktop case study
Insurance
Insurance
Case Study Progressive Insurance

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

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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?

Microsoft Power BI, Looker BI, Domo and Tableau Server 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 ★

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Analytics

4.30/5 ★

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Custom Reports

3.83/5 ★

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Tableau News

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.

12/09/2024 - source

Announcing Tableau Einstein: Agent-Powered Analytics Delivering Data and Insights in the ...

Tableau introduces Einstein, an AI-powered analytics tool that provides data and insights seamlessly within work processes.

12/09/2024 - source

Tableau launches generative AI assistant, updates platform - TechTarget

Tableau has launched its first generative AI assistant, a Copilot for Tableau Prep, with similar tools for Tableau Catalog and Web Authoring ...

11/07/2024 - source

Tableau Profile

Company Name

Tableau

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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