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11y ago
A programmers whose job is to make these kinds of reports will already have information about postcodes and so on, and take less time than you. Tableau is quick at doing simple things, but takes a lot of learning to do complex things. Often
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11y ago
Except that it only lets you do a set number of things. Most requests for information are not simple, and once you leave the comfort of simplicity, you have to become an expert in tableau, or in many cases, just accept that it can't do
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11y ago
You are 100% correct. I worked in a company that used Tableau heavily and I am pretty sure I know more about Tableau than most people here.
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11y ago
In other words, it is for big shitty companies that have hired a bunch of useless people who can't do anything and need reports to get their bosses off their back.
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11y ago
I used to work at a company where, under duress, I had to push tableau to its limits. My company spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on it. The main use was to provide reports on the data created by the application we sold. It would be g