Data Visualization has gained massive popularity lately. Not only is this required by Data Scientists and Data Analysts, but also useful for many other roles from various industries like Finance, Marketing, etc. There are two ways in which we can create visuals from the available data. The first one is by using programming languages like R or Python to prepare various graphs and plots. The second way is to use tools to achieve this for example Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Excel, Cognos, Qlik view, etc. In this article, we will talk about Tableau and Power BI, their various products, features and take a deep dive into Tableau vs Power BI. What is Tableau? Tableau is an interactive data visualization software that helps create descriptive and interesting visuals without coding. It was founded in January 2003 and acquired by Salesforce in August 2019. When to use Tableau? Tableau organization is not only dedicated to Data visualization but has also received awards, for example, the Best BI Solution in the Database Trends & Applications Readers’ Choice Awards for three consecutive years (2018, 2017, 2016). The software has been designed on the philosophy of “seeing and exploring data” and provide excellent flexibility in designing dashboards. […]
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