The fascinating world of data visualization is evolving fast with new BI tools hitting the market every day. To have a special place in the data visualization field, a tool must be easy to use with powerful capabilities like machine learning functionality+ along with comfortable licensing options. Both Microsoft Power BI and Tableau have their […] The post What’s your preferred data visualization tool? (Tableau vs. Power BI) appeared first on Visual BI Solutions ..read more

Have you ever thought about what the thousands of reviews given by people on social media about your newly released product mean? Unfortunately, all these reviews cannot be categorized as either good or bad. One needs to truly understand what consumers feel about your product or business, and this is where sentimental analysis comes in. […] The post Sentimental Analysis -Tableau Vs Power BI appeared first on Visual BI Solutions ..read more

Power BI and Tableau are the two most commonly used Data Visualization tools and in many instances, we see organizations replicate the data prep stage in Tableau in order to meet the same requirements accomplished in Power BI. This has also been a common ask from many organizations to see if they can reuse data […] The post Connect Tableau to Power BI Datasets appeared first on Visual BI Solutions ..read more

Machine learning and data science concepts have revolutionized the world of BI and data analytics. Organizations across the globe want to leverage the capabilities of ML to enhance their traditional BI reporting and make better business decisions. Tableau, a front-runner in the BI space, came up with TabPy – a powerful analytics extension that enables building and using ML models inside traditional Tableau dashboards. This blog describes how ML using TabPy is applied to custo ..read more

With the release of the latest version of Tableau Desktop- 2021.1, users can now enjoy the benefits of a highly requested feature- a native connector for Azure Data Lake Storage.  It is now possible to directly connect to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Azure Blob Storage from Tableau. We can access the files stored in them and visualize the data in Tableau without having to use any data warehouse or database as an intermediary. This blog will walk […] The post Explorin ..read more

In this digital age, data is the most precious asset of every organization across the globe. Enormous volumes of data generated from various sources necessitate the usage of cloud storage solutions. For Microsoft Azure customers, Azure Blob storage can be used to store large amounts of different types of data. To analyze and visualize this data, a […] The post Exploring Azure Blob and Tableau appeared first on Visual BI Solutions ..read more

With the latest release of Tableau 2020.3, writing prepared data to external databases has become possible using Tableau Prep, currently available for seven databases. In this blog, we will explore the steps to write the prepared data to a Snowflake table from Tableau Prep. How to Write Data? 1. Choose the flow for which you […] The post Writing Data to Snowflake Table from Tableau Prep appeared first on Visual BI Solutions ..read more

In this digital age, data is the most precious asset of every organization across the globe. Enormous volumes of data generated from various sources necessitate the usage of cloud storage solutions. For Microsoft Azure customers, Azure Blob storage can be used to store large amounts of different types of data. To analyze and visualize this data, a powerful data visualization tool like Tableau can be used. Currently, there is no direct Tableau connector for Azure Blob storage, but there are many indirect methods to connect with Tableau. This blog will explore the possibilities, advantages, and ..read more

Tableau provides one of the best platforms for dashboard designers to create unique stories with their data, using custom visualizations. Part 1 of this blog series explains a particular customization technique – Image overlaying to enhance bar charts. This blog will explain: Adding images or icons to data points. Creating a combination of visual This blog is an addition to compliment the previous blog as it includes a detailed guide to achieve the mentioned customizations with the help of a use case. Here is the use case (data taken from the Regional sample workbook provided by Tableau): Yo ..read more

Tableau Server (2020.2.0) being a hosting platform helps in sharing, interacting, content management, and automating data source refresh. Just like any other platform where people collaborate, Tableau Server requires an administrator who manages and streamlines content and users. In this blog, we will see about the privileges of an administrator over users, tasks, and their potentiality. Users As an administrator, we can add users to the server and assign roles under the ‘Users’ tab. Below is how we can add users to the server. We can directly add users using their E-mail Id as Username If ..read more