

What is Tableau Prep?
Tableau Prep makes it easier to prepare, shape, and combine data for analysis. Tableau Prep ensures that data sources are clean and organized before sharing, and saves companies countless hours of preparation. Tableau Prep Builder provides a modern approach to data preparation, making it easier and faster to combine, shape, and clean data for analysis within Tableau. By providing a visual and direct path to prep your data, you can get your hands on quality data in just a few clicks.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
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78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Saves Time
- Transparent
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Tableau Prep Reviews

Hemanshi M.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2023
Saves time and efforts!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Tableau Prep from other similar products?
Tableau Prep differentiates itself from other similar products through: 1) Visual Interface: Tableau Prep offers a visually intuitive interface that allows users to see and interact with their data transformations, making it easier to understand and verify the impact of each step. 2) Seamless Integration: Tableau Prep seamlessly integrates with Tableau Desktop, providing a smooth workflow from data preparation to analysis and visualization within the Tableau ecosystem.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its visual and intuitive interface. This feature allows users to visually navigate and interact with their data transformations, making it easier to understand and manipulate the data. The visual interface enhances the user experience and helps streamline the data preparation process.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It has a steeper learning curve
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Here are some brief recommendations for someone considering Tableau Prep: Utilize available resources: Take advantage of tutorials, documentation, and the Tableau user community to learn and explore the features of Tableau Prep. Start with small projects: Begin with simpler data preparation tasks to familiarize yourself with the software before tackling more complex projects. Experiment and practice: Explore different features and workflows to understand their impact on your data and gain proficiency through hands-on experience.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
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Karan B.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jun 2023
user-friendly interface
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Tableau Prep from other similar products?
intelligent data profiling and custom data cleaning rules set it apart. The software automatically detects anomalies and suggests appropriate data cleaning operations, saving time and ensuring data accuracy.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
the visually-driven interface that makes it easy for users to navigate
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sometimes slower performance when the data is very large. It takes time to load maps if complex filters and visuals are used.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Go for it. Do the basic training and start building projects and in no time you will become a pro. :)
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
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Sagar K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jun 2023
Tableau Prep was very interactive and easy to use.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Tableau Prep from other similar products?
It was very easy to connect to data sources, it had a lot of connectors in built. Plus, the cleansing, analyzing and manipulation of data was very easy.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The ease of usability.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Takes a lot of time for scheduled refreshes of data.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Do the LinkedIn learning training for Tableau Prep Builder. It was helpful for me
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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