Tableau

End-to-end analytics solution with intelligent AI models for enterprise use cases.

by salesforce · Financial Reporting

Executive Summary

Tableau, a Salesforce product, is a leading end-to-end analytics solution designed to empower organizations with powerful data visualization and business intelligence capabilities. It enables users across various enterprise functions to connect to diverse data sources, explore data interactively, and discover actionable insights. The platform leverages intelligent AI models to enhance analytics, providing advanced capabilities for data preparation, analysis, and reporting. Tableau supports a wide range of use cases, from operational dashboards to strategic performance monitoring, helping businesses make data-driven decisions. With its intuitive drag-and-drop interface, Tableau makes complex data analysis accessible to both technical and non-technical users. It offers robust features for creating interactive dashboards, reports, and stories that can be shared securely across an organization. As part of the Salesforce ecosystem, Tableau benefits from strong integration capabilities and a commitment to security and compliance, ensuring data integrity and privacy. The platform is continuously evolving with built-in AI features to provide smarter insights and automate analytical tasks, driving greater efficiency and deeper understanding of business performance.

Use Cases

  • Business Intelligence & Reporting
  • Data Exploration & Discovery
  • Performance Monitoring & Dashboards
  • Predictive Analytics (with AI models)
  • Customer 360 Analytics

Features

Visibility

  • Interactive Dashboards: Create and share dynamic, interactive dashboards for real-time data monitoring and exploration.
  • Drag-and-Drop Interface: Empower users with an intuitive interface for building visualizations without coding.
  • Mobile Analytics: Access and interact with dashboards and reports on any device, optimized for mobile viewing.

Intelligence

  • Predictive Modeling: Utilize built-in AI for forecasting and predictive analytics to anticipate future trends.
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP): Ask questions in natural language to get instant insights and visualizations.
  • Smart Data Preparation: Automate data cleaning, transformation, and blending with AI-powered suggestions.

Technical Specifications

Deployment
SaaS (Tableau Cloud), On-Premise, Hybrid
Authentication
SSO/SAML, OAuth/OIDC, MFA
API Available
Yes

Integrations

  • Salesforce CRM
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Salesforce Service Cloud
  • Databases (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle)
  • Cloud Data Warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Amazon Redshift)
  • Spreadsheets (e.g., Excel, Google Sheets)

Security & Compliance

Certifications: GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001

Encryption: Data is encrypted both in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256) to protect sensitive information.

Pricing

Model
Subscription-based per user, with various bundles and customization options.
Starting Price
Contact sales
Target Customer
Mid-Market,Enterprise
Contract Type
Annual
Free Trial
Yes

About salesforce

Salesforce, Inc. is an American technology company best known for developing cloud-based software for customer relationship management (CRM) and related business applications delivered through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription model. Its major product is the AI-powered Customer 360 platform, which includes customer data cloud services, marketing, automation, integration, commerce, and artificial intelligence.

Founded: 1999 · Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States · Employees: 10000+ · Public