If you’ve been in data science long enough, you will have heard the popular line – “people spend 80% of their time prepping data and only 20% of their time analyzing it”. And as more and more data sources become available, dealing with dirty data becomes more time consuming and challenging. It is one of the most tedious and repetitive processes in a data scientist’s job.
But what does Tableau have to do with it? It has long been touted as one of the best (if not the best) data visualization tool out there but the ability to clean data has always been a gaping hole in it’s repertoire. With Tableau Prep, the company has integrated this long missing feature into it’s offerings. Tableau is popular for it’s neat interface and deep features – and with this latest product, that visual element gives you a deeper understanding and ability to deal with the data you collect.
Tableau Prep reduces the struggle of common tasks, like joins, pivots, unions, etc. And of course, you don’t need to perform any coding to do this. Isn’t that one of the major attractions of Tableau? This product is built on three coordinated views:
The algorithms behind Tableau Prep turn repetitive tasks into one-click or drag-and-drop operations. It is fully integrated with the Desktop version of Tableau so you can move smoothly from data preparation to data exploration.
Try it out by downloading Tableau Prep from here.
As a long-term Tableau user, I am loving this product! The release has been really well received in the data visualization community. It’s the ideal support tool for Tableau Desktop and it’s easy integration with the main software has been well developed. The amount of time this will save the user is one of the biggest unique selling points of this tool.
Use the comments section below to tell us your experience using it!
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I went through the product quickly. It is simple, fast and easy and saves lot of time.
Hi Sundaresh, It really does! I found it to be a breeze too. This was a much needed tool to supplement Tableau.