Tableau Desktop with ETL
Tableau Desktop with ETL
No big deal right?
It's a huge deal!
Not as awesome as the neck tattoo I want done!
Another topic, wife isn't excited.
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What is ETL and can you do it with Tableau Desktop?
Yes, Tableau Desktop does ETL in Tableau Desktop. That’s what I call Front-end ETL.
Where the solution resides in the visualization product.
Extract Transform and Load. You extract the data from a source, you transform the data, and last but not least, you load the data into a target database.
Now you know about ETL, let’s discuss! Try to avoid ETL fixes in Tableau Desktop. Although it can do it, it’s not designed to clean data. Tableau Desktop is designed to visualize data.
Tableau desktop carries front-end ETL, and this means companies can now remove old data warehouse licenses and save hundreds of thousands of dollars because of a front end dashboarding tool! Talk about powerful!
ETL in Tableau Desktop – Developed for the Basic and Advanced User
Tableau Desktop – over the past 3-4 years – has made a point to improve all of the ‘major requested’ ideas coming from their community driven forums.
So, this technique does away with software licenses that cost 100k+. Knowing simple SQL allows you to build your data warehouse, in the product, with cross-database joins, and you can get rid of your old ETL tool.
Son, one day you will find all of this impressive.
Until then, I'm just the dad that stayed awake late a few too many nights.
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