Tableau? Power BI? SQL? Excel?

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u? Power BI? SQL? Excel? Tablea

Which one is

the Best for Your Data Analysis?

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On

the

Basic of Use

SQL Tableau can

start small

a desktop

with

version and scale to the largest enterprises with Tableau Server and the Tableau Online cloud version.

To connect

to multiple sources of data like SQL Server, Excel, CSV, JSON, XML, Web and SQL Analysis Services etc.

You can

use SQL to work directly with the source databases.

E

xcel

N o n -t e c h n i c a l business

people can easily learn

to work with d a t a t h a t' s been exported from other applications.

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On

the

Basic of Vis u ali z a t ion

SQL Create interactive graphs and charts in

the

form of

dashboards and

worksheets to gain business insights.

Visualization

with custom element fits, offers data preparation and discovery in one s o l ut i o n .

The only

way to speak to relational databases and a b o ut d e f i n i n g characteristics in business intelligence.

E

xcel

Visualization

with

static data

for quick

glances like pivot

tables.

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On

the

Basic of Limi t a t ion

SQL Tableau is limited

It cannot

work

by hardware and

"perceived

with uncleaned data. It lacks data

performance

modeling and

and

u s a b i l i ty."

dictionary

capabilities for Analysts.

Limited

with difficult interface, partial control, and costly programming.

E

xcel

Lack of integration

with another systems, l a c k o f f l e x i b i l i ty a n d a d a p t a b i l i ty to changes.

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On

the

Basic of Meas u remen t

SQL

Uses MDX for

Uses DAX for

measures and

calculating and

dimensions.

measuring columns.

Uses its own queery

to

a ut o m a t i c a l l y calculate and measure

E

xcel

Uses DAX for calculating and measuring columns.

columns.

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On

the

Basic of Applica t ion

SQL Used by analysts

Used by both

users mostly use f o r t h e i r a n a l yt i c s purposes.

experienced

and experienced

naïve and

users.

E

xcel

Used by

U s e d e xt e n s i v e l y

admins and

analysts and

database data analysts.

by finance

accountants.

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