Although Microsoft Excel does has a limited set of visualization options for charts and graphs, this is not the primary function of the app itself so the functionality is understandably narrow.

ClearGraph founders Ryan Atallah and Andrew Vigneault at Tableau Software’s Palo Alto office. (Tableau Photo) Tableau Software has acquired ClearGraph, a Palo Alto, Calif. startup that helps people ...

Tableau is a data visualization tool that helps users create charts, graphs, maps and dashboards for visualizing and analyzing data. It provides a platform for understanding data, and for sharing ...

The Web-based version of Tableau’s analytics system allows data visualizations to be published, reused, and embedded in Web pages as if they were YouTube videos ...

Graphs and data visualizations are great ways of bringing data to life and communicating key insights at a simple glace. However, unless graphs, charts and dials are extremely well designed many still ...

Massive amounts of data don’t amount to much unless it is properly analyzed and visualized. If you can’t make sense of what you got, it doesn’t matter if you have it. That’s why the dominant data ...

In the age of accelerated digital transformation, data is integral to day-to-day operations and long-term planning. To help transition innumerable data points into a more comprehensive narrative, ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Christian Chabot, in an exclusive interview, explains how Tableau Software is putting a consumerized face on business intelligence and analytics There’s a reason big companies put business ...

Choosing the right way to visualize your data makes the difference between telling a clear, compelling story or creating cognitive overload. Here's how to pick. Data is best understood when presented ...