Smartbi is a well-known BI manufacturer in China. Alteryx and Tableau are two important BI tools in foreign countries. They provide specific functions in the FIELD of BI to meet the data analysis needs of enterprises. So, for users, how to choose when choosing BI tools?

In this article, the moon teacher and everyone to discuss.

  1. What are Alteryx’s strengths?

Alteryx focuses on ETL processing and can extract, transform, and load large amounts of data from different sources. It automates ETL processes in the form of workflows, greatly improving data processing efficiency. Alteryx uses a series of modular, draggable widgets. Users only need to drag widgets, set parameters, connect, and run to complete data processing.

But Alteryx’s data visualization is lacking. As a result, Alteryx provides analysis templates for loading data into third-party BI platforms, as well as support for direct data integration. Users can clean up and prepare data in Alteryx, which can then be visually analyzed on third-party BI platforms.

  1. What are Tableau’s advantages?

Tableau uses drag and drop to create interactive graphics and charts, and data visualization is powerful. With Tableau, users can create forecasts, discover trends and outliers, generate maps and more.

However, Tableau’s data cleaning and preparation capabilities are weak, and there is no tool for data mixing and cleaning. As a result, Tableau offers an Alteryx Starter kit that makes it easier for users to prepare data in Alteryx and then load the results directly into Tableau for visual analysis.

  1. Is Alteryx+Tableau viable?

Take advantage of Alteryx’s workflow to prepare and clean up data without requiring users to write code and save a lot of time. With ready data loaded into Tableau, users can take advantage of its powerful data visualization capabilities to provide deeper insight into the data and more comprehensive support for decision making.

Alteryx can also convert Data sets to TDE (Tableau Data Extract) files, tDE files will compress Data and use column storage, can significantly improve Tableau processing performance.

Therefore, it is feasible for Alteryx+Tableau to use the advantages of both sides for user data analysis.

  1. How does Smartbi replace Alteryx+Tableau?

Smartbi provides integrated functions such as data connection, data processing, and dashboard display to automate the analysis process, greatly improving work efficiency, reducing labor costs, and improving timeliness.

First of all, Smartbi supports various data connections and cross-database queries, such as relational databases, multi-dimensional databases, big data platforms, and non-relational databases. It uses a distributed architecture to process massive data, up to PB level. Users can also design Excel templates to collect data, so that business personnel can report data regularly. Smartbi can directly connect to service data, including Excel, database, and API interfaces.

Secondly, Smarbi has powerful data processing capabilities, including format conversion, screening, dimensionality reduction, merger, calculation of the same period value, last month value, cumulative value of the year, and the processing process in series into operation flow. Once set, the subsequent automatic operation. Productivity is greatly improved compared to traditional ETL tools.

Finally, use Smartbi’s preset dashboard to instantly view the latest business data charts. Users can see performance directly and quickly, as well as look closely at specific data changes. In addition, the dashboard ADAPTS to the mobile phone, which can be used to view reports and share reports anytime and anywhere.

Users can also analyze data themselves, using Smartbi dashboard features to easily drag and drop metrics, configure graphs, organize layouts, and share them with team members anytime, anywhere.

Therefore, Smartbi can not only conveniently complete data preparation, but also provide comprehensive data analysis and visualization capabilities, which can completely replace Alteryx+Tableau. More importantly, the two are realized within one product, which reduces the workload of docking between different products and significantly improves efficiency. In terms of cost performance, buying one SET of BI tools is also more cost-effective than buying two sets!

Above is the comparison of the three products of Smartbi, Alteryx and Tableau. In addition, there are many BI products on the market. Everyone in the choice, must be comprehensive evaluation, choose a set of most suitable for their own, cost-effective products. If the right tool is selected, it will be more effective in data analysis in the future.