Tableau 10.2 Brings New Advanced Analytics Capabilities

Tableau 10.2 Brings New Advanced Analytics Capabilities
New release brings advanced mapping capabilities and nearly 50
enhancements make data analytics easier and more scalable for the enterprise

SINGAPORE – March 02, 2017 – Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA)
today announced the general availability of Tableau 10.2. The new release
brings advanced mapping capabilities that make complex geospatial analysis
easy, simplifies data prep with new ways to combine and clean data, and gives
enterprises more tools to deliver self-service analytics at scale.

“The need to see
and understand data has never been greater,” said Andrew Beers, Chief
Development Officer at Tableau Software. “Enhancements in Tableau 10.2 make
advanced analytics easier, faster and more scalable. We’ve added new ways to
leverage spatial data, prep data and manage Tableau deployments in the
enterprise. Visualizations are easier for people with disabilities to
perceive and explore, making data accessible to everyone to
increase business value and insights.”

Advanced Mapping Capabilities

Many organizations
want to leverage data locked in geospatial files that is typically visualized
through specialized mapping programs. Building on Tableau’s strong mapping
capabilities, the new Spatial File Connector allows customers
to leverage their spatial data directly in Tableau for easy geospatial
analysis. Tableau now connects to ESRI Shapefiles, KML, GeoJSON and MapInfo
file types. 

“The Spatial File
Connector will open up a new analytics window for us,” said Freddy Colina,
Manager of Planning and Analytics at Lasik MD, the leading provider of laser
vision correction in Canada. “In the past, it was difficult to map using a
Custom Shapefile. Now we will be able to connect directly to a customer
clustering study we commissioned and some census data from Stats Canada with a
few clicks and begin analyzing immediately.”

Simplified Data Prep for Everyone

Combining and
cleaning data for analysis can be a complex and time-consuming task. Tableau
10.2 accelerates the process through powerful yet approachable features, so
people across the enterprise can get to their analysis faster. Tableau 10.2 now
lets people union tables from a database, leveraging database
structure and schemas more efficiently. Handling complex dates has never been
easier. Tableau 10.2 can automatically recognize dates (there are more than 250
ways to represent a date) and make dates uniform with just one click, no
scripting or complex calculations required. Transforming data from a string to
a date type is easy with Automatic DateParse – just change the
data type and Tableau will do all the heavy lifting.

Conformance with Accessibility Guidelines

Tableau
visualizations can now be made conformant to the current Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines drafted by the Web Accessibility Initiative, commonly
referenced as WCAG 2.0 AA. People who work in an environment
subject to US Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 can author and
publish Tableau content with features that make it easier for people with
disabilities to perceive and explore. Common visualization elements now have
keyboard support and function with assistive technologies such as screen
reading software. These new capabilities ensure that a customer’s
visualizations reach the largest possible audience.

Increased Flexibility for the IT Governed Enterprise

Enterprises are
making it easier for employees to ask deeper questions of their data using a
secure, governed platform. Tableau 10.2 provides fine-grained controls over
guest access.

Tableau 10.2 also
improves the connectivity with SAP BW with Single Sign-on
support. Tableau can now support the security rules defined in SAP BW and ensure
that users can only see the data that they are authorized to see.

60 Instant Data Connectors

Tableau is continuously making it easier to access data with new direct
connectors to the most important web applications being used to run businesses
today. In late 2016, Tableau added connectors to Anaplan for
business planning data and Eloqua for marketing automation and
campaign data. In Tableau 10.2 new connectors include Apache Drill and Microsoft
SharePoint lists.

The launch of Tableau 10.2 follows the November launch of Tableau 10.1.
That release brought support for JSON, a direct connector to Marketo, web
authoring improvements, more mapping capabilities and new APIs.

Check out the full features list for Tableau 10.2 at www.tableau.com/new-features/10.2