TABLEAU SOFTWARE UTILIZES VIZQL PROPRIETAR QUERY LANGUAGE.Tableau Software, a developer of visual analysis and reporting systems for the business intelligence industry, has launched its MySQL edition. The product enables people of any technical ability to see and understand the information in MySQL databases by using a unique drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. interface. Tableau promotes "visual thinking" by producing interactive pictures of data rather than static rows and columns. At the heart of Tableau's software is a new proprietary query language A generalized language that allows a user to select records from a database. It uses a command language, menu-driven method or a query by example (QBE) format for expressing the matching condition. called VizQL(TM). This new language marries a query to a visual response. By analyzing data visually, users can spot trends, outliers and relationships more quickly, leading to better insights. And because the software connects directly to data sources, users don't have to stop with one query: they can continue to explore their data, in effect conducting "visual Q&A" sessions to get the answers they need. "Tableau is a welcome tool in the arsenal of an analyst working on dimensional data dimensional data see dimensional data. ," said Roger Magoulas of O'Reilly Media. "We had the software up, running, and analyzing data within minutes. Using Tableau's graphical crosstabs metaphor is intuitive; an analyst can quickly spot interesting trends. With Tableau, the MySQL platform just got more valuable" Tableau Software is the culmination of five years of research and development that originated in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . The project was initiated through a DARPA DARPA: see Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) The name given to the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency during the 1980s. It was later renamed back to ARPA. grant sponsored by the US Department of Defense. Under the leadership of co-founders Dr. Pat Hanrahan This article is about the computer scientist Pat Hanrahan. For the Australian writer, see Patrick Hanrahan Pat Hanrahan is a computer graphics researcher and professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at Stanford University. and Dr. Chris Stolte, the Tableau development team has produced a fundamentally new way of interacting with the desktop files, relational databases, and OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. servers that are the backbone of the $20 billion database and business intelligence industries. "MySQL and Tableau share a common set of values," said Tableau Software Co-founder and Vice President, Engineering, Chris Stolte. "That enterprise grade software need not be expensive and complex to deliver great value. MySQL users will appreciate the 'out of the box' simplicity of Tableau MySQL Edition, its intelligent functionality, and, of course, the fact that it doesn't come with a five- or six -figure price tag." Tableau MySQL Edition is priced at $1,299 and is compatible with data in MySQL, Excel, Access, and text files. Tableau also sells a Standard Edition and a Professional Edition. While all versions have the same feature set, the Standard Edition is compatible with data in Excel, Access and text files. The Professional Edition supports these data sources as well as MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. , Microsoft SQL Server Analytical Services, Hyperion Essbase, and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DB2 OLAP server. Pricing is $999 and $1,799 for the Standard Edition and Professional Edition respectively. All prices include a year of software maintenance. Products can be purchased and downloaded from the Tableau website. About Tableau Software Tableau Software, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Seattle, Washington, is the leading provider of visual analysis and reporting solutions. Its products are used by executives, managers, business intelligence professionals, business analysts, strategic consultants, financial professionals, market researchers, scientists, and engineers in nearly every industry. The company is backed by New Enterprise Associates. For more information, visit http://www.tableausoftware.com or call 206/829-1392. |
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