Tableau Software

In 2004, Tableau got both an initial series A venture funding and its first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) contract with the database company Hyperion. From 2005 to 2015, Tableau grew rapidly, nearly doubling in size every year, and in 2013, Tableau had its IPO at the NYSE with the ticker DATA. On August 1, 2019, Tableau was acquired by Salesforce in an all-stock transaction worth approximately $15 billion, at which time Tableau ceased trading independently as a public company.

Tableau Software provides reporting, dashboarding and, scorecards, ad hoc analysis and queries, online analytical processing, data discovery, business intelligence (BIBI) search, spreadsheetspreadsheet integration, and other data analytics and analysis functions. Tableau's provides itsIts software is available online and via mobile devices through several products forwhich include Tableau Desktop, Tableau cloudServer, desktopTableau Cloud, and mobileTableau Prep.

The Tableau analytics platform

Tableau provides reporting, dashboarding and scorecards, ad hoc analysis and queries, online analytical processing, data discovery, BI search, spreadsheet integration and other data analytics and analysis functions. Tableau's provides its software via products for cloud, desktop, and mobile.

Tableau Software is a data visualizationdata visualization softwaresoftware company and a subsidiary of SalesforceSalesforce. Tableau helpsallows itsusers customersto see and understand data through itsa self-service analyticsanalytics platform. Like Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet software, the platformthat generates worksheets featuring customizablewith graphs and charts, to providingcreate a clear visual picture of a company’s complex, yet covetous data.

Tableau Software was founded in 2003 by Chris Stolte, Pat Hanrahan, and Christian Chabot. Chris Stolte was a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford Stanford University under Professor Pat Hanrahan, and Christian Chabot was in the room at Stolte's dissertation defense in 2003. TheyTogether, the three developed and patented Tableau's foundational technologytechnology called VizQL, VizQL—whichwhich visually expresses data by translating drag-and-drop actions into data queries through an intuitive interface. In 2004, Tableau got both an initial series A of venture funding and Tableau’s first OEM contract with the database company Hyperion. From 2005 to 2015, Tableau nearly doubled in size every year. Tableau had its IPO at the NYSE with the ticker DATA in 2013. On August 1, 2019, Tableau Software was acquired by Salesforce at which time Tableau ceased trading independently as a public company.

In 2004, Tableau got both an initial series A venture funding and its first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) contract with the database company Hyperion. From 2005 to 2015, Tableau grew rapidly, nearly doubling in size every year, and in 2013, Tableau had its IPO at the NYSE with the ticker DATA. On August 1, 2019, Tableau was acquired by Salesforce at which time Tableau ceased trading independently as a public company.

Tableau was founded in 2003Software asis a result of a computer science project at Stanford that aimed to improve the flow of analysis and make data more accessible to people through visualization software company and a subsidiary of Salesforce. Co-founders Chris Stolte, Pat Hanrahan, and Christian Chabot developed and patented Tableau's foundational technology, VizQL—which visually expresses datahelps byits translatingcustomers drag-and-dropsee actionsand intounderstand data queries through an intuitive interface. Tableau enables users to customize dashboards thatits visualize dataself-service effectively,analytics turning it into actionable insightsplatform. Like Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet software, the platform generates worksheets featuring customizable graphs and charts, providing a clear visual picture of a company’s complex, yet covetous data.

Tableau was acquired by Salesforce in 2019. Today, organizations everywhere—from non-profits to global enterprises, and across all industries and departments—are empowering their people with Tableau to drive change with data.

Before the acquisition, Tableau was already generating over $1 billion in annual revenue.

Tableau was founded in 2003 by Chris Stolte, Pat Hanrahan, and Christian Chabot. Chris Stolte was Ph.D. candidate at Stanford under Professor Pat Hanrahan and Christian Chabot was in the room at Stolte's dissertation defense in 2003. They developed and patented Tableau's foundational technology, VizQL—which visually expresses data by translating drag-and-drop actions into data queries through an intuitive interface. In 2004, Tableau got both an initial series A of venture funding and Tableau’s first OEM contract with the database company Hyperion. From 2005 to 2015, Tableau nearly doubled in size every year. Tableau had its IPO at the NYSE with the ticker DATA in 2013. On August 1, 2019, Tableau Software was acquired by Salesforce at which time Tableau ceased trading independently as a public company.