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- Tableau 2021.1 delivers AI-generated predictions, insights and automated

explanations to help democratize data science

Tableau, the world's leading analytics platform (NYSE: CRM), today introduced

Business Science, a new class of AI-powered analytics that lowers the barrier

to data science techniques, enabling business users and analysts to make

smarter decisions faster. In a market where agility is the ultimate competitive

advantage, Business Science empowers more people with data, with simplified

model creation, predictions, what-if scenarios, forecasting and other

analytical methods – all using clicks, not code.

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Tableau will deliver Einstein Discovery in its 2021.1 update later this month,

the first major release enabling Business Science. Integrating Einstein

Discovery's trusted, real-time predictions and recommendations into Tableau

will help people go beyond understanding what happened and why it happened, to

explore likely business outcomes and inform proactive action. For more than

five years, Einstein Discovery has helped Salesforce customers surface insights

and understand patterns across millions of rows of data in minutes, without

requiring sophisticated data models.

"Today, data science is out of reach for most business users. Business analysts

have relied on data scientists to extract powerful, precise insights using

sophisticated models. But getting to those insights can be complex, expensive

and time consuming," said Chandana Gopal, research director, future of

intelligence, IDC. "While data science can unlock powerful insights, there is

sometimes a trade-off between precision and time-to-insight. Business Science

recognizes that trade-off and seeks to make data science accessible and

actionable for more people."

Business Science will elevate the work of both data scientists and advanced

analysts.

"Data science has always been able to solve big problems but too often that

power is limited to a few select people within an organization," said Francois

Ajenstat, chief product officer, Tableau. "To build truly data-driven

organizations, we need to unlock the power of data for as many people as

possible. Democratizing data science will help more people make smarter

decisions faster."

Customers can use Business Science to improve supply chain efficiency, predict

likelihood of purchase or maximize delivery of goods or services, for example.

Data science could help with vaccine research and development, while Business

Science could help with distribution and get shots in people's arms.

"Machine Learning platforms like Einstein Discovery are the next frontier in

democratizing data science," said Siddharth Dayama, senior manager of data

analytics, Verizon. "Einstein Discovery integrated into Tableau brings

predictive capabilities to the existing inventory of dashboards companies

already have, and when that's combined with auto-generated machine learning

models, businesses can explore patterns, trends and correlations in their

historical data without writing a single line of code. Layering ML/AI

capabilities on existing BI infrastructure opens up a world of possibilities in

day-to-day business problem solving."

Additional capabilities available in 2021.1 include:

-  New Microsoft Azure Connectivity Improvements allow people to connect to

   their data in Azure SQL Database (with Azure Active Directory) and Azure

   Data Lake Gen 2. Tableau also now supports Azure Active Directory in two

   existing connectors, Azure Synapse and Azure Databricks.

-  A new Extension Gallery helps people easily search for and discover

   connectors and dashboard extensions within Tableau. From the gallery,

   customers can easily discover and install connectors and dashboard

   extensions that add functionality to their dashboards and connectors that

   enable Tableau to access additional databases and applications, within

   their Tableau workflow.

-  A redesigned notification experience displays a Tableau user's shares,

   comments, extracts and prep flows together in one dedicated space. This

   communicates all important changes across the organization. People can

   choose where to receive these notifications — directly in Tableau, email or

   both — ensuring they're aware of important alerts or updates.

-  Quicker, easier Level of Detail (LOD) expressions let people use context

   menus or drag-and-drop a measure onto a dimension to automatically create a

   Level of Detail expression with the default aggregation.

-  A new Salesforce Customer 360 Audiences Connector natively connects Tableau

   to Customer 360 Audiences, uncovering insights in detailed customer data.

   With the new connector, Tableau customers can explore by campaign, channel

   and multiple customer dimensions to understand the 'who' and 'why' behind

   their cross-channel engagement results.

2021.1 will be available later this month. To learn more about Business

Science, visit:

https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2021/3/what-is-tableau-business-science. To

learn more about Tableau AI and analytics, visit:

https://www.tableau.com/solutions/ai-analytics

About Tableau

Tableau helps people see and understand data. Tableau's self-service analytics

platform empowers people of any skill level to work with data. From individuals

and non-profits to government agencies and the Fortune 500, tens of thousands

of customers around the world rely on Tableau's advanced analytics capabilities

to make impactful, data-driven decisions. For more information, please visit

www.tableau.com.

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM),

bringing companies closer to their customers in the digital age. Founded in

1999, Salesforce enables companies of every size and industry to take advantage

of powerful technologies—cloud, mobile, social, internet of things, artificial

intelligence, voice and blockchain—to create a 360-degree view of their

customers. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit:

www.salesforce.com.

Source - Tableau Software