[nfbcs] Basic Information regarding Tableau and SQL

[Christopher Chaltain]

Tableau is not a Microsoft product. As far as I know, Tableau Software 
is still a publicly traded company, which has not yet been acquired by 
Microsoft. Microsoft's business intelligence product is called Power BI.


I think this has already been mentioned, but SQL is the Structured Query 
Language used to work with relational databases. This includes Oracle, 
DB2, Sybase, Informix and SQL Server.


On 09/03/2018 06:30 PM, David Andrews via nfbcs wrote:
> I am not a computer science person, but have some technical 
> knowledge.  I would say SQL is a database format, there are a number 
> of SQL database systems, the most well known of which is probably 
> Microsoft Sequel Server. I think Robert said it is a language used to 
> query databases to get answers, reports etc. There are graphical tools 
> to do this, or command line stuff, and in between I think.
>
> Tableau is a Microsoft program. It is used to represent data, charts, 
> tables, etc. graphically.  I don't know how accessible the tool itself 
> is. The output can be accessible, but often isn't. It depends on the 
> version of Tableau you use etc. The free community version doesn't 
> produce accessible output, you have to use the server edition, as I 
> understand it.
>
> Working with Tableau may be possible, but I think it will initially be 
> a tough road to hoe!
>
> Dave
>
> At 12:15 PM 9/3/2018, you wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>> The subject summarizes my question. I've heard of the above programs, 
>> but don't really understand exactly what they do. I believe they 
>> interact with databases somehow. I am considering applying for a job 
>> that would require me to learn these programs. Any information 
>> appreciated.
>>
>> -- 
>> Leslie Fairall
>> mailto:fairall at shellworld.net
>
>
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