-- Now anyone can easily ask questions of their data regardless of expertise 


Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA), the leading analytics platform, today announced 
the general availability of Ask Data, which leverages the power of natural 
language processing to enable people to ask data questions in plain language 
and instantly get a visual response right in Tableau. This patent pending 
capability makes it easier for anyone, regardless of skill set, to engage 
deeply with data and produce analytical insights they can share with others 
without having to do any setup or programming. Ask Data is available at no 
extra charge as part Tableau's newest release, Tableau 2019.1, which also 
launched today. For more information visit 
https://www.tableau.com/products/new-features. 

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In the same way Tableau first pioneered drag-and-drop functionality within 
analytics, Ask Data is the next stage in the evolution of self-service 
analytics. With Ask Data, customers can simply type a question such as, "What 
were my sales this month?" and Tableau will return an interactive data 
visualization that they can continue to explore, refine the question, and drill 
into further detail. There is no need to have a deep understanding of the data 
structure or programming skills. Whether they are a product manager, a 
manufacturing supervisor, a doctor, or a pizza shop owner, Ask Data enables 
anyone to have a conversation with their data. It uses sophisticated algorithms 
that are driven by an understanding of the person's intent, not keywords, which 
helps Tableau return more relevant results. Because Ask Data is fully 
integrated into Tableau, people can then seamlessly and gracefully explore 
their data using Tableau's full analytics capabilities.

Ask Data is available at no additional cost as part of Tableau Server and 
Tableau Online. Ask Data works with Tableau's full range of supported data 
sources – both live and extract – allowing instant connection to any data 
source, without having to move the data or train the algorithm. And with no 
setup required, Ask Data integrates with Tableau Server's existing security and 
governance capabilities, which makes it ready to use. 

"With Ask Data, we're helping make analytics ubiquitous by enabling anyone, 
regardless of expertise, to analyze data," said Francois Ajenstat, Chief 
Product Officer at Tableau. "Our unique, conversational approach to natural 
language allows people to ask questions how they naturally think. Ask Data 
provides a more intuitive and natural way to interact with data, lowering the 
barrier to entry for analytics and allowing people to ask questions in plain 
language and get highly relevant insights faster."
 
Patent Pending Technology Translates Simple Questions into Analytical Queries
Behind the scenes, Ask Data uses powerful algorithms to automatically profile 
and index data sources. Ask Data knows, for example, when someone types 
"American furniture" with their sales data, they need "Product Category" 
filtered to "Furniture," and "Country" set to "United States." It combines 
statistical knowledge about a data source with contextual knowledge about 
real-world concepts: "Furniture" is a common value for the "Product Category" 
field and "America" is a synonym of the country "United States." This inherent 
support for synonyms allows people to generate insights while using different 
terms to represent the same field, such as "sales" and "bookings."

Additionally, Ask Data's innovative parser automatically cuts through ambiguous 
language and uses Tableau's analytical depth to make it easy for people to ask 
sophisticated questions in a natural, colloquial way. This means, if a question 
could be interpreted multiple ways, Ask Data will combine knowledge about the 
data source with past user activity and present a number of valid options to 
choose from, with the ability to refine the results if needed. Fully integrated 
in the Tableau platform, Ask Data leverages Tableau's patented Show Me 
technology and pioneering visual best practices to automatically represent the 
data in the best way possible. 

Tableau 2019.1 Also Includes New Features like New Mobile App, Google Ad 
Connector and PowerPoint Export 
In this first release of 2019, Tableau is also delivering new mobile 
capabilities and a completely redesigned mobile app for both iOS and Android. 
Automatic Mobile Layouts mean new dashboards will not only work great on 
phones, but will do so with the simple click of a button. With the new mobile 
app available in the next few weeks, customers can access their Tableau Server 
and Tableau Online vizzes wherever they are, whenever they need it, including 
interactivity when they are offline. The mobile app will also enable 
organizations to leverage existing Tableau security and governance features 
while scaling their analytics deployment. 

Tableau 2019.1 also includes a Google Ads connector, which will help marketers 
analyze their website data more easily and blend it with other data sources 
across their organization. This connector adds to the more than 65 native 
connectors available today like Google BigQuery, Salesforce, Amazon Redshift, 
Snowflake and SAP Hana. And with the new Export to PowerPoint feature that 
optimizes visualizations and dashboards for slides, customers can present their 
analysis with the click of a button.  

Also launching alongside Tableau 2019.1 is Tableau Data Management. The new 
subscription offering includes Tableau Prep Conductor to help customers better 
manage their data to ensure that trusted and timely data is being used to drive 
decisions across their organizations. Tableau will also expand the power of 
this offering with new native catalog capabilities coming later this year. 
Customers can add these capabilities to their existing environment by upgrading 
to Tableau Server 2019.1 and subscribing to the Tableau Data Management 
package. For more information, visit here ( 
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