Trifacta recently announced a deeper integration of its Data Transformation platform with Tableau, the leader in data visualization and business intelligence, as a key feature of the release of the Trifacta Data Transformation Platform 1.5. The Trifacta Data Transformation Platform 1.5 allows customers to export Trifacta data to a Tableau Data Extract format or register it with Hadoop’s HCatalog to facilitate the integration of Hadoop-based data from Trifacta into Tableau. Trifacta’s Chief Strategy Officer Joe Hellerstein remarked on the significance of the deeper integration with Tableau as follows:
Tableau creates huge opportunities for effectively analyzing data, but working with big data poses specific challenges. The most significant barriers come from structuring, distilling and automating the transfer of data from Hadoop. Our integration removes these barriers in a way that complements self-service data analysis. Now, Trifacta and Tableau users can move directly from big data in Hadoop to powerful, interactive visualizations.
Trifacta’s ability to output data to Tableau Data Extract format means that its customers can more seamlessly integrate Trifacta data with Tableau and reap the benefits of its renowned data visualization capabilities. The Trifacta Data Transformation platform specializes in enhancing analyst productivity in relation to Big Data sets by delivering a machine learning-based user interface that allows analysts to explore, transform, cleanse, visualize and manipulate massive data sets. Moreover, Trifacta’s predictive interaction technology iteratively learns from analyst behavior and offers users guided suggestions about productive paths for data discovery and exploration. The announcement of Trifacta’s deepened integration with Tableau means that Trifacta data which has experienced a process of transformation now encounters a streamlined segue to the Tableau platform. Meanwhile, the deepened partnership between the two vendors positions Tableau to consolidate its market positioning as the de facto business intelligence platform for Hadoop-based data.
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