Current Business intelligence & Data Visualization market has lots of tools and have done some case study to compare their features especially for Data visualization tools feature comparison for QlikView, Tableau and SAP BI Dashboard (Xcelsius). Each tools has its own specialism and you can choose any tools which fits for your requirement.
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| Area | Feature | QlikView | Tableau | Xcelsius |
| Data Access | Local data files (text, spreadsheet etc.) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Relational databases (SQLServer, Oracle etc.) | Yes | Yes | No | |
| OLAP cubes (MSAS, Essbase etc.) | No | Yes | No | |
| Online data sources | Yes | Limited | No | |
| Multi-source access | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Multi-table access | Yes | Yes | Limited | |
| Extracted data storage | Proprietary | Optional (proprietary) | Limited | |
| Maximum capacity | Billions of rows | Unlimited | Limited | |
| In-memory engine | Desktop or Server | Desktop or Server | Desktop or Server | |
| Development approach | Data access model | Scripting (with wizards) | Menu-based | Menu-based |
| Extract, Transform, Load features | Scripting | No | No | |
| Calculations | Scripting | IDE | IDE | |
| Data aggregation control | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Table calculations | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Data subsetting | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Applications built by | Developer | Analyst | Developer | |
| User Interface design | Drag-and-drop | Yes | Partial | No |
| Free-form filter placement | Yes | Limited | Limited | |
| Standard visualizations (table, bar, line, plot, crosstab) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Advanced visualizations | Dial, sparkline, radar | Bullet | ||
| Statistical analysis | Medium | Medium | No | |
| Embed images and text | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Geographic mapping | Limited | Yes | Yes | |
| Embed web browser | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Usage | Ad hoc analysis | Limited | Yes | Limited |
| Custom applications | Yes | Limited | No | |
| Recurrent reporting | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Dashboards | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Operation | Run from desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automated desktop build from server | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Run from server | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| User/Group security | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Automated publish to users | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Automated publish to static format (PDF etc.) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Publish to Flash | No | No | Yes | |
| Platform apps | iPhone/iPad, Android | iPhone/iPad | No | |
| Zero-footprint browser version | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
All three tools are available for free trail to get your POC work and then you can decide which tool fits for your requirement.
QlikView Free trail : Click Here
Tableau Free Trail : Click Here
SAP BI Dashboard (Xcelsius) Free Trail : Click Here
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