Charlie Hutcheson

Running, Tableau and grumbling. Quite like ducks.

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@fredffery @ZachBowders @LDiniizz @calloni @ryanaytay @tableau @salesforce @Benioff @_gringuinho_ @SpotOn_DRTV @xrayattack @sarahlovesdata @BrittTweets The biggest challenge Tableau has facing up to Power BI IS price. Key decision makers are swayed by price and Gartner unfortunately and no amount of internal education from analytic communities can sway the £££$$$ saving. #WhenYouKnowYouKnow

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@boknowsdata @tableau @tableaupublic @PabloLGomez would no doubt be delighted to find you to get hold of one of the Argentina World Cup prints 🇦🇷⚽️

All of your hand-inked stuff looks awesome @boknowsdata

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@Matt_Francis @VizWizBI @tableaupublic I imagine Andy would tell them to do one if they backtrack - too little, too late. It's a tone deaf call.

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@sarahlovesdata @A_Nkanang @p_padham @FlerlageKev @VizWithIrene @AdamMico1 @AdedamolaLadipo @consult_ant Wow - seven years since I was last useful!

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@ellenblackburnn @tableaupublic @tableau Really nice way to present what is quite a dry (but necessary) set of metrics.

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@robsuddaby @RobertJanezic And SF is "just" a CRM tool, so isn't the source of ALL the data that many businesses want insights from. There will be separate admin platforms where much of the valuable business data sits and from my experience it's the external data which matters most outside of sales teams.

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@StyleSTEAMed @SohaElghany Not much and it's why I came to realise tying your flag to one mast was an exercise in futility. It's your core skill-set that matters more than the tool which surfaces those skills.

I barely get to use either tool any more anyway 😅

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@StyleSTEAMed @SohaElghany Same here and I think it'll be an ongoing trend. In many cases it seems product procurement decisions aren't necessarily based on best product, more so on a perceived one-stop shop. Never mind the PITA to migrate from one reporting tool to another.....

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@RobertJanezic The inverse is obviously true. Maybe Tableau licensing becomes more affordable now as a Salesforce customer, but who has the bigger footprint in companies with no current BI solution: Salesforce or Microsoft? Suspect it's the latter and that's the cross-sell area of BI growth.

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@RobertJanezic That's why your ecosystem observations are so relevant. I suspect many companies procure BI tools not based on that tool in isolation, but where it sits in a wider package. Can I negotiate a better O365 rate as a Power BI customer? Maybe. What if I'm a Tableau customer? Nope.

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@RobertJanezic I think it's a balanced and fair synopsis Robert. Unfortunately the harsh reality of acquisition is that at some point it is followed by rationalisation.

I think you've pretty much nailed the context around ecosystems and what the medium-term impact of that is likely to be.

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@ryanahart @Strava They're a tough old distance. I've only done one and am tempted by another, but that training is a hell of a commitment!

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@SW_Help Bit miffed guys. Issues at the station so I missed an appointment. Online refund form doesn't work. Called up and told to use the Contact Us email form. Doesn't work. Does Twitter work or are you looking for a clean sweep?

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@MarkBradbourne I'm not saying Power BI is great. I prefer Tableau but sometimes you don't get a choice and sometimes you don't actually need a choice. I just find the need to argue the toss about software, footballers, consoles all a bit long in the tooth and pointless.

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@MarkBradbourne We had some less than perfect technical deployment mistakes (our end) with Tableau which resulted in some performance issues. They're a bummer but rarely a major issue that persisted for longer than a more than acceptable period of time.

[Charlie Hutcheson @CharlieHTableau]

@dbfmurray *Now* is the time to set up a business making RAM chips then 😀