Self-service analytics tools have long empowered users to produce data visualizations without the need for IT intervention. Recent advances, such as data prep automation, have further lowered the barrier of entry, but this push to democratize analytics surely has its limits. After all, users still have to interpret the data visualizations they produce.
Tableau’s 2019.3 software update, released Wednesday, aims to address this issue with a new feature called Explain Data that seeks to tell the story behind the chart, delivering analysis in clear language to those without the statistical expertise to do it for themselves.