Tableau vs Power BI comparison - Dashboard Approaches Compared

Dashboard Mode - Tableau vs Power BI comparison

Business Question

Which tool, Tableau or Power BI, performs better in sales analysis for our company?

Sample Data

Month	Region	Sales	Tool Used
Jan	North	1000	Tableau
Jan	North	1200	Power BI
Feb	South	1500	Tableau
Feb	South	1400	Power BI
Mar	East	1300	Tableau
Mar	East	1350	Power BI
Apr	West	1600	Tableau
Apr	West	1550	Power BI

Dashboard Components

• KPI Card: Total Sales Tableau
  Formula: SUM(IF [Tool Used] = 'Tableau' THEN [Sales] ELSE 0 END)
  Result: 5400
• KPI Card: Total Sales Power BI
  Formula: SUM(IF [Tool Used] = 'Power BI' THEN [Sales] ELSE 0 END)
  Result: 5500
• Bar Chart: Monthly Sales by Tool
  Shows sales for each month split by Tableau and Power BI
• Table: Sales by Region and Tool
  Displays sales numbers for each region and tool combination

Dashboard Layout

+----------------------+----------------------+
| Total Sales Tableau   | Total Sales Power BI |
|       (KPI Card)     |      (KPI Card)      |
+----------------------+----------------------+
|                                              |
|      Bar Chart: Monthly Sales by Tool         |
|                                              |
+----------------------------------------------+
|                                              |
|      Table: Sales by Region and Tool          |
|                                              |
+----------------------------------------------+

Interactivity

A filter for Region allows users to select one or multiple regions. When a region is selected, all components update to show sales data only for those regions. For example, selecting 'North' updates KPI cards, bar chart, and table to show sales only for the North region.

Self Check

If you add a filter for Month = Feb, which components update and what sales values do they show?

• KPI Cards update to show sales for February only: Tableau = 1500, Power BI = 1400
• Bar Chart updates to show sales bars for February only
• Table updates to show sales by region and tool for February only (South region)

Key Result

Dashboard compares sales performance between Tableau and Power BI by month and region.