Historical Examples. 1  A shudder went through him as he edged along the automated customs scanners and paper-checkers. 2  The automated files selected three microcard dossiers that matched the requirements of the order. 3  Listen, sir, that's just one more field that's been automated right out of existence.
Tableau is an interactive data visualization tool that can be used by even non-technical professionals to come up with customized dashboards and generate compelling business insights using a wide variety of data sources. Business intelligence is among the aspects in organizations that have gained importance over the years.
On Thursday, the darling of the big data enterprise software world, Tableau Software, shared some painfully disappointing news that sent its shares tumbling. It expected a soft 2016 in both revenue and profits and the stock price got murdered. The company's stock lost about half its value in one day. On Tuesday at the Goldman Sachs Technology conference in San Francisco, Tableau CFO Tom Walker was asked to explain what the company plans to do to stop the share-price plunge, such as a stock buyback. Analysts have also been pressuring Tableau to focus more on profits rather than investing in growth.