Data discovery tools for Tableau

Data enables companies to make informed decisions and understand needs of the customer and the business. In order to leverage data, data discovery tools help organizations visualize, analyze and get insights from it. They start by collecting data from multiple sources to then consolidate, classify, and catalog it into a single repository to simplify its evaluation.

Dataedo

Dataedo is a powerful data governance & data catalog solution. With its intuitive interface, Dataedo enables organizations to locate, understand, and leverage their data assets efficiently. By promoting seamless data discovery, Dataedo enhances collaboration and innovation, empowering users to make informed decisions effortlessly.

Business Glossary: Yes
Data Lineage: Yes
Data Profiling: Yes
Data visualization: No
Free edition: No
Metadata management: Yes
Notifications: Yes
Dataedo Data Catalog
Dataedo Sensitive Data Discovery
Dataedo Business Glossary
Dataedo Data Lineage
Dataedo Data Profiling
Dataedo Data Search

OneTrust

OneTrust offers automated data discovery in unstructured file shares, structured databases, Big Data storage, SaaS applications, and other cloud solutions. It leverages advanced ML-based classification to label and tag data with both out-of-the-box and custom classifiers. Moreover, it identifies at-risk data, implements security controls, and monitors over time with advanced analytics.

Business Glossary: Yes
Data Lineage: Yes
Data Profiling: Yes
Data visualization: Yes
Free edition: No
Metadata management: Yes
Notifications: No

Atlan

Atlan is a modern and all-in-one platform that unifies your data discovery, cataloging, lineage, and governance experience. It empowers teams to easily discover and use data and create one place for all your data assets, tasks, and discussions.

Business Glossary: Yes
Data Lineage: Yes
Data Profiling: Yes
Data visualization: Yes
Free edition: No
Metadata management: Yes
Notifications: Yes

Zeenea

Zeenea provides an intelligent data discovery platform that provides a multi-dimensional search engine, able to retrieve the right information whether you know what you are looking for (high intent) or not (low intent). It automatically indexes and updates your data from all your data sources.

Business Glossary: Yes
Data Lineage: Yes
Data Profiling: No
Data visualization: Yes
Free edition: No
Metadata management: Yes
Notifications: Yes

Alteryx Connect

Alteryx Connect is an all-in-one data management and collaboration tool that changes how you discover and organize information for analytics in your organization. It discovers the types of information your data contains, where the information comes from, who is using it, and how it is used through highly social interactions.

Business Glossary: Yes
Data Lineage: Yes
Data Profiling: Yes
Data visualization: Yes
Free edition: No
Metadata management: Yes
Notifications: Yes

Tableau Data Management

Tableau Data Management lets you discover, understand, connect, and trust your data. It offers automated data discovery and helps deliver trusted, self-service analytics by scaling data automation and operationalization throughout the entire data and analytics lifecycle.

Business Glossary: No
Data Lineage: Yes
Data Profiling: No
Data visualization: Yes
Free edition: No
Metadata management: Yes
Notifications: Yes

Select Star

Select Star automates data discovery by automatically detecting and displaying your column-level data lineage and letting you set up your automated data catalog in just 15 minutes. With Select Start, you can easily find, tag, and add documentation to your data so everyone can find the right dataset for their use case.

Business Glossary: Yes
Data Lineage: Yes
Data Profiling: No
Data visualization: Yes
Free edition: Yes
Metadata management: Yes
Notifications: No

Data enables companies to make informed decisions and understand needs of the customer and the business. In order to leverage data, data discovery tools help organizations visualize, analyze and get insights from it. They start by collecting data from multiple sources to then consolidate, classify, and catalog it into a single repository to simplify its evaluation.

Collecting, cleaning and preparing data in order to gain insights from it is crucial for any business. Data discovery tools enable organizations to look deeper into data, get important insights and share them across the whole company. But at the same time, they help prevent exposure of sensitive data, and enable the organization to implement appropriate security measures.

Other features data discovery tools provide with are:

Machine learning capabilities, including predictive analytics

In-memory analytics, enabling faster query response times

Data preparation and tools to improve data quality

Metadata management

In order to help you find the right data discovery tool for your organization, we’ve listed some of the best softwares that will empower your team to detect informative patterns and extract valuable insights.