Technical requirements
Before we start, we must have the following ready:
- Power BI Desktop, April 2023 or later (no licenses required)
- Tableau Desktop, 2023.1 or later (free trial version)
- Tableau Prep Builder, 2023.1.0 or later (free trial version)
- Tableau Cloud (free trial version)
- Alteryx Designer, 2022.3 version or later (free trial version)
It’s okay if you have not installed these applications yet—we will cover the installation when we discuss these tools in the Reviewing the most popular BI tools and how to get started with them section.
Note
This chapter will serve as the foundation for the hands-on examples that we will be working on in Chapter 5, Using Business Intelligence Tools to Fix Data Integrity Issues, and Chapter 6, Implementing Best Practices When Using Business Intelligence Tools.