“With Ask Data, customers can simply type a question such as, ‘what were my sales this month?’ and Tableau will return an interactive data visualization that they can continue to explore ...

The addition of Ask Data could change how Tableau customers navigate and interact with the analytics software and broaden the base of users within an enterprise.

By leveraging natural language processing and algorithms Tableau is hoping to deliver analytics by gauging a user's intent without knowing data dimensions, measures and structure.

Ask Data is available now and comes fully integrated with Tableau Server and Tableau Online, at no additional cost.

Tableau Software’s 2019.1 update, released Wednesday, is the latest to move in this direction, enabling staff to query data using natural language, and offers a new subscription option for self ...

SEATTLE, Feb. 13, 2019 — Tableau Software, a leading analytics platform, today announced the general availability of Ask Data, which leverages the power of natural language processing to enable people ...

Because Ask Data is fully integrated into Tableau, people can then seamlessly and gracefully explore their data using Tableau's full analytics capabilities.