How to Migrate Tableau Custom SQL to Data Warehouses

Tableau's powerful data visualization capabilities have transformed organizational data analysis, but the use of custom SQL within Tableau workbooks poses challenges related to data governance, performance, and maintainability. Custom SQL allows users to directly manipulate data in Tableau, which can lead to inconsistent data definitions, performance issues, and scalability difficulties. Migrating these queries to a centralized data warehouse can mitigate these problems by creating a consistent data model, enhancing data governance, improving performance, and streamlining data discovery processes. Select Star, an intelligent data discovery platform, facilitates this migration by providing tools for analyzing and documenting data, thus ensuring a smooth transition to a centralized data model. This migration enables organizations to maintain a single source of truth, improve data quality, and enhance the scalability and efficiency of Tableau dashboards, ultimately supporting better data-driven decision-making.