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Re: Tableau at PNW Districts

A word of caution: Tableau is not a cure-all. This should go without saying, but you have to know both how to use it well and understand what you ultimately want to get out of it.

One year we had a new mentor who decided he was going to do analysis of our scouting data using Tableau and he made a bunch of interesting graphs. They were interesting ways to look at the data - he was not a dumb guy. Unfortunately, they didn't quite line up with what we wanted to know, and we weren't able to get the data we did want out in time so we ended up totally disregarding all of our scouts' work at an event. This was a couple of years ago. It was unfortunate.

I know that teams have had good luck with it, but be sure that you know what you're doing before you jump in without a backup.