Good morning Everybody, Years away from this thread. However, feeling intrigued to chime in as we had a team meeting at my place of work. My Boss apparently had a meeting with his superiors and it looks like all our visualizations would be migrating to Tableau. Not a happy news for a SAS enthusiast like me and that too only at a time I was contemplating to learn ODS/VA.
A brief background :
I work a mid-sized bank in North east USA. We are a pretty big SAS shop(hmm at least what I know) and have been doing ODS reporting and utilizing a lot of SAS capabilities. The last couple of months, it's been decided we would be pursueing SAS only for heavy lifting-data processing and SAS STAT components and all the reporting/graphics/charts/dashboards would be done it Tableau.
Does this mean SAS is losing ground in the end user space?
Is it showing serious declining trend in this space while I am hopeful in data heavy lifting will remain a leader?
Some near-term, long term ideas will help from anyone who's been following the trends
Finally, Are there any points you may have to counter the Tableau move in support of SAS for the same area where Tableau is good at?
PS
I am not sure if I posted this in the right thread. If an expert or moderator feels this post can be directed to more appropriate area, please do so. I'd most appreciate it. Thank you!
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