Case Study: Yahoo! Japan achieves minute-scale self-service big-data analysis with Tableau Software

Yahoo! JAPAN optimizes workforce, analyzing big data in minutes with Tableau

Yahoo! JAPAN struggled with slow, resource-intensive analytics: employees had to request SQL reports from the Data Service Division to extract data from Hadoop, creating half‑day turnaround times and long reporting queues that limited visibility and agility.

After adopting Tableau, business users can pull Hadoop data themselves in minutes, cutting costs and communication overhead. This self‑service approach has deepened analytic insight and root‑cause investigation, freed the Data Service Division to work on strategic projects, and spurred faster, more creative decision‑making across the company.

Yahoo! Japan

Yukihiro Terada

Manager, Data Service Division, Data & Science Solutions Group