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Using the Collector

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HWM

Config

Functions to use however they want to orchestrate

Pre-requisites

• Python 3.6 - 3.10

• Tableau Server Version [2019.3] and above.

• Enable the Tableau Metadata API for Tableau Server

  • This requires a server restart if not enabled

• Tableau API access

  • An API user (record the username and password) needs to be created to access Tableau API.

  • The user cannot be a SSO user. This is a Tableau limitation. SSO users cannot access Tableau API

  • User needs Site Administrator Creator or Server/Site Administrator role. Roles are dependent on both Licensing and Server version see https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/users_site_roles.htm

    • Site Administrator Creator is only available on Role Based Licensing Model

    • Server/Site Administrator is available on both Role Based and Core Based Licensing Model

• Tableau Repository access

  • Follow the instructions to create a user that can access the Tableau repositoryhttps://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/perf_collect_server_repo.htm

    • Note the Tableau repository default user is calledreadonly

• Access to the KADA Collector repository

  • The repository is currently hosted in Azure Blob. You will be given a SAS token to access the repository. Reach out to KADA Support (support@kada.ai) if you do not have access.

  • Download the tableau whl (e.g. kada_collectors_extractors_tableau-#.#.#-py3-none-any.whl)tableau-#.#.#-py3-none-any.whl)

Step 1: Create the Source in K

Create a Tableau source in K

• Go to Settings, Select Sources and click Add Source

• Select “Load from File” option

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• Give the source a Name - e.g. Tableau Production

• Add the Host name for the Tableau server

• Click Finish Setup

• After the source is created.

• Note down the landing directory

Install the Collector

It is recommended to use a python environment such as pyenv or pipenv if you are not intending to install this package at the system level.

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The High Water Mark file is used to mark when the last run was executed.

Push the files to the KADA Landing Directory

Create the Tableau source in K.

Use “Load from File” option

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• Give the source a Name - e.g. Tableau Production

• Add the Host name for the Tableau server

• Click Finish Setup

• After the source is created. Go and edit the source.

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