This page will guide you through the setup of Tableau Server in K using the direct connect method.
Integration details
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Step 1) Tableau Server Configuration
The following Tableau server settings needs to be configured. This will require a restart of the tableau server.
Tableau Metadata API must be enabled https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/docs/meta_api_start.html
Tableau Repository must be accessible https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/perf_collect_server_repo.htm
The repository user will be used by the KADA extractor / collector.
Tableau repository default database name:
workgroupTableau repository default user:
readonly
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Changing these settings will require a restart of the tableau server. |
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Step 2) Setup Tableau APIs Access
A user needs to be configure to access Tableau API.
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The user can not be a SSO user. SSO users are not supported to access the Tableau APIs.must exists on tableau server as REST APIs do not support SSO. https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_auth.htm |
User needs
Site Administrator CreatororServer Administratorrole, Roles are dependent on both Licensing and Server version see https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/users_site_roles.htmSite Administrator Creatoris only available on Role Based Licensing ModelServer Administratoris available on both Role Based and Core Based Licensing Model
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Step 3) Manually run an ad hoc load to test
Next to your new Source, click on the Run manual load icon
Confirm how your want the source to be loaded
After the source load is triggered, a pop up bar will appear taking you to the Monitor tab in the Batch Manager page. This is the usual page you visit to view the progress of source loads
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A manual source load will also require a manual run of
To load all metrics and indexes with the manually loaded metadata. These can be found in the Batch Manager page |
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Troubleshooting failed loads
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