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About Collectors
Collectors are extractors that are developed and managed by you (A customer of K).
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Python 3.8 - 3.11
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 APImust 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 Creator
orServer/Site Administrator
role. Roles are dependent on both Licensing and Server version see https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/users_site_roles.htmSite Administrator Creator
is only available on Role Based Licensing ModelServer/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
This requires a server restart if not enabled
Note the Tableau repository default user is called
readonly
Access to K landing directory.
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