Tableau

The Tableau connector is used to connect to sites on Tableau Servers and Tableau Online.

The connector will use the REST and Metadata APIs to extract lineage details on field level per workbook. This connector is currently in Preview state.

Server URL: URL including protocol to Tableau Server or Online.

NodeGraph uses both the REST APIs and MetaData APIs. Verify that the MetaData API is enabled if connecting to Tableau Server.

Enable Metadata API on server by running the following command:

 

Site Content URL: List all sites' content URL to include, separated by a semicolon. Can be left empty for Tableau Server to include all sites but must include at least one site for Tableau Online. To include only the Tableau Server default site, which has an empty content URL, type only a semicolon.

For example, in the following URLs, the content URL is Sales:

• (Tableau Server) http://MyServer/#/site/Sales/projects

• (Tableau Online) https://10ax.online.tableau.com/#/site/Sales/workbooks

Authentication Method: Needs to be an existing user with permissions to read all metadata to extract, e.g. Server Administrator.

• Username and Password

  Specify an existing Tableau user credentials.

• PAT (Personal access token)

  Create a valid PAT for an existing user and enter name and secret.

Full list of connector fields

Add a Tableau connector

Field	Default Input
SYSTEM ID	Id
SYSTEM NAME	Name
DESCRIPTION	Description (optional)
CONNECTOR TAGS	Tag1; Tag2; ...
SERVER URL	https://nnxx.online.tableau.com
SITE CONTENT URLS	;NA;EMEA (will include Default, NA, EMEA)
AUTHENTICATION METHOD	Username and Password
USER	None
PASSWORD	None
SERVER NAME	mssql01-prod
FULLY QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAME	mssql01-prod.company.com
IP	123.456.789.123
DNS NAME	mssql01-prod.company.com;mssql02-prod.company.com;