Tableau
Connection Type | Alteryx Tools. The latest version is available from the Alteryx Marketplace. |
Type of Support | Read/Write/Publish |
Validated On | Tableau SDK 10.3 (Spatial support) |
Version | Description |
v1.4.3 |
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v1.4.2 |
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v1.4.1 |
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v1.4.0 |
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v1.3.1 |
Known Issues
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v1.3.0 |
Known Issues
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v1.2.0 |
Known Issues
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v1.1.1 |
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v1.1.0 |
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v1.0.1 |
Known limitation:
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Alteryx Tools Used to Connect
Important
Input Data tool reads data as a Tableau Hyper data extract (HYPER) file. This tool supports only local files.
Output Data tool saves data as a Tableau Hyper data extract (HYPER) file. This tool supports only local files.
Tableau Output tool creates a Tableau Hyper dataset and uploads it to the Tableau server or saves it locally as a Tableau Hyper data extract (HYPER) file.
Publish to Tableau Server tool is deprecated. Functionality was replaced by the Tableau Output tool
Data Connection Manager
The Tableau tools version 1.2.0 and later support Data Connection Manager for easier and safer storage of your credentials. Create a connection to Tableau and easily reuse the stored credentials in workflows that include the Tableau tools. Alteryx Server requires stored credentials to successfully run the published workflows.
Enable AMP Engine
Make sure you have the AMP engine enabled for the workflows which contain the Tableau tools version 1.2.0 and later.
API Access
The Tableau tools require API access to your Tableau instance. For the Tableau tools to work properly, check with your Tableau admin to ensure that CORS is enabled on your instance and the file://
value is added to the allowed hosts.
Limitations
Tableau doesn’t support single sign-on or multi-factor authentication. Only sign in using a username and password or personal access tokens is supported. Personal access tokens are long-lived authentication tokens that allow you to run automation with Tableau REST APIs without requiring hard-coded credentials or interactive login.
You can only search in full names, so you need to provide a 'datasource name' instead of just a 'name'.
Since Designer version 2021.2, text fields read in .hyper files as V_WString with the max size to avoid data loss. To work around, you can use the Auto Field or Select tool before writing the data to any other format.
It's not possible to run multiple Tableau tools concurrently using the same Personal Access Token because of a Tableau limitation where users can't request concurrent Tableau Server sessions with a single Personal Access Token. Attempts to sign in to concurrent sessions using the same Personal Access Token will cause the previous session to be terminated and may result in authentication errors. For more information, see Tableau's Help documentation on Personal Access Tokens.