Tableau

Type of Support: Read, Write, Publish
Validated On: Tableau SDK 10.3 (Spatial support)
Connection Type: Alteryx Tools (older versions available from the Alteryx Analytics Gallery)
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Alteryx tools used to connect

Input Data Tool to read data as a Tableau Hyper data extract (.hyper) file.

Output Data Tool to save data as a Tableau data extract (.tde) or Tableau Hyper Data Extract (.hyper) file.

Tableau Output Tool to create a Tableau Hyper dataset and upload it to Tableau Server or save it locally as a Tableau Hyper data extract (.hyper) file.

Publish to Tableau Server Tool to publish an Alteryx data stream as either a Tableau Hyper data extract (.hyper) or Tableau data extract (.tde) file.

Data Connection Manager

The Tableau tools version 1.2.0 and later support Data Connection Manager for easier and a 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 that contain the Tableau tools version 1.2.0 to leverage the full potential of Designer capabilities.

Limitations

Login Options

Tableau doesn’t support any single sign-on or multifactor authentication, only standard login using username and password or personal access tokens. 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.

Tableau Output Tool Search

You can only search in full names, so you need to provide 'datasource name' instead of just 'name'.