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Snap type:

Format


Description:

This Snap formats tabular document data into Tableau data format (TDE extension) and writes this formatted data to a binary output view. The binary output view can be used to connect to the File Writer Snap to persist data as a file.  This file can then be used with Tableau products including Tableau Desktop.

 
Note: This Snap Pack has been implemented against the 8.1.2 version of Tableau server and verified with 8.2. 

Prerequisites:

[None]


Support and limitations:

Works in Ultra Task Pipelines.

Account: 

Accounts are not used with this Snap.


Views:


InputThis Snap has exactly one document input view.
OutputThis Snap has exactly one document output view.
ErrorThis Snap has at most one document error view and produces zero or more documents in the view.


Settings

Label


Required. The name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your pipeline.