Tableau Snap Pack

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Last updated: Nov 08, 2024 by Kalpana Malladi

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Overview

Tableau provides data visualization on business intelligence. 

Use Snaps in this Snap Pack to:

  • Write data files to Tableau.
  • Format tabular document data into Tableau data format (TDE extension) and writes this formatted data to a binary output view.
  • Invoke the Tableau REST API.


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  • To use the Tableau Writer Snap, the tabcmd executable and Tableau TDE library files must be visible through the system PATH variable defined on each of the Windows-based Snaplex nodes on which Tableau Snaps may be executed. The paths to these files must be defined in the system PATH in DOS 8.3 notation. To guarantee that all necessary binaries are installed, we recommend a full installation of Tableau Server on each node. Standalone installations of tabcmd and the TDE library files may work, assuming that the above prerequisites are satisfied.

  • Tableau 10.24 and earlier versions uses only the Tableau Data Extract (.tde) format.

    • The existing Tableau Snaps only work with 10.24 or earlier versions of Tableau. 
    • Starting with Tableau 10.25 version, Tableau uses the .hyper file format instead of the .tde file format. If you are using Tableau 10.25 or higher versions, then you cannot use the existing Tableau Snaps as they use the data extract API, which is not supported by Tableau 10.25 version.
  • The Hyper API contains a set of functions you can use to automate interactions with Tableau extract ( . hyper ) files. You can use the Hyper API to:
    • Create new extract files.
    • Open existing files, and then insert, delete, and update.
    • Read data from those files. 
    • Fetch data from an extract file.

If you are running SnapLogic as a Windows service, any modifications to the system PATH variable that impact resolution of the SnapLogic or Tableau will require a reinstallation of the service.

Supported Versions

This Snap Pack is currently tested against the following:

Latest Version

  • 10.2

Older Versions

  The following older versions are also supported:
  • 9.3
  • 10.1
  • 10.5 
  • 10.25
  • All APIs supported by version 10.2 through to 10.25.

See it in Action

SnapLogic Live: Tableau Integration

 

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