Tableau connection

To access your data in Tableau, create a connection asset for it.

Tableau is an interactive data visualization platform.

Supported products

Tableau Server 2020.3.3 and Tableau Cloud

Create a connection to Tableau

To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:

  • Hostname or IP address
  • Port number
  • Site: The name of the Tableau site to use
  • For Authentication method, you need either a username and password or an Access token (with Access token name and Access token secret).
  • SSL certificate (if required by the database server)

For Credentials and Certificates, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.

Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform

In a project
Click Assets > New asset > Prepare data > Connect to a data source. See Adding a connection to a project.
In a catalog
Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.
In a deployment space
Click Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog
Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Where you can use this connection

You can use Tableau connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Projects

  • DataStage (DataStage service). See Connecting to a data source in DataStage.

  • Metadata import (IBM Knowledge Catalog). For information about the supported product versions and other prerequisites when connections are based on MANTA Automated Data Lineage for IBM Cloud Pak for Data scanners, see the Lineage Scanner Configuration section in the MANTA Automated Data Lineage on IBM Cloud Pak for Data Installation and Usage Manual. This documentation is available at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6597457.

    For metadata import (lineage), MANTA Automated Data Lineage for IBM Cloud Pak for Data and a corresponding license key must be installed. See Installing MANTA Automated Data Lineage and Enabling lineage import.

  • SPSS Modeler (SPSS Modeler service)

  • Synthetic Data Generator (Synthetic Data Generator service)

Catalogs

  • Platform assets catalog

  • Other catalogs (IBM Knowledge Catalog)

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance

This connection can be used on a FIPS-enabled cluster (FIPS tolerant); however, it is not FIPS-compliant.

Tableau setup

Restriction

You can use this connection only for source data. You cannot write to data or export data with this connection.

Running SQL statements

To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Run Initial SQL for the correct syntax.

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Parent topic: Supported connections