Integrating the Platform to Tableau
Once you have completely followed the indications in Section Integrating Tableau to the Platform, you will want to export some Platform scenarios to Tableau desktop, and import some Tableau visualizations from the Tableau server to the Platform application.
Creating a Web Data Connector allows exporting some scenarios from the Platform application to Tableau.
Note that, to create Web Data Connectors in the Platform application, the logged user needs to have one of the following roles: API_KEY_BACKOFFICE or API_KEY_ADMIN.
For more details, please refer to Section Managing User Roles.
To create a Web Data Connector, you need to launch the wizard by clicking on the cog menu, and then integrations > Tableau Web Data Connector menu item. The wizard will ask you to name your Web Data Connector.
WDC Name
You can click on the create button and obtain the Web Data Connector link by clicking on the copy paste button on the next screen.
WDC Copy URL
Use this link in Tableau Desktop to add a new Web Data Connector and create your visualizations.
Note that,every time you create a Web Data Connector in the Platform application, an API Key is generated. It can be managed, along others in a dedicated view.
For more details, please refer to Section Deleting an API Key.
WDC API Key
