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Tableau
Add a Tableau connection to your decube so that you can discover the lineage of your assets from source to dashboards.
We require four important information to connect a Tableau instance. For two of those, head to your Tableau dashboard and take a look at your browser's search bar. Grab the URL and it would look like something below:
https://<example-server-url.com>/#/site/<example-site-id>/projects
Here we need
https://<example-server-url.com> as Server URL and <example-site-id> as the Site IDThen we can fill the connections as so, remember to replace the example URL with your own.
Server URL: https://<example-server-url.com>Site ID: <example-site-id>Token Name: Personal Access Token NameToken Secret: Personal Access Token Secret
Connect to Tableau
The
Source Name will be for you to differentiate and recognize particular sources within the decube application.decube prefers connecting to Tableau via a Personal Access Token. It is recommended to create a new Access Token for decube and ensure that it is kept safe and secured for ease of management.
- 1.Go to your Tableau instance, click on your user profile on the top right, then click on
My Account Settings. - 2.There, scroll down until you find
Personal Access Tokens. - 3.In
Token Name, type a suitable name, we recommenddecube data observability. Then click onCreate New Token. - 4.A popup will be displayed where you can view
Token NameandToken Secret. Click onCopy to clipboard. We recommend saving this credential, like on a password manager as theToken Secretwill only be shown to you once.