Tableau
Applies to: Tableau Cloud, Tableau Server
The following guide will walk you through how to set up a Tableau connector in the Datalogz Control Tower using the personal access token method for authentication. This is Tableau's recommended method for authentication to the Tableau REST API without requiring hard-coded credentials or user interactive sign-in.
Setup Overview
Below is the order of operations for completing the Tableau connector setup
Create a Tableau personal access token
Create a Tableau connector in Datalogz Control Tower
Setup Detail
Generate a Tableau personal access token
Follow the steps outlined here on generating a personal access token
Note: The user creating the personal access token (PAT) should have a Site Administrator role:
Site Administrator Creator (recommended)
Site Administrator Explorer
There are several pieces of information required from your Tableau host to complete the next steps.
Host URL
This is everything after
https://
but before/#/
Example: https://prod-useast-a.online.tableau.com/#/site/...
Site Name
This everything after
/site/
but before/home
Example: ...tableau.com/#/site/mysite/home
API Version
This table identifies which version of Tableau Server and Cloud correspond to the supported version of the ReST API.
Personal Access Token Name
This will be the name you specified in the creation of the personal access token above.
Personal Access Token Secret
This will be the value generated as the Secret
Note: The steps above will need to be repeated for each additional site as connectors are site specific.
Create a Tableau connector in the Datalogz Control Tower
Enter the following information obtained in the previous steps
Host
Site Name
API Version
Access Token Name
Access Token Secret
Click Connect
Enter a Connector Name
Select the snapshot frequency, e.g., Weekly or Daily
Click Next
Click Confirm and Finish
The additional activity log capture setup is optional, but highly recommended as it provides a way to analyze and audit tenant and site events.
Configure Tableau Cloud Activity Log
Follow the steps outlined here.
Note: The following information will be needed to complete the setup with Datalogz Control Tower
S3 Bucket Name
Access Key ID
Secret Access Key
S3 Region
For questions or assistance with this setup, please contact Datalogz support [email protected]
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