Understanding Setup Image

NOTE: The example above shows Tableau External Report, but the UI is implemented in the same way for all plugins.

Depending on a plugin, Metric Insights collects images for External Reports in two possible ways:

  • Collect an image by directly communicating with the tool via API
    • Users can set up an image size (1) before the system collects it and then scale (2) the result to the desired width and height in External Report Editor.
  • Collect an image by taking a screenshot of it in the Chromium browser (the process is not visible to the user)
    • Users can set up the size of the Chromium browser (1) and then scale (2) the result to the desired width and height in External Report Editor. 
Plugins collecting images via API: Plugins collecting images in Chromium:
  • Looker
  • QlikView
  • Sisense
  • Superset
  • Tableau
  • Splunk Reports
  • Google Drive
  • Amazon S3
  • S/FTP
  • Power BI Cloud
  • Power BI Report Server
  • QlikSense
  • SAP Analytics Cloud
  • Domo
  • ThoughtSpot
  • MI Portal Page Plugin
  • Google Data Studio