Tableau Parameters (Mandatory and Optional)

When you create a Tableau Data Source, along with other settings, you need to define mandatory and optional Tableau parameters.

Info > Required Tableau Parameters


Parameter Variable Name Description
1 Auth Type :authType Specify the required auth type: Password or Identity Profile.
2 Tableau Server :server This is a server address variable.
  • If the Remote Data Processor (RDP) runs on the Tableau server, enter "localhost".
  • If RDP runs on a different machine, enter the Tableau server name.
3 Site ID :site This is a site name variable.
  • Input Site ID if you need the Tableau plugin to connect to a specific site.
  • Otherwise, if Site ID (name) is not provided, it will connect to default.
NOTE: If you are using Tableau Online, this parameter is required.

Info > Optional Tableau Parameters


Tableau Parameter Description
1 Base URL Specify the hostname portion for constructing the URL for a Tableau object.
2 Attempts Define the number of attempts to recollect data (for http requests).
3 Auth Method This variable sets the authentication method during the connection to the Tableau server
  • :authMethod=rsa (default) – authentication method via encryption key; 
  • :authMethod=trusted – authentication method via trusted IP (without encryption key).
4 Private Key Passphrase Define the passphrase for the keyStore password in this variable.
  • In order to use the key for public-key encryption, the file is decrypted with the decryption key. SSH does this automatically by asking you for the passphrase.
5 Force refresh cache This is a Boolean variable (true / false).
  • Here you can set the possibility to update elements on Tableau server before loading.
6 Data expiration If Force refresh cache is set to "true", you can specify the refresh interval (in seconds).
7 Timeout Specify timeout for http requests. 
8 Include metadata This is a Boolean variable (true / false).
  • If set to "true", refreshing objects will collect additional metadata as follows: Workbook description, Project name, Owner, included Worksheets, Tags, Data Source, Last Modified date/time, and Total View Count (applied only for Server Administrator Tableau account role). 
  • NOTE: Enabling this variable may affect the processing speed. 
9 Include Update Time
This is a Boolean variable (true / false).
  • If set to "true", additionally collects the time of the latest data refresh for Tableau workbooks. 
  • NOTE: Enabling this variable may affect the processing speed. 
10 Maximum iterations for single data fetch Configuring this variable will help prevent Tableau server overload.
  • When collecting data for an element with External Filters, the plugin runs iterations for all possible combinations of Filter Values
  • Before fetching data, the number of required iterations (fetches) is counted by the plugin. Should it exceed the specified number, the plugin will not send the request (to avoid server overload).
11 Type of object Here you can specify the type of object to be returned. 
  • If `Workbook` is specified, views are excluded from the object list and only workbooks are shown. 
  • You can choose to include either 'Workbook' or 'Workbook, View'
  • When left empty, all objects are returned.
12 Primary Date Format Enter date format if you want to teach plugin how to handle it (e.g. primary_date_format=MMM YY).
13 Project List (Comma-Separated) Enter project names (comma-separated) to narrow the list of projects (e.g. project=Tableau Samples, default)
  • Enter the site name if you want to specify it (e.g. site=Sales). By default site=Default. 
  • If you use Tableau Online, then it must be specified.
14 Token Input a Personal Access Token generated on the Tableau side.
15 Token Name Input the PAT name given upon PAT generation.
16 Use Custom Views This is a Boolean variable (true / false).
17 Validate SSL Certificates This is a Boolean variable (true / false).
  • Here you can define whether to check for a SSL certificate. 
  • Plugin will ignore if it is a self-signed certificate.

Additional Parameters

Parameters that used to be configured via .config files, can be configured on the Plugin Config page at https://<hostname>.com/admin/plugin-config/ or under Admin > Plugins > Advanced Configuration.

  • tlsVersion parameter, can be used for troubleshooting TLS issues. The default value is TLSv1.2.

The value needs to match the TLS version on the server.

More information in Configure Plugin Parameter Values.