Tableau Data Source and Workbook (File) - Import
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Bridge Specifications
| Vendor | Tableau |
| Tool Name | Tableau Desktop |
| Tool Version | 8.x to 2023.x |
| Tool Web Site | https://www.tableau.com/products/desktop |
| Supported Methodology | [Business Intelligence] BI Report (Relational Source, Expression Parsing, Report Structure) via TWB(X) or TDS(X) File |
| Data Profiling |  |
| Incremental Harvesting | |
| Multi-Model Harvesting | |
| Remote Repository Browsing for Model Selection | |
SPECIFICATIONS
Tool: Tableau / Tableau Desktop version 8.x to 2023.x via TWB(X) or TDS(X) File
See https://www.tableau.com/products/desktop
Metadata: [Business Intelligence] BI Report (Relational Source, Expression Parsing, Report Structure)
Component: Tableau version 11.2.0
OVERVIEW
This import bridge imports Business Intelligence (BI) reporting metadata from Tableau Data Source file (.tds or .tdsx) or Tableau WookBook file (.twb or .twbx).
REQUIREMENTS
n/a
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
n/a
LIMITATIONS
Refer to the current general known limitations at https://metaintegration.com/Products/MIMB/Help/#!Documents/mimbknownlimitations.html
If your import is missing connections, this may occur because a Hyper file has been embedded directly into a workbook.
In order to create the missing connection(s), you need to create a shared data source connected to the Hyper file. Then, the Server import would create an appropriate connection, thus enabling the import with the "Tableau Server Extract (Hyper) Data Store".
SUPPORT
Provide a troubleshooting package with:
- the debug log (can be set in the UI or in conf/conf.properties with MIR_LOG_LEVEL=6)
- the metadata backup if available (can be set in the Miscellaneous parameter with -backup option, although this common option is not implemented on all bridges for technical reasons).
Bridge Parameters
| Parameter Name | Description | Type | Values | Default | Scope | ||||
| File | The Tableau Data Source file (.tds or .tdsx) or Tableau WookBook file (.twb or .twbx). |
FILE |
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Mandatory | |||||
| Miscellaneous | INTRODUCTION Specify miscellaneous options starting with a dash and optionally followed by parameters, e.g. -connection.cast MyDatabase1="MICROSOFT SQL SERVER" Some options can be used multiple times if applicable, e.g. -connection.rename NewConnection1=OldConnection1 -connection.rename NewConnection2=OldConnection2; As the list of options can become a long string, it is possible to load it from a file which must be located in ${MODEL_BRIDGE_HOME}\data\MIMB\parameters and have the extension .txt. In such case, all options must be defined within that file as the only value of this parameter, e.g. ETL/Miscellaneous.txt JAVA ENVIRONMENT OPTIONS -java.memory <Java Memory's maximum size> (previously -m) 1G by default on 64bits JRE or as set in conf/conf.properties, e.g. -java.memory 8G -java.memory 8000M -java.parameters <Java Runtime Environment command line options> (previously -j) This option must be the last one in the Miscellaneous parameter as all the text after -java.parameters is passed "as is" to the JRE, e.g. -java.parameters -Dname=value -Xms1G The following option must be set when a proxy is used to access internet (this is critical to access https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ and exceptionally a few other tool sites) in order to download the necessary third-party software libraries. Note: The majority of proxies are concerned with encrypting (HTTPS) the outside (of the company) traffic and trust the inside traffic that can access proxy over HTTP. In this case, an HTTPS request reaches the proxy over HTTP where the proxy HTTPS-encrypts it. -java.parameters -java.parameters -Dhttp.proxyHost=127.0.0.1 -Dhttp.proxyPort=3128 -Dhttp.proxyUser=user -Dhttp.proxyPassword=pass MODEL IMPORT OPTIONS -model.name <model name> Override the model name, e.g. -model.name "My Model Name" -prescript <script name> This option allows running a script before the bridge execution. The script must be located in the bin directory (or as specified with M_SCRIPT_PATH in conf/conf.properties), and have .bat or .sh extension. The script path must not include any parent directory symbol (..). The script should return exit code 0 to indicate success, or another value to indicate failure. For example: -prescript "script.bat arg1 arg2" -postscript <script name> This option allows running a script after successful execution of the bridge. The script must be located in the bin directory (or as specified with M_SCRIPT_PATH in conf/conf.properties), and have .bat or .sh extension. The script path must not include any parent directory symbol (..). The script should return exit code 0 to indicate success, or another value to indicate failure. For example: -postscript "script.bat arg1 arg2" -cache.clear Clears the cache before the import, and therefore will run a full import without incremental harvesting. If the model was not changed and the -cache.clear parameter is not used (incremental harvesting), then a new version will not be created. If the model was not changed and the -cache.clear parameter is set (full source import instead of incremental), then a new version will be created. -backup <directory> Allows to save the input metadata for further troubleshooting. The provided <directory> must be empty. -restore <directory> Specify the backup <directory> to be restored. DATA CONNECTION OPTIONS Data Connections are produced by the import bridges typically from ETL/DI and BI tools to refer to the source and target data stores they use. These data connections are then used by metadata management tools to connect them (metadata stitching) to their actual data stores (e.g. databases, file system, etc.) in order to produce the full end to end data flow lineage and impact analysis. The name of each data connection is unique by import model. The data connection names used within DI/BI design tools are used when possible, otherwise connection names are generated to be short but meaningful such as the database / schema name, the file system path, or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). The following option allows to manipulate connections. These options replaces the legacy options -c, -cd, and -cs. -connection.cast ConnectionName=ConnectionType Casts a generic database connection (e.g. ODBC/JDBC) to a precise database type (e.g. ORACLE) for SQL Parsing, e.g. -connection.cast "My Database"="MICROSOFT SQL SERVER". The list of supported data store connection types includes: ACCESS APACHE CASSANDRA DB2/UDB DENODO GOOGLE BIGQUERY HIVE MYSQL NETEZZA ORACLE POSTGRESQL PRESTO REDSHIFT SALESFORCE SAP HANA SNOWFLAKE MICROSOFT SQL AZURE MICROSOFT SQL SERVER SYBASE SQL SERVER SYBASE AS ENTERPRISE TERADATA VECTORWISE HP VERTICA -connection.rename OldConnection=NewConnection Renames an existing connection to a new name, e.g. -connection.rename OldConnectionName=NewConnectionName Multiple existing database connections can be renamed and merged into one new database connection, e.g. -connection.rename MySchema1=MyDatabase -connection.rename MySchema2=MyDatabase -connection.split oldConnection.Schema1=newConnection Splits a database connection into one or multiple database connections. A single database connection can be split into one connection per schema, e.g. -connection.split MyDatabase All database connections can be split into one connection per schema, e.g. -connection.split * A database connection can be explicitly split creating a new database connection by appending a schema name to a database, e.g. -connection.split MyDatabase.schema1=MySchema1 -connection.map SourcePath=DestinationPath Maps a source path to destination path. This is useful for file system connections when different paths points to the same object (directory or file). On Hadoop, a process can write into a CSV file specified with the HDFS full path, but another process reads from a Hive table implemented (external) by the same file specified using a relative path with default file name and extension, e.g. -connection.map /user1/folder=hdfs://host:8020/users/user1/folder/file.csv On Linux, a given directory (or file) like /data can be referred to by multiple symbolic links like /users/john and /users/paul, e.g. -connection.map /data=/users/John -connection.map /data=/users/paul On Windows, a given directory like C:\data can be referred to by multiple network drives like M: and N:, e.g. -connection.map C:\data=M:\ -connection.map C:\data=N:\ -connection.casesensitive ConnectionName... Overrides the default case insensitive matching rules for the object identifiers inside the specified connection, provided the detected type of the data store by itself supports this configuration (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server, MySql etc.), e.g. -connection.casesensitive "My Database" -connection.caseinsensitive ConnectionName... Overrides the default case sensitive matching rules for the object identifiers inside the specified connection, provided the detected type of the data store by itself supports this configuration (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server, MySql etc.), e.g. -connection.caseinsensitive "My Database" -connection.level AggregationLevel Specifies the aggregation level for the external connections, e.g.-connection.level catalog The list of the supported values: server catalog schema (default) |
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Bridge Mapping
| Meta Integration Repository (MIR) Metamodel (based on the OMG CWM standard) |
"Tableau Data Source and Workbook (File)" Metamodel Tableau (Datasource) |
Mapping Comments |
| Attribute | Field | |
| Name | Name | |
| Position | Position | |
| Stereotype | Stereotype | |
| Class | Table | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Condition | Condition, Data Source Filter | |
| Name | Name | |
| ConnectionClassifier | Proxy Table | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeType | Type | |
| ConnectionFeature | Proxy Field | |
| ExternalId | External Id | |
| Name | Name | |
| ConnectionNamespace | Project, External Data Source, Directory | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | GUID | |
| ConnectionPackage | Namespace | |
| Name | Name | |
| DataAttribute | Calculation Measure, Group, Pivot Field, Set, Bin, Temporary Field, Dimension, Parameter Dimension, Hierarchy Field, Union Field, Calculation Dimension, Measure, Parameter Measure, Data Field | |
| Description | Comment | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Position | Position | |
| DataSet | Stored Procedure Parameters, Hierarchy, Temporary Table, Parameters, Query, Dimension Table, Fact Table, Pivot, Union, Stored Procedure Results | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| DatabaseSchema | Extract | |
| Name | Name | |
| DesignPackage | Data Source, Data Source Joins, Session | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| FlatTextFile | File | |
| Name | Name | |
| Join | Join | |
| PhysicalName | Name | |
| Type | Type | |
| StoreConnection | Connection | |
| Comment | Comment | |
| Connection | Connection | |
| Name | Name | |
| SystemType | System Type | |
| StoreModel | Tableau Data Source | |
| Author | Owner | |
| Comment | URL | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| StoredProcedure | Stored Procedure | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name |
| Meta Integration Repository (MIR) Metamodel (based on the OMG CWM standard) |
"Tableau Data Source and Workbook (File)" Metamodel Tableau (Workbook) |
Mapping Comments |
| Attribute | Field | |
| Name | Name | |
| Position | Position | |
| Stereotype | Stereotype | |
| Class | Table | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Condition | Condition, Data Source Filter | |
| Name | Name | |
| ConnectionClassifier | Proxy Table | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeType | Type | |
| ConnectionFeature | Proxy Field | |
| ExternalId | External Id | |
| Name | Name | |
| ConnectionNamespace | Project, External Data Source, Directory | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | GUID | |
| ConnectionPackage | Namespace | |
| Name | Name | |
| DataAttribute | Calculation Measure, Group, Pivot Field, Set, Bin, Temporary Field, Dimension, Parameter Dimension, Hierarchy Field, Union Field, Calculation Dimension, Measure, Parameter Measure, Data Field | |
| Description | Comment | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Position | Position | |
| DataSet | Stored Procedure Parameters, Hierarchy, Temporary Table, Parameters, Query, Dimension Table, Fact Table, Pivot, Union, Stored Procedure Results | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| DatabaseSchema | Extract | |
| Name | Name | |
| DesignPackage | Data Source, Data Source Joins, Published Data Source, Session | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Filter | Filter, Shared Filter | |
| FlatTextFile | File | |
| Name | Name | |
| Join | Relationship, Join | |
| PhysicalName | Name | |
| Type | Type | |
| ReportField | Column, Mark, Page, Row | |
| Comment | Aggregation | |
| Name | Name | |
| ReportPage | Unpublished Worksheet, Worksheet, Dashboard, Story | |
| Comment | URL | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| StoreConnection | Connection | |
| Comment | Comment | |
| Connection | Connection | |
| Name | Name | |
| SystemType | System Type | |
| StoreModel | Tableau Data Source, Workbook | |
| Author | Owner | |
| Comment | URL | |
| Description | Description | |
| ModificationTime | Modified | |
| Name | Name | |
| StoreType | Store Type | |
| StoredProcedure | Stored Procedure | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name |