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Tableau V2 connection properties

When you set up a Tableau V2 connection, you must configure the connection properties.
The following table describes the Tableau V2 connection properties:
Connection property
Description
Connection Name
Name of the connection.
Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
Maximum length is 255 characters.
Description
Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
Use Secret Vault
Stores sensitive credentials for this connection in the secrets manager that is configured for your organization.
This property appears only if secrets manager is set up for your organization.
This property is not supported by Data Ingestion and Replication and the Data Access Management services.
When you enable the secret vault in the connection, you can select which credentials that the Secure Agent retrieves from the secrets manager. If you don't enable this option, the credentials are stored in the repository or on a local Secure Agent, depending on how your organization is configured.
Note: If you’re using this connection to apply data access policies through pushdown or proxy services, you cannot use the Secret Vault configuration option.
For information about how to configure and use a secrets manager, see Secrets manager configuration.
Runtime Environment
The name of the run-time environment where you want to run the tasks.
Select a Secure Agent or elastic runtime environment.
For more information about how to configure and use the runtime environments, see Runtime environments.
Tableau Product
The name of the Tableau product to which you want to connect.
You can choose one of the following Tableau products to publish the TDE file:
  • - Tableau Desktop. Creates a TDE file in the Secure Agent machine. You can then manually import the TDE file to Tableau Desktop.
  • - Tableau Server. Publishes the generated TDE file to Tableau Server.
  • - Tableau Online. Publishes the generated TDE file to Tableau Online.
Connection URL
URL of Tableau Server or Tableau Online to which you want to publish the TDE file. The URL has the following format: http://<Host name of Tableau Server or Tableau Online>:<port>
User Name
User name of the Tableau Server or Tableau Online account.
Password
Password for the Tableau Server or Tableau Online account.
Content URL
The name of the site on Tableau Server or Tableau Online where you want to publish the TDE file.
Contact the Tableau administrator to provide the site name.
Template File Path
The path to a sample TDE file from where the Secure Agent imports the Tableau metadata.
Enter one of the following options for the template file path:
  • - Absolute path to the TDE file.
  • - Directory path for the TDE files.
  • - Empty directory path.
The path you specify for the template file becomes the default path for the target TDE file.
Note: Ensure that there is at least one .tde file in the template file path when you select the value of the Tableau Product connection property as Tableau Desktop.
If you do not specify a file path, the Secure Agent uses the following default file path for the target TDE file: <Secure Agent installation directory>/apps/Data_Integration_Server/<latest version>/bin/rtdm