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Tableau Connection Properties

Use a Tableau connection to connect to Tableau. When you create a Tableau connection, you enter information to access Tableau.
The following table describes the Tableau connection properties:
Property
Description
Name
Name of the Tableau connection.
ID
String that the Data Integration Service uses to identify the connection. The ID is not case sensitive. It must be 255 characters or less and must be unique in the domain. You cannot change this property after you create the connection. Default value is the connection name.
Description
Description of the connection. The description cannot exceed 765 characters.
Location
The Informatica domain where you want to create the connection.
Type
Type of connection. Select Tableau.
The following table describes the properties to connect to Tableau:
Connection Property
Description
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 or TWBX file:
  • - Tableau Desktop. Creates a TDE file in the Data Integration Service machine. You can then manually import the TDE file to Tableau Desktop.
  • - Tableau Server. Publishes the generated TDE or TWBX file to Tableau Server.
  • - Tableau Online. Publishes the generated TDE or TWBX file to Tableau Online.
Connection URL
URL of Tableau Server or Tableau Online to which you want to publish the TDE or TWBX 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 or TWBX file.
Contact the Tableau administrator to provide the site name.