# Tableau ![Testing](https://img.shields.io/badge/support%20status-testing-lightgrey) ## Integration Details This plugin extracts Sheets, Dashboards, Embedded and Published Data sources metadata within Workbooks in a given project on a Tableau site. This plugin is in beta and has only been tested on PostgreSQL database and sample workbooks on Tableau online. Tableau's GraphQL interface is used to extract metadata information. Queries used to extract metadata are located in `metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/tableau_common.py` ### Concept Mapping This ingestion source maps the following Source System Concepts to DataHub Concepts: | Source Concept | DataHub Concept | Notes | | -- | -- | -- | | `Tableau` | [Data Platform](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/dataPlatform.md) | | | Embedded DataSource | [Dataset](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/dataset.md) | | | Published DataSource | [Dataset](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/dataset.md) | | | Custom SQL Table | [Dataset](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/dataset.md) | | | Embedded or External Tables | [Dataset](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/dataset.md) | | | Sheet | [Chart](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/chart.md) | | | Dashboard | [Dashboard](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/dashboard.md) | | | User | [User (a.k.a CorpUser)](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/corpuser.md) | | | Workbook | [Container](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/container.md) | | | Tag | [Tag](../../docs/generated/metamodel/entities/tag.md) | | - [Workbook](#Workbook) - [Dashboard](#Dashboard) - [Sheet](#Sheet) - [Embedded Data source](#Embedded-Data-Source) - [Published Data source](#Published-Data-Source) - [Custom SQL Data source](#Custom-SQL-Data-Source) #### Workbook Workbooks from Tableau are ingested as Container in datahub.
- GraphQL query
```graphql { workbooksConnection(first: 15, offset: 0, filter: {projectNameWithin: ["default", "Project 2"]}) { nodes { id name luid uri projectName owner { username } description uri createdAt updatedAt } pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor } totalCount } } ``` #### Dashboard Dashboards from Tableau are ingested as Dashboard in datahub.
- GraphQL query
```graphql { workbooksConnection(first: 15, offset: 0, filter: {projectNameWithin: ["default", "Project 2"]}) { nodes { ..... dashboards { id name path createdAt updatedAt sheets { id name } } } pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor } totalCount } } ``` #### Sheet Sheets from Tableau are ingested as charts in datahub.
- GraphQL query
```graphql { workbooksConnection(first: 10, offset: 0, filter: {projectNameWithin: ["default"]}) { ..... sheets { id name path createdAt updatedAt tags { name } containedInDashboards { name path } upstreamDatasources { id name } datasourceFields { __typename id name description upstreamColumns { name } ... on ColumnField { dataCategory role dataType aggregation } ... on CalculatedField { role dataType aggregation formula } ... on GroupField { role dataType } ... on DatasourceField { remoteField { __typename id name description folderName ... on ColumnField { dataCategory role dataType aggregation } ... on CalculatedField { role dataType aggregation formula } ... on GroupField { role dataType } } } } } } ..... } } ``` #### Embedded Data Source Embedded Data source from Tableau is ingested as a Dataset in datahub. - GraphQL query
```graphql { workbooksConnection(first: 15, offset: 0, filter: {projectNameWithin: ["default"]}) { nodes { .... embeddedDatasources { __typename id name hasExtracts extractLastRefreshTime extractLastIncrementalUpdateTime extractLastUpdateTime upstreamDatabases { id name connectionType isEmbedded } upstreamTables { name schema columns { name remoteType } } fields { __typename id name description isHidden folderName ... on ColumnField { dataCategory role dataType defaultFormat aggregation columns { table { ... on CustomSQLTable { id name } } } } ... on CalculatedField { role dataType defaultFormat aggregation formula } ... on GroupField { role dataType } } upstreamDatasources { id name } workbook { name projectName } } } .... } } ``` #### Published Data Source Published Data source from Tableau is ingested as a Dataset in datahub. - GraphQL query
```graphql { publishedDatasourcesConnection(filter: {idWithin: ["00cce29f-b561-bb41-3557-8e19660bb5dd", "618c87db-5959-338b-bcc7-6f5f4cc0b6c6"]}) { nodes { __typename id name hasExtracts extractLastRefreshTime extractLastIncrementalUpdateTime extractLastUpdateTime downstreamSheets { id name } upstreamTables { name schema fullName connectionType description contact { name } } fields { __typename id name description isHidden folderName ... on ColumnField { dataCategory role dataType defaultFormat aggregation columns { table { ... on CustomSQLTable { id name } } } } ... on CalculatedField { role dataType defaultFormat aggregation formula } ... on GroupField { role dataType } } owner { username } description uri projectName } pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor } totalCount } } ``` #### Custom SQL Data Source For custom sql data sources, the query is viewable in UI under View Definition tab.
- GraphQL query
```graphql { customSQLTablesConnection(filter: {idWithin: ["22b0b4c3-6b85-713d-a161-5a87fdd78f40"]}) { nodes { id name query columns { id name remoteType description referencedByFields { datasource { id name upstreamDatabases { id name } upstreamTables { id name schema connectionType columns { id } } ... on PublishedDatasource { projectName } ... on EmbeddedDatasource { workbook { name projectName } } } } } tables { id name schema connectionType } } } } ``` #### Lineage Lineage is emitted as received from Tableau's metadata API for - Sheets contained in Dashboard - Embedded or Published datasources upstream to Sheet - Published datasources upstream to Embedded datasource - Tables upstream to Embedded or Published datasource - Custom SQL datasources upstream to Embedded or Published datasource - Tables upstream to Custom SQL datasource #### Caveats - Tableau metadata API might return incorrect schema name for tables for some databases, leading to incorrect metadata in DataHub. This source attempts to extract correct schema from databaseTable's fully qualified name, wherever possible. Read [Using the databaseTable object in query](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/docs/meta_api_model.html#schema_attribute) for caveats in using schema attribute. ### Supported Capabilities | Capability | Status | Notes | | --- | :-: | --- | | Data Container | ✅ | Enabled by default | | Detect Deleted Entities | ❌ | | | Data Domain | ❌ | Requires transformer | | Dataset Profiling | ❌ | | | Dataset Usage | ❌ | | | Extract Descriptions | ✅ | Enabled by default | | Extract Lineage | ✅ | Enabled by default | | Extract Ownership | ✅ | Requires recipe configuration | | Extract Tags | ✅ | Requires recipe configuration | | Partition Support | ❌ | Not applicable to source | | Platform Instance | ❌ | Not applicable to source | ## Metadata Ingestion Quickstart ### Prerequisites In order to ingest metadata from tableau, you will need: - Python 3.6+ - Tableau Server Version 2021.1.10 and above. It may also work for older versions. - [Enable the Tableau Metadata API](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/docs/meta_api_start.html#enable-the-tableau-metadata-api-for-tableau-server) for Tableau Server, if its not already enabled. - Tableau Credentials (Username/Password or [Personal Access Token](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/useracct.htm#create-and-revoke-personal-access-tokens)) ### Install the Plugin(s) Run the following commands to install the relevant plugin(s): `pip install 'acryl-datahub[tableau]'` ### Configure the Ingestion Recipe(s) Use the following recipe(s) to get started with ingestion. _For general pointers on writing and running a recipe, see our [main recipe guide](../README.md#recipes)._ #### `'acryl-datahub[tableau]'` ```yml source: type: tableau config: # Coordinates connect_uri: https://prod-ca-a.online.tableau.com site: acryl projects: ["default", "Project 2"] # Credentials username: "${TABLEAU_USER}" password: "${TABLEAU_PASSWORD}" # Options ingest_tags: True ingest_owner: True default_schema_map: mydatabase: public anotherdatabase: anotherschema sink: # sink configs ```
View All Recipe Configuartion Options | Field | Required | Default | Description | |-----------------------|----------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `connect_uri` | ✅ | | Tableau host URL. | | `site` | | `""` | Tableau Site. Always required for Tableau Online. Use emptystring "" to connect with Default site on Tableau Server. | | `env` | | `"PROD"` | Environment to use in namespace when constructing URNs. | | `username` | | | Tableau username, must be set if authenticating using username/password. | | `password` | | | Tableau password, must be set if authenticating using username/password. | | `token_name` | | | Tableau token name, must be set if authenticating using a personal access token. | | `token_value` | | | Tableau token value, must be set if authenticating using a personal access token. | | `projects` | | `["default"]` | List of projects | | `workbooks_page_size` | | 10 | Number of workbooks to query at a time using Tableau api. | | `default_schema_map`* | | | Default schema to use when schema is not found. | | `ingest_tags` | | `False` | Ingest Tags from source. This will override Tags entered from UI | | `ingest_owners` | | `False` | Ingest Owner from source. This will override Owner info entered from UI | *Tableau may not provide schema name when ingesting Custom SQL data source. Use `default_schema_map` to provide a default schema name to use when constructing a table URN.
## Troubleshooting ### Why are only some workbooks ingested from the specified project? This happens when the Tableau API returns NODE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED error and returns partial results with message "Showing partial results. , The request exceeded the ‘n’ node limit. Use pagination, additional filtering, or both in the query to adjust results." To resolve this, reduce the page size using the `workbooks_page_size` config param (Defaults to 10).