Refresh Live Data in Tableau Server

Does anyone know how scheduling/refreshing live data (web scraping) from Alteryx to Tableau server work?

I created web scraping workflow in Alteryx and published it into tableau server.

I am not sure what the best way to schedule/refresh data.

In Alteryx, I am currently using Local Machine and run the workflow from its original location on disk.

In Tableau, I am not sure if I should use extract (tde) to schedule/refresh data or use live data. If my data is live, do I still need to refresh my data?

Thank you,

Kazumi

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dataMack

If you are using Alteryx to do the web scraping and data prep,you would then use the Publish to Tableau tool to push the TDE directly to Tableau server from Alteryx. If you are running Alteryx Server, you woul dpublish your Alteryx workflow there and schedule it to run from there. If you have a desktop automation license, you could also schedule on your local machine running Designer, but the effect will be the same in both cases- Alteryx pulls and preps your data and then pushes the TDE directly to Tableau Server.

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knozawa

Hi Jason,

Thank you for your reply. Even if I schedule on my local machine running designer, I still need to schedule refreshing TDE in tableau server, is that correct? In addition, if data source is "Live" instad of "extract", I don't have to schedule refreshing data in tableau server (but still need to schedule on my local machine running designer in Alteryx), correct?

Kazumi

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