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florambata
5 - Atom

Hi, can anyone please help or provide links on how a tableau dashboard can be converted to an Alteryx flow.

Thanks

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danilang
19 - Altair
19 - Altair

Hi @florambata 

 

There is no automatic way to convert a Tableau workbook into a Alteryx workflow.  You'll have to manually analyze the workbook to determine what it's doing.  

  • All the data sources in the workbook will need to be read by the workflow, using input/dynamic input tools.
  • Any data conversions in the workbook itself or coming from Tableau prep will have to be recreated in the workflow using formula, join, summary tools, etc.
  • Any visualizations in the workbook, will need to be built in the workflow using the reporting tools.     

Before even starting this, you need to ask why?  Alteryx is primarily a data prep/analysis platform with some reporting and visualization capability.  Tableau is primarily a visualization platform with some data prep and analysis included.  The two platforms complement each other.  In our business, we use the more powerful data prep and analysis tools within Alteryx and push the results to Tableau to be displayed and presented using its more complex visualization tools.  

 

Dan

 

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