Publish to Tableau Server- Error Messages-

Hello All,

I am trying to configure the Publish to Tableau Server tool so that I can output the results of a workflow to our Tableau Server. I am able to successfully connect to the Tableau Server and select the Project that I wish to output the data to, however, when I try to run the workflow I receive the following error messages:

Error: Publish to Tableau Server (2): Tool #33: Tool #4: Tableau Server API Request (Sign-in) Error Code 401001: Signin Error -- Error signing in to Tableau Server

Error: Publish to Tableau Server (2): TableauServer.UploadChunks (238): Iteration #1: Tool #11: Error transferring data: URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL

Some additional context:

Publish to Tableau Server Tool: Version 2.0

Alteryx Designer Version: 2019.4.8.22007

Tableau Server Version: 2020.2.1 64-bit Windows

I am also utilizing a service account which has access to publish to the Tableau Project.

Some responses in similar threads suggest the issue may be related to special characters in my passwords. Any help that you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

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Accepted answers

AshleyL

Hi @ekurutz!

I wasn't able to tell from your initial message but do you have any special characters in your password for Tableau? Tableau does not allow special characters when connecting through API. If you do have special characters, can you change you password to exclude special characters? If you don't, I would be reach out to your Tableau Admin team. They can review your access and check to see why the API is not working.

Hope this helps!

Ashley

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AshleyL

Hi @ekurutz!

Hope this helps!

Ashley

ekurutz

Hi Ashley,

Thanks for your response. My current password does contain one special
character.

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ajax459

Both errors seem like credentials issues, either the project folder name is wrong or may be the updating source is wrong. First error also suggest may be login credentials are wrong. Version of the tools should not be causing there errors

hroderick-thr

I put a list of problem causing characters here https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/Tableau-Publish-to-Server-Error-signing-in-to-Tableau-Server/m-p/648050#M148974

Korpelak

Hi @AshleyL , the Tableau connector works when I use my credentials and password, which does contain "&" in it but it doesn't want to work when I use our service account, which only has "#" as symbol in it. Could this special symbol rule only be applicable to service accounts? I thought maybe it could be the userid but the service account only has "-" and no other symbols. What are your thoughts?

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