Publish to Tableau Server Tool

Hi Team,

My client was asking me to find a way to publish the Alteryx result sets into Tableau server from where i could use the published data source which in turn Users could build the visualization on their own in the tableau server directly . I was able to achieve this solution using Event Run command Options

But it is not more convenient for my user as password is getting exposed as a parameter in "tabcmd" so am trying to make use of "Publish to Tableau Server tool" it dint work for me especially Saved Connections are not populating any information and also not accepting any inputs from my end as well.

Alteryx Version : Alteryx Designer Core 2019.2 ( Licensed Version )
Tableau Version : Tableau 2018.3

Steps Followed :

1) Downloaded the Publish to Tableau Server Install v2.0.0 – Alteryx version 2018.2 and Tableau Server 10.5 and newer from the Alteryx gallery. It did ask me for Admin privileges to install it but i ignored that message and went ahead for installation and nothing happens.

https://gallery.alteryx.com/#!app/Publish-to-Tableau-Server-Tool/599c93c8f499c7141c13a619/run

2) Used the Publish to Server tool from Connectors group and gave the user name and password and server URL and tried to connect but it was throwing me an error.

Attached error copy and also please suggest if am going in correct direction or recommend other ways to get this done.

Publish to Server Tool error image.png

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Accepted answers

ChrisHe

Hey @sudhar46 ,

The tool should still be able to install even if you're not an admin - the multiple user messages matters more in multiple-user Server environments. The only time I've seen a case where hitting the Connect in the bottom of the tool's GUI produces no effect is where something is wrong in the connection information entered. I recommend going through each of the fields and confirming that each is correct. Checking to make sure the Server URL has an http or https entered and potentially try inputting a user name without the domain in front just to see if there is a result when hitting the Connect button.

If none of that works I recommend finding the SUPPORT button on the left side bar of the community screen and opening up a ticket with Alteryx Support as this could be something more fundamentally wrong with the install. Please update us here with your findings!

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ChrisHe

Hey @sudhar46 ,

The Publish to Tableau Server tool definitely seems like the best path forward if you'e looking for seamless publishing of the results of your workflow. After you entered your Username/Password/ServerURL have you tried hitting the Connect button in the very bottom right of the tools' interface? That should bring you to another menu where you can choose output options including Project, Data source, format etc.

Once that successfully authenticates you should be able to run your workflow and have the data pushed to Tableau Server. Let me know if this helps!

P.S. - you also shouldn't need the Output Tool with the .hyper designation after the Tableau Server tool. The output of the Tableau Server tool is to give you your authentication token in case you'd like to do other custom things with the Tableau Server REST API or to have some information on your output. If you'd also like to save a copy of the .hyper file locally you'd want the output to go directly from your Input tool to both the Publish to Tableau Sever tool and your Output tool.

sudhar46

Thank you @ChrisHe for the response. Once i hit the connect button there is no menu popup came but ended with the error (attached image)

Following inputs are given :

Username : <domain name>\<username>

Password : password

URL : https://<sitename>.com

Site : <Site Name>

Please let me know if any configuration to be done before i use this tool ?

Using Non-admin version--> Hope there is no problem here.

Hope this macro can be used for higher version 2018.2+ for both Alteryx & Tableau ?

Publish to Tableau Server error 1.PNG

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