Tableau Documenter macro

[Aguisande]

Hi all,

Just to give you some context, we have a customer that requires that for every Tableau workbook we deliver, we must add extra documentation, as for instance, for every calculated field, in which views it's used, and the formula of that field (yes, I know exactly what you're thinking right now :P)

So I decided to take a shortcut and do a workflow that extracts the basic (I mean VERY basic) data from the .twb file, so I can save a lot of time. 

Then I came with this idea...

Having a lot of Tableau's under the hood experts in this Community, It would be great to gather some of them and create a Tableau Documenter Macro.

I'd love tho hear what you think, and who's being able to help.

[chris_love]

Great idea! Why not share what you started and we can build something out as a community.

[Aguisande]

Thanks Chris,

Here is what I have so far. It was just to save time, so still very rough. I'm attaching a link to Dropbox, not because of the size, but I couldn't find an attachment option here (another suggestion for the Community Team).

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ffsiz5nhwze7jav/AAAlu9Ysbn77SFqkGLOdnueKa?dl=0

The macro actually parses part of the XML (or .twb) on the specific Child <"column". Then filters, assuming that "caption" and "calculation_formula" shouldn't be NULL to be included in the list.

Looking forward to advance in this mini-project with the Community.

[Tharashasank]

Hi aguisande,

It was a great idea.

Thanks,

Tharashasank

[Tharashasank]

Hi,

Here is the link for https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Data-Preparation-Blending/Tableau-TWB-Audit-Workflow-Sharing-and-As....

Thanks,

Tharashasank

[Aguisande]

Woow!

Awesome to see how a simple idea got into you guys! That's a really nice job!

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Data-Preparation-Blending/Tableau-TWB-Audit-Workflow-Sharing-and-As...

I believe it should be posted in the Gallery too...

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