I have tableau server 2018.2 version but How to Export Multiple Cross Tables from Tableau Server into Excel
As per my understaning, it is still not possible to download multiple sheets from a published workbook. The user has to download one at a time.
There is even an idea created to promote this feature: Tableau Community Forums > Ideas > Ability To Export Whole Workbook To Excel Similar To The PDF Function
One workaround is to create a new sheet with all the data you need, in the format and order you need. There is an example here: Exporting CSV Made Simple
Here's a short console program that covers the basics of making, copying .xmlx files. It's a great intro for me to OpenXML and in combination with a few other samples off CodeProject taught me a lot already in the past day:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/b28a9f9c-9ad7-4eea-adab-b062883c11e2/formula-cells-in-excel-using-openxml?forum=oxmlsdk
I cannot create a new sheet, a new tab. Cannot. Tried for hours. It even shows that it can be done in a separate function that makes a new workbook. Try as I might, I have utterly failed at integrating those statements that make extra sheets into the upper function that just opens and reads an existing workbook. Hours and hours and hours, and I can't get a functioning workbook with more pages than were in the workbook that it copies from.
Can someone help? Thanks.
I saved a Tableau workbook on Nov 2015. Now when I open it, none of the maps or graphs appear in any of the tabs.
However if I hover over the tab, it shows thumb-file of the graphic, i.e.
Please tell me how to repair this. Else it will take lot of resources to re-create tableau workbook again. Thanks!
Worksheet is already auto-updated
Hi I am using extract to view a workbook in tableau server.
I deleted the local extract as well as the extract in the server.
I am still able to see that data is being pointed.
Struggled a lot to understand this.Does tableau create temp folder to store?
FYI It is not in live mode(since the data is not being changed until I refresh).
How do I point to server extract?(is it automatic)?
If a workbook on Server is pointing to a server hosted data source and that data source is delete, then it would not render. If you're still able to view the data, then it sounds like the workbook was uploaded with the extract. Check the file size, if it's large, that's probably what happened.
I am new to using tableau server. I wanted to know if it was possible to download a tableau workbook (which is linked to a live SQL DB) with the data from the tableau server? Basically I would want to have a downloaded packaged tableau file which I can pass around for demos, without having to connect to the database every time.
You can do this programmatically in python simply.
TSC(Tableau Server Client) is the python library for tableau server.
You can publish, update, delete and download workbooks freely using TSC
Please visit https://github.com/tableau/server-client-python/blob/master/docs/docs/api-ref.md
On this page, just search by "workbooks.download", then you will get the instructions how to download a workbook with data extraction.
In essence, no. Since the workbook is using a live connection, the data is still on the SQL database and not on Tableau Server.
If you want to be able to create a packaged workbook for demo use, then you'll have to create an extract of the data that can be saved with the workbook.
There is another approach to this problem. Now that the viz is using the tableau online extract.
1.Download the workbook from the server.
2.Once done, open the dashboard in tableau desktop. You will see a data extract with a check mark on it.
3.Right click on the data extract and click on create a local copy.
4.This will extract all the data so far and stores it locally.
5.Next step is to replace the datasource from the Online extract to the local copy you have created. 6.Save the workbook as .twbx.
You are done. Hope this will work for you..
I believe what you are trying to do can be accomplished using a tableau extract. This will create a package of the sql db you want on the tableau server. the user could then make a packaged workbook or make a local copy of the extract.
http://kb.tableau.com/articles/knowledgebase/working-with-tableau-data-extracts
Yes, you can from the top tight hand corner of the view depending on your user permission levels.
When you connect tableau server data source click on extract then publish your workbook to server. when any one click on download the extracted data will also download along with worksheet
you must have the permission to download.at least Interactor
click "download", then save the workbook as "twbx" file to include data in the package file.
if your permission is "viewer", you cannot download tableau reports.
one more thing you could do is.
open workbook on server>>>>click download>>>>>select data>>>>go to full data>>> select show all column>>> download all row as text file
now download the workbook create a new data source with a text file you just downloaded. select create an extract
after completion, select replace data source
and it's done.
Unfortunately you cannot unless you have the credentials for the live db connection, if you do you can download the workbook and create a local copy of the data source by entering the credentials and then extract the data which will store the data locally. This will improve the performance as well as then you will be using Tableau extract which is optimized for reporting
With a live connection you will not be able to download the data with a Tableau workbook.
For this you can follow this pocedure :
Create an extract connection in your workbook and publish it in the server with an refresh schedule to it (As per you Data updates).
Now whenever you download the workbook it will come with the last refreshed data with it.
Hope it helps :)
make the data connection as extract, then it will copy with data copy in dashboard.
Download your workbook.
Edit your data Sources
Right-click Data Source and select "Create Local Copy"
Select the original data source .. right click it and replace it with the local copy
Lastly, right-click the original data source and close it.
There you have your workbook with a local extract(tde)
You can refresh this local extract anytime you want by refreshing the data source.
You can do so by using tableau extract file(.twbx)
But if the workbook has large data and can't create extract locally, then we can use something called empty extract.
Here's how
https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2013/9/easy-empty-local-extracts-25152
Make an empty extract using above method and load it on server.
Let server build the full extract and then download it.
You are good to go with that workbook.
Since the workbook is using a live connection, the data is still on the SQL database and not on Tableau Server.
If you want to be able to create a packaged workbook for demo use, then you'll have to create an extract of the data that can be saved with the workbook.
Create an extract connection in your workbook and publish it in the server with an refresh schedule to it (As per you Data updates). Now whenever you download the workbook it will come with the last refreshed data with it.
You can save it as a .twbx or download from the published version