Web Data Connector
Use HTML and JavaScript to connect to any web data source and use it in Tableau.
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| Tableau 10 is here: v2 WDCs can now be used in Tableau 10 months ago |
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I found an issue with datetimes in the web data connector for some locales and can reproduce it pretty easily. When my laptop is in an english/US locale things work fine, but when i switch to… Show more
it helps if i change my datatype to string, but then this will break existing workbooks for customers not in the Canadian locale
Hi, I'm new to these forums, so please let me know fi this should be posted somewhere else. I am trying to build a web data connector for a connection to our Sensus metering software. I was working… Show more
Hello, I'm attempting to get Join Filtering working in my WDC with zero luck. The docs don't provide a full explanation and have left out the html markup. There's also no Join Filtering example… Show more
MJ - I have put a request out to our internal WDC team to see if they might be able to provide an assist here. Patrick
We are building Web Data Connector for Tableau and have some questions regarding authorization and auto-refresh. We use OAuth authentication which provides access token (that expires) and refresh… Show more
Hi, I've seen a post connected Tableau to Entrata via XML/JSON but haven't seen any answer as if Entrata has a WDC that's been created yet or if the way to go is to call the API and then use the… Show more
I have created a web connector that connectors to a web service / API. Where to add basic authentication code as described by WDC authentication Documentation… Show more
There is a JS file that i have attached for my web connector Where to add this Code myConnector.init = function(initCallback) { tableau.authType = tableau.authTypeEnum.custom; …
Hi Team, String data from the api endpoint is recognised as numeric by default in the Tableau desktop when connected using WDC connector. When the datatype is changed as string at desktop when the… Show more