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Use HTML and JavaScript to connect to any web data source and use it in Tableau.

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With the Web Data Connector SDK, you can unlock a world of data that's available over the web. In addition to using the dozens of data connectors that are already available in Tableau, you can now create your own web data connector (WDC) that reads data from virtually any site that publishes data in JSON, XML, or HTML.

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Bhavesh Joshi in Web Data Connector3 weeks ago (Show more Show less)

Making WDC url configurable

I have just started with tableau, I am trying to build a tabeau WDC. I have a service which interact with database but have no visualization, so I was planning to give user an option to generate… (Show more Show less)

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Khoa Tran (to Bhavesh Joshi) 14 hours ago (Show more Show less)

I have this similar need to dynamically change the api url for a user. I was able to create an aspx page out of the WDC instead of using a fixed html file, but it only works in the simulator but NOT…

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vijay reddy in Web Data Connector2 weeks ago (Show more Show less)

Web data connector in tableau server

Hello All, I have developed a web data connector for tableau. It works fine with tableau desktop. I have issues using it on tableau server. case 1: 1. I connect to web data connector,… (Show more Show less)

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Daniel Stanish (to vijay reddy) 15 hours ago (Show more Show less)

Have you tried creating a calculation of the troublesome field, say converting it to a number, then using that calculated field instead of the original?

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Robert Mercer in Web Data Connector2 days ago (Show more Show less)

Connecting to Multiple Bank Accounts

Help! Is anyone aware of how to connect to multiple bank accounts such as Citibank, Bank of America or even financial institutions such as Ameriprise, eTrade? I'd like to create a view that pulls… (Show more Show less)

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Ken Flerlage (to Robert Mercer) 17 hours ago (Show more Show less)

You'd probably need to write some code using the bank's API's.

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Ankush K R in Web Data Connector2 weeks ago (Show more Show less)

Dynamically loading data in tableau via web api from user response

Hi All, I’m new to Tableau and I need help in connecting Tableau with my web API's. I want to create a Dashboard for my website. So I am planning to embed tableau dashboard in my website. … (Show more Show less)

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Patrick A Van Der Hyde

(to Ankush K R) 2 days ago (Show more Show less)

Hello Ankush, Welcome to using Tableau. Are you stuck at any of these points? You have the embed URL from your server so I believe you have your first requirement done. What are you…

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Jason Scarlett in Web Data Connector3 days ago (Show more Show less)

WDC extract on server hangs

I have a REDCap WDC that works on Tableau Desktop, but will not refresh on the Tableau Server (v10.5.2). I did have it working once, but now when I refresh the extract it runs for 12+ hours (shows… (Show more Show less)

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Craig Bloodworth in Web Data Connector3 years ago (Show more Show less)

Any Fitbit users?

I'm still building this one out to get more and more stats but here's a WDC to pull in your last 12 months of activity on Fitbit http://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/data/fitbit.html Any feedback… (Show more Show less)

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Ross Bunker

(to Craig Bloodworth) 3 days ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Craig, I'm getting an error using the connector on Tableau 10.5. It looks like 'myConnector' is being referenced as 'connector' on line 61? :)ross

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patrick.byrne.0 mentioned Web Data Connector 4 days ago Show mention context Hide mention context

Re: Getting data from/connecting to Apptio r12

patrick.byrne.0 mentioned Web Data Connector 4 days ago

Hello Angelina, This might be a question to ask the support team at Apptio on what type of connections that they support. We have several options for non-supported data sources that could bePreview Hide preview

Marcel Moog in Web Data Connector2 months ago (Show more Show less)

WDC SSO to Web API

Hi there, I implemented a WDC which combines some queries from JSON Web APIs that are hosted in our intranet. As this was my first WDC, I made the mistake to stick to the Simulator for most of the… (Show more Show less)

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Laura Borgonovo

(to Marcel Moog) 4 days ago (Show more Show less)

Tableau Desktop is only able to call authentication that is within the WDC itself (as documented at https://tableau.github.io/webdataconnector/docs/wdc_authentication). Any authentication prior to…

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Brendan Lee

in Web Data Connector2 years ago (Show more Show less)

Tableau 10 is here: v2 WDCs can now be used in Tableau

You can now use connectors made with version 2.0 of the WDC API in Tableau! Learn more about how to upgrade to Tableau 10.0 and about the new features available here: Get Tableau 10. There are a few… (Show more Show less)

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Kathy Wilker (to shyam marmamula) 5 days ago (Show more Show less)

Did you figure out how to do this, parse an XML response, rather than a JSON response? TIA, Kathy

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Re: Conecting Tableau to Adaptive Insights

patrick.byrne.0 mentioned Web Data Connector 5 days ago

Hello G George, For connecting to data sources that are not natively, I have compiled a few resources, please see the below and let me know if any of these options work. Additionally you couldPreview Hide preview

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