I am having an issue with my sales map populating as I export a dashboard using tabcmd. It prints off a map below:
Does anyone else run into the problem? I have no issues when using Server (version 9.0)
This is what the map should look like:
Here is the command that I am using:
"e:\tableau server\9.0\bin\tabcmd" export [workbook]/[view]?[field]=[filter] --pdf -pagelayout landscape -f \\path\Dash.pdf
Aug 17, 2015 10:27 AM
Are you running tabcmd directly on your server or from a remote machine where you installed tabcmd? Both should work, but the latter may encounter some issue with firewall to obtain the mapping data and I have not tried it out but its my best guess.
When I tried it out on server, with some sample superstore data, it seemed to work fine for me.
tabcmd export "/z_test_map/Sheet1" -f "%TABLEAU_USAGE_PATH%.pdf" --password %TABLEAU_USER_PASSWORD% --pdf --pagelayout landscape --timeout 1800
Do note though that I added a "/" in front of my workbook name and two dashes in front of pagelayout. I don't think this is your issue, but you can try.
Jeffrey, did you try filtering by a dimension at all? I have no issue exporting the dashboard without a filter. My issue occurs when I add in the ? in my URL for the filter.
Aug 17, 2015 12:43 PM
are you trying to filter the dimension directly or with a parameter? I know it works with a parameter as I just tried this:
tabcmd export "/z_test_map/Sheet1?parm1=Furniture" -f "%TABLEAU_USAGE_PATH%%ldt%.pdf" --password %TABLEAU_USER_PASSWORD% --pdf --pagelayout landscape --timeout 1800
I did try your syntax suggestions and I got the same result.
Aug 17, 2015 12:47 PM
are you running tabcmd on the Tableau server or remote?
I am trying to run tabcmd from the server. Also, I am using the filter directly.
Do you think it might have to do with my memory? I am using 8 GB of RAM on my server.
Aug 17, 2015 1:15 PM
8 gig of memory is the bare minimum so it's possible, however I doubt it. Does memory max out on the server?
Also, I found this in the 9.0.4 release notes as a fix. what version of TS are you running? I am running 9.0.2 and am not having an issue...
Sometimes when you tried to load Tableau default maps, you received the following error message: "Permission denied error. Your firewall or proxy server is likely preventing Tableau from accessing 'maps.tableausoftware.com.'"
No the memory is not maxing out. I am still using 9.0.0. I will try the upgrade and see if that helps. I did look at the fixes prior to sending this, but now I do see the part of images not rendering.
Unfortunately, the upgrade did not resolve my map rendering issue. I have reached out to Tableau Support for some help.