Hi All,
Greetings!!
Can any one please explain the Data connectors layer in Tableau Architecture.Attached is the figure for your reference
May I know why SQL connector and Fast Data Engine are connected
Quick help is much appreciated.
Thank you
Regards
Balaji
Sep 21, 2016 9:26 PM
With a few exceptions (for example, SSAS cubes), Tableau’s “Fast Data Engine” (we normally just call it the Data Engine) can create a Tableau Data Extract (TDE – a columnar database) from just about any data source. So, “yes”. You can make an extract out of your SQL Server database.