Hey Arthur,

In order to connect to a WDC from Tableau, it must be served from a web server.  Using a local file path (i.e. "C:/Users/arthur...") is something we don't allow to happen for security reasons.

In the "Get Started" section, right before the tutorial, there is some instructions on how to setup a local web server and connect to it (it's WAY easier than it sounds, just a few steps).  These instructions are in the context of the simulator, but connecting via Tableau is the same process (which isn't super clear from that page unfortunately).  But after you've followed all the Get Started instructions, you'll be able to use a url in Tableau like "localhost:8888/Examples/html/earthquakeUSGS.html".

Hope that helps,

Brendan

Hmmm, hard to say without seeing the code.

The tutorial walks you through creating something similar to the earthquakeUSGS.html example in the Examples folder of the SDK.  You could try comparing the tutorial code you ended up with to that finished example to see where things might be slightly different. 

You would connect to that example with the url: http://localhost:8888/Examples/html/earthquakeUSGS.html.

Hmm, that is a bit odd that you aren't able to get the sample to work. I just downloaded the latest SDK on github and everything is working find on my end. A few clarifications:

- Is the error you are seeing in Tableau or in the Simulator?  If Tableau, which version?

- Did you recently download the SDK from github?

Your hunch is correct, the issue here is that the WDC library you are using is version 2.3.0, and the sample you are using is trying to take advantage of a feature that was related in 10.4 (support for the geometry datatype).

There should've been an error message suggesting this, but perhaps the other error message you saw was hit first. 

The fix for this is just to change the version of the WDC library you are using.  In your html page, just change the connectors.tableau.com/libs/tableauwdc-2.3.latest.js to https://connectors.tableau.com/libs/tableauwdc-2.2.latest.js  and it should work correctly.

Ah sorry I spoke too soon, you're right that it's the geometry data type that is causing the issue.  In addition to rolling back to version 2.2, you'll need to update the js just slightly to not use that geometry type.

I'd recommend just taking an old version of the sample code. Like this one:

webdataconnector/earthquakeUSGS.js at 2f14dbd89f11612831c87111792f88f6821a1f07 · tableau/webdataconnector · GitHub

Awesome! Glad to hear it is working now.