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Tableau desktop & server
Tableau Desktop allows users to connect directly to data sources to create visualizations. Tableau Server acts as a middle layer, querying data sources on behalf of client web applications and browsers. It caches frequently accessed data to improve performance. Users can publish Tableau workbooks and data sources to Tableau Server from Tableau Desktop. This allows visualization of live, up-to-date data through a web browser without needing direct access to the underlying sources.
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Introduction to Tableau Desktop and Server architecture, setting up the software framework.
Explanation of how Tableau works with data, illustrating the addition of sales, market, and time with numerical examples.
Overview of Tableau Server capabilities, including web browser interaction, dynamic applications, and how Tableau Professional interacts with data sources.
Description of the standard data flow between Tableau Server and users, highlighting metadata storage and data querying processes.
Details on the extract data flow process in Tableau Server, including how data extracts are published and the interactive features available for users.
Tableau desktop & server
- 1. Tableau Desktop andServer Architecture All rights reserved. © 2008 Tableau Software Inc.
- 2. How Does TableauWork? Add Sales Add Market Add Time 1 Row 4 Rows 96 Rows Data Sources
- 3. How Does TableauWork? Click 4,248 Rows Data Sources
- 4. Tableau Server Web Browser •Interactive Data •Zero footprint Tableau Server Sources •Web 2.0 Web Applications •Portals •Dynamic •Embeddable Tableau Professional •Author •Publish •Retrieve
- 5. Tableau Server –Standard Data flow Tableau Professional Tableau Repository Repository stores Tableau Server Metadata Data Sources Publishes/downloads workbook and data sources Tableau Server queries data source(s) 1st Data set(s) returned Web user initiates request to Tableau Server Tableau Server Tableau visualization is presented with fresh data Interactors can filter, sort, refresh, export, etc. Queries are either resolved in the Tableau Server cache or are re-sent to the data source.
- 6. Extract Storage Tableau Server Web Browser Tableau Server interacts with Data Sources server content Active Cache Web Web Web Web VizQLApp Server App App App HTTP(S) Server Security User Mgmt (AD) Web Web Web App Search App App Web Applications Repository publishes to and opens from the server connects directly to data sources Tableau Professional
- 7. Tableau Server –Extract Data flow Tableau Repository Tableau Extract Tableau Professional Storage Database Repository stores Tableau Server Metadata Publishes/downloads workbook with Tableau Data Extract file Data Sources Web user initiates request Tableau Tableau visualization is Server Optional: Tableau presented with fresh data Data Extracts can Web be refreshed on a application schedule. “Interactors” can filter, sort, refresh, export, etc. Queries are either resolved in the Tableau Server cache or are re-sent to the data source.
Editor's Notes
- #4 Tableau connects directly to the database and immediately chooses dimensions and measures. When users add fields to a sheet, Tableau sends a query to the database and displays the results. In this case adding sales results in a single row being returned by the database Adding market information to the sheet, Tableau sends a query to the database and displays the results. In this case results in 4 rows being returned by the database – 1 for each region.