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Data Sources
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4 Rows
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Data Sources
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Tableau Server
Tableau Server
Data Sources
Tableau Professional•Author•Publish•Retrieve
Web Browser•Interactive•Zero footprint•Web 2.0
Web Applications•Portals•Dynamic•Embeddable
Tableau Server – Standard Data flow
Tableau Server
Data Sources
Web user initiates request
Tableau Server queries data source(s)
1st Data set(s) returned to Tableau Server
Interactors can filter, sort, refresh, export, etc. Queries are either resolved in the Tableau Server
cache or are re-sent to the data source.
Tableau visualization is presented with fresh data
Tableau Professional
Publishes/downloads workbook and data
sources
Tableau Repository
Repository stores Tableau Server
Metadata
Tableau Server
Tableau Server
Data S
ources
SearchWeb App
Web App
Web App
Repository
HTTP(S
) Serv
er
Tableau Professional
Web Browser
publishes to and opens from the server
interacts with server content
Web App
Web AppVizQL Server
Secu
rity
connects directly to data sources
Web Applications
User Mgmt (AD)
Web App
Web App
Active Cache
Extract Storage
Tableau Server – Extract Data flow
Tableau Server
Web user initiates request
Data Sources
Optional: Tableau Data Extracts can be refreshed on a
schedule.
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.
Tableau Professional
Publishes/downloads workbook with Tableau
Data Extract file
Tableau Repository
Repository stores Tableau Server
Metadata
Tableau Extract Storage Database
Web application