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Tableau - Download View to Platform

Overview​

Download a view from Tableau as a PNG, PDF, or CSV file. Typically used for pulling live data visuals and sending them to a messaging service, like Email or Slack.

Variables​

NameReferenceTypeRequiredDefaultOptionsDescription
Authentication MethodTABLEAU_SIGN_IN_METHODSelectβœ…username_passwordUsername & Password: username_password

Access Token: access_token

Determine which authentication method to use when connecting to Tableau.
Username or Access Token NameTABLEAU_USERNAMEAlphanumericβœ…--Your personal username or the name of the access token that you use to log in with Tableau.
Password or Access TokenTABLEAU_PASSWORDPasswordβœ…--The password associated with the provided username OR the access token associated with the provided access token name.
Server URLTABLEAU_SERVER_URLAlphanumericβœ…--The scheme, subdomain, domain, and top-level domain (TLD) of your Tableau URL.
Site IDTABLEAU_SITE_IDAlphanumericβœ…--Typically found in the URL as /site/YOURSITEID/
Project NameTABLEAU_PROJECT_NAMEAlphanumericβœ…--The project name that the workbook view you want to download lives in. Leave blank if found in the root project.
Workbook NameTABLEAU_WORKBOOK_NAMEAlphanumericβœ…--The name of the workbook that the view you want to download lives in.
View NameTABLEAU_VIEW_NAMEAlphanumericβœ…--Name of the view that you want to download.
Download AsTABLEAU_FILE_TYPESelectβœ…png.png: png

.pdf: pdf

.csv: csv

File format to download the specified view name as.
File NameTABLEAU_DESTINATION_FILE_NAMEAlphanumericβœ…--File name that will be created for the view being downloaded. Include the extension.
Folder NameTABLEAU_DESTINATION_FOLDER_NAMEAlphanumericβž–--Folder where the file will be created. Leave blank to store in the current working directory

YAML​

Below is the YAML template for this Blueprint and can be used in the Fleet YAML Editor.

source:
blueprint: Tableau - Download View to Shipyard
inputs:
TABLEAU_SIGN_IN_METHOD: username_password ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_USERNAME: null ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_PASSWORD: null ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_SERVER_URL: null ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_SITE_ID: null ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_PROJECT_NAME: null ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_WORKBOOK_NAME: null ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_VIEW_NAME: null ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_FILE_TYPE: png ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_DESTINATION_FILE_NAME: null ## REQUIRED
TABLEAU_DESTINATION_FOLDER_NAME: null
type: BLUEPRINT
guardrails:
retry_count: 1
retry_wait: 0h0m0s
runtime_cutoff: 1h0m0s
exclude_exit_code_ranges:
- '200'
- '201'
- '202'
- '203'
- '204'
- '205'