Tableau Extract API

CloverDX Platform
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Clover Gurus,

I am very new to Clover and want to use it to run a SQL query against a database and put that query into a Tableau Data Extract (.tde). I have downloaded the Java version of the Tableau Data Extract API from their website but have no idea what to do with the included files. The clover documentation just says “You need to download the libraries and set up your operating system to use it.” and I have no idea what they mean by that. Do the files go in the JDE that was installed with Clover? If so, which ones, the whole smash? Any information that can be provided would be extremely welcome.

Many Thanks,

Nate

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Hi Nate,

I guess by documentation you mean TableauWriter, right?

In short:

  • Install binaries from address http://www.tableau.com/data-extract-api (C/C++/Java - select OS and 32/64 according to your system)

  • Unzip files (directories bin, include, lib64, share) to arbitrary directory

  • According to documentation set environment variables PATH and/or LD_LIBRARY_PATH (Windows/Linux) before starting Clover (Server or Designer). In best case do this setting system-wide.

  • Then setup TableauWriter according documentation.

After that it should work. If not, please sent me your graph and run log with exception.

I hope this helps.