Tableau published data sources
Published data sources are the primary method of sharing data models between analytics users. A published data source contains all the information a person will need to start creating visualizations, namely, a published data source can have the following:
- The connection string to the underlying database or the reference to a Tableau virtual connection
- Metadata changes relating to the renaming and casting of fields into new data types
- Descriptions of fields
- Embedded flat files
- Organization of fields into hierarchies and folders for easier navigation
- Reusable calculations
Published data sources can be created in three different places in Tableau: Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and from the home page in the web client. In this chapter, we will look at the creation of published data sources from Tableau Desktop and the home page in the web client. We will create a published data source from Tableau Prep Builder in...