Professional Documents
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Tableau User Group WDC
Tableau User Group WDC
9.1.5-
1.1.0 June, 2015 Introduction
9.2.3-
9.1.6+
1.1.1 Feb, 2016 Released to Github
9.2.4+
• a)
• b) &
• c)
• Source: http://tableau.github.io/webdataconnector/docs/wdc_phases
BUILDING YOUR OWN WDC
IS EASY…
• My Example Uses
• Sports Data
• Customs Maps
• Hexabin/Hexagon Mapping
DEMO
(BUILDING YOUR FIRST WDC)
UPCOMING FEATURES
• New Metadata APIs - Tell Tableau if your column is a
dimension, a measure, discrete, continuous, a State, a Zip
Code, an oddly formatted currency, and more!
• Clearer Authentication - Tell Tableau what your auth type is
and when your connector has authentication needs.
• Whitelisting functionality on Tableau Server - you are no
longer forced to use tabadmin import_webdataconnector.
• All new samples.
• A new community portal to browse community built
connectors.
• MORE…
• Code
LINKS
• Version 1.1 https://github.com/tableau/webdataconnector
• Examples
• Advanced Topics
• XML (markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents
in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.)