Talk! The What, Why, and How of Tableau Extensions
On the 8th of March 2019 I gave a talk for the Tableau EMEA Fringe Festival about Tableau Extensions. In this talk I spoke about what Tableau Extensions are, why you should use them and how you can create them.
ReadHow to quickly scaffold a Tableau Extensions Manifest file
One of the first things you need to do when you start developing a Tableau Extension is to create a manifest file. Until now there was no quick way to quickly create this file. You had to go the the Tableau Github page and copy the contents of the sample file. However, after some quick dev-ing I created a CLI (command line interface) tool that you can use to rapidly scaffold such a file.
ReadWeb Data Connector for Tableau Public
Tableau Public is a great platform for showcasing your data visualisations. Now you can also start analysing the data about all your visualisations with a new web data connector (WDC) that I created. With the Tableau Public WDC you will be able to get insight into the number of views, favourites and other information related to your published dashboards.
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