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Brian Lipp
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Brian Lipp

Brian Lipp is a Technology Polyglot, Engineer, and Solution Architect with a wide skillset in many technology domains. His programming background has ranged from R, Python, and Scala, to Go and Rust development. He has worked on Big Data systems, Data Lakes, data warehouses, and backend software engineering. Brian earned a Master of Science, CSIS from Pace University in 2009. He is currently a Sr. Data Engineer working with large Tech firms to build Data Ecosystems.
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Connecting BI tools

Although the dashboards for SQL analytics are excellent, you will often find that other BI tooling is needed for some workflows. Here, I will show you how to connect Tableau Desktop to Databricks SQL analytics. Tableau is one of the most common BI dashboarding tools found on the market. However, the setup process is typically very similar if your situation requires a different tool:

  1. The first step is to click the Partner Connect button on the toolbar. The Partner Connect section lists automated and simplified connectors for common BI tooling.
Figure 7.17: Partner Connect

Figure 7.17: Partner Connect

  1. You will be presented with the Tableau Connect screen, as shown here. On this screen, you will be able to choose your SQL warehouse.
Figure 7.18: Tableau

Figure 7.18: Tableau

  1. Now, you will be given the connection file for Tableau Desktop to use.
Figure 7.19: The connection file

Figure 7.19: The connection file

  1. Once you run that...
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Brian Lipp

Brian Lipp is a Technology Polyglot, Engineer, and Solution Architect with a wide skillset in many technology domains. His programming background has ranged from R, Python, and Scala, to Go and Rust development. He has worked on Big Data systems, Data Lakes, data warehouses, and backend software engineering. Brian earned a Master of Science, CSIS from Pace University in 2009. He is currently a Sr. Data Engineer working with large Tech firms to build Data Ecosystems.
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