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Maximizing Tableau Server

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801071130
Pages 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
Patrick Sarsfield Patrick Sarsfield
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Brandi Locker Brandi Locker
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface Section 1: Getting Started with Tableau Server
Chapter 1: What is Tableau Server? Chapter 2: How to Connect and Publish to Tableau Server Section 2: Navigating and Customizing the Tableau Server Interface
Chapter 3: The Tableau Server Navigation Pane Chapter 4: Tableau Server Top Toolbar Chapter 5: Filtering and Sorting Content Section 3: Managing Content on Tableau Server
Chapter 6: Navigating Content Pages in Tableau Server Chapter 7: What is in the More Actions (…) Menu Chapter 8: Interacting with Views on Tableau Server Section 4: Final Thoughts
Chapter 9: Tableau Server Best Practices Chapter 10: Conclusion Other Books You May Enjoy

Navigating a data source in Tableau Server

Viewing a published data source on Tableau Server is similar to viewing a workbook. It is a page that contains helpful information about that particular data source. This page has multiple tabs that contain the data connection information, extract refresh information, and show connected workbooks that you have permission to view. Ask Data is another feature you may see here that is available for an additional cost. Because it is not a standard feature within Tableau Server, it will not be covered in this book. You can learn more about Ask Data on the Tableau website at https://www.tableau.com/products/new-features/ask-data.

Note

Recall from Chapter 1, What is Tableau Server? that a published data source is one that has been published to the server independently of a workbook. It can be used as a server data source connection for multiple workbooks.

When you open a data source page, shown in Figure 6.12, you will see that the top portion...

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