- #Install tableau as a service how to
- #Install tableau as a service install
- #Install tableau as a service zip file
Start Tableau and open a workbook that has a dashboard, or open a workbook and create a new dashboard. Start Tableau and add an extension to the dashboard
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Note: The web server just serves the extension samples, which have URLs similar to the following: This local web server is not intended to serve the Extensions API Help pages. The start commands uses the npm http-server package, a simple HTTP server that uses Node.js for serving static files to the browser. Subsequently, you can just start the web server, using npm start.
#Install tableau as a service install
You only need to install the web server components the first time. The start command runs a script to start the web server over port 8765. To start the web server, run the following npm command: To install the web server components, run the following npm commands to install the package: Navigate to the extensions-api directory. For example, if you downloaded the extensions-api-main.zip file to your Downloads directory, after you extract the files, the path might be Downloads\extensions-api-main\extensions-api\. If you downloaded or cloned the Extensions API repository, you can start the web service in the root directory of the repository on your computer. To use the dashboard extension samples, you need to start up a web server on your computer to host the HTML pages. Start a web server to host the sample dashboard extensions The Tableau Extensions API git repository:Äownload the Tableau Extensions API SDK (.zip file) and extract the files to your computer. Open a terminal in the directory where you want to copy the Tableau Extensions SDK.
#Install tableau as a service zip file
zip file if you want to view the samples and work on your own. Clone the repository if you want to contribute to the open source project or keep current with the latest changes. You can get the Tableau Extensions API SDK in two ways. Manage Dashboard Extensions on Tableau Server or Manage Dashboard Extensions on Tableau Online for more information. To run extensions on Tableau Server or Tableau Online, support for extensions must be enabled, and depending upon the extension and the data access it requires, the extension might need to be added to the safe list for the site. Requirements for using dashboard extensions in Tableau: npm is a package manager for Node.js and is installed when you install Node.js. You need Node.js and npm to run the dashboard extension demos. If you want to create an extension or work with the sample code, make sure you have the following dependencies installed: The Tableau extensions are supported on Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, and Tableau Online. trex), a web page that uses a Tableau-provided JavaScript library, and the JavaScript file (or files) that contain your extension logic. Examine the source code for the extensionĪ Tableau extension consists of a manifest file (.
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Start Tableau and add an extension to the dashboard.Start a web server to host the sample dashboard extensions.If you are looking for extensions that you can use, see the Tableau Extension Gallery.
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#Install tableau as a service how to
Note If you are looking for information about how to add an extension to a dashboard in Tableau, see Use Dashboard Extensions.