Connecting to servers through other connectors
In the previous section, we looked at how to connect to data servers through connectors developed by Tableau. As there are hundreds to thousands of potential data servers, it isn’t realistic for Tableau to develop connectors for all of them. In these cases, there are three other types of connectors:
- Additional connectors
- Web data connectors for connection to websites and web applications
- Generic ODBC and JDBC connectors
Let’s look at each of these types in detail.
Additional connectors
Additional connectors are listed in Tableau Desktop as Additional Connectors under To a Server. Typically, these connectors are developed by the Tableau software partner who also develops the data server they connect to, but they can be developed by Tableau and other third parties. At the time of writing, there are 21 additional connectors.
These connectors aren’t installed by default. Let’s look...
