Tableau embedded data sources
The other main data source type in Tableau is an embedded data source. An embedded data source has the data model embedded within the Tableau workbook. What does this mean?
When we publish an embedded data source, we don’t publish the data source, but rather we publish a workbook that is not connected to a previously published data source. This is what makes the data source embedded. It is embedded in the workbook that has been published.
To see how this works, let’s go back to where we left off in Tableau Desktop in the previous section, namely, step 10:
- Before we publish a workbook, we need to create a chart on at least one sheet. From Sheet 1, double-click on Sales in the data pane. This will create a single bar representing all sales. Next, double-click on Region in the data pane. This will break sales up into four bars, one representing each region, as seen in Figure 2.13:
Figure 2.13 –...
