Understanding the implications of an embedded data source versus a published data source
Tableau data models can be embedded in workbooks or accessible to many workbooks as published data sources.
We looked at the data model output options for Tableau Prep Builder in Chapter 6. We learned that Tableau Prep Builder can output to files, as well as output extracts as Tableau Hyper files, database tables, and published data sources. Most use cases of Tableau Prep Builder result in data models as published data sources to Tableau Server or Cloud.
In this section, we will look at publishing with embedded data sources and publishing data sources from Tableau Desktop:
- Picking up from our previous exercise, click on Sheet 1 to get a blank sheet. At this point, you might be prompted to create an extract. You can follow the default options to create an extract or click cancel to return to a live connection. Either type will work for the rest of this exercise.If the sheet is not...
