Creating a published data source from the web interface of Tableau Server or Cloud
Tableau Desktop is the Tableau client for building both workbooks and published data sources. When using the Tableau web client, there are two distinct experiences for creating workbooks and published data sources. In this section, we will create a published data source from the web interface of Tableau Server or Cloud:
- From a web browser, sign in to your Tableau Server or Cloud. Navigate to Home. From the home screen, you should see a New icon. Click on the New icon to bring up the options shown in Figure 10.21:
Figure 10.21 – New options in the Tableau web user interface
- If your Tableau Server or Cloud is not licensed for data management, you will not see the Flow and Virtual Connection options. For this exercise, we want to focus on the Published Data Source option. If you want to try this independently, you can click on the Workbook option, and...
