Tableau Connector Configuration and External Sources

Tableau connector ingests external data sources even when configured not to, or there are issues with extracting correct URNs for Tableau entities, or transferring ownership from individual users to groups requires clarification on the proper approach.

Note: For DataHub Cloud customers, infrastructure-level changes are managed by DataHub Support.

1. Configure external source filtering:

source:
  type: tableau
  config:
    connect_uri: "https://tableau.company.com"
    username: "${TABLEAU_USER}"
    password: "${TABLEAU_PASSWORD}"
    site: "YourSite"
    # Prevent ingestion of external sources
    ingest_tables_external: false
    ingest_embed_url: true

2. Extract Tableau entity URNs:

   • Use GraphQL API to list Tableau entities and their URNs
   • URN format: urn:li:chart:(tableau,workbook_name.view_name,PROD)
   • For datasources: urn:li:dataset:(urn:li:dataPlatform:tableau,datasource_name,PROD)

3. Transfer ownership from users to groups:

mutation transferOwnership {
  removeOwner(
    input: {
      ownerUrn: "urn:li:corpuser:individual_user",
      resourceUrn: "urn:li:chart:(tableau,workbook.view,PROD)"
    }
  )
  addOwners(
    input: {
      owners: [{
        ownerUrn: "urn:li:corpGroup:data_team",
        type: TECHNICAL_OWNER
      }],
      resourceUrn: "urn:li:chart:(tableau,workbook.view,PROD)"
    }
  )
}

4. Batch ownership transfer:
   • Use Python SDK with DataHub's batch ownership utilities
   • Can query for all Tableau entities owned by specific user
   • Iterate through results and update ownership programmatically

Test configurations in a development environment before applying to production. Always backup configurations before making changes.

• DataHub Documentation
• Tableau Source

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