metadata-ingestion/docs/sources/tableau/README.md
Tableau is a business intelligence and analytics platform. Learn more in the official Tableau documentation.
The DataHub integration for Tableau covers BI entities such as dashboards, charts, datasets, and related ownership context. It also captures table- and column-level lineage, usage statistics, ownership, tags, and stateful deletion detection.
:::info Ingestion through UI
The following video shows you how to get started with ingesting Tableau metadata through the UI.
<div style={{ position: "relative", paddingBottom: "57.692307692307686%", height: 0 }} > <iframe src="https://www.loom.com/embed/ef521c4e66564614a6ddde35dc3840f8" frameBorder={0} webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowFullScreen="" style={{ position: "absolute", top: 0, left: 0, width: "100%", height: "100%" }} /> </div> :::| Source Concept | DataHub Concept | Notes |
|---|---|---|
"Tableau" | Data Platform | |
| Project | Container | SubType "Project" |
| Embedded DataSource | Dataset | SubType "Embedded Data Source" |
| Published DataSource | Dataset | SubType "Published Data Source" |
| Custom SQL Table | Dataset | SubTypes "View", "Custom SQL" |
| Embedded or External Tables | Dataset | |
| Sheet | Chart | |
| Dashboard | Dashboard | |
| User | User (a.k.a CorpUser) | Optionally Extracted |
| Workbook | Container | SubType "Workbook" |
| Tag | Tag | Optionally Extracted |