Tableau Server in the Enterprise

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All rights reserved. © 2009 Tableau Software Inc.

Implementing Tableau Server in an

Enterprise Environment

Andrew Beers and Jeff Solomon

Tableau Software


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From workgroup…

In the beginning a !roduct for wor"grou!s

# $ollaboration aid for teams wor"ing with data

# %as& !ublish ' share wor"flow

# %ase of de!lo&ment

# Something a business user can maintain


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…to enterprise

%nter!rise(class features added

# Integration and automation

# Scalabilit&

# )anaging data

# Scheduling

# Anal&sis * monitoring


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Related talks

+,nderstanding and Im!roving Server -erformance (Thu 9:45am)

+)a"ing An& /ata ast Ti!s1 Tric"s %3tracts (Wed 3:15pm)

+%3tracts ast /ata to 4o (Thu 11:00am)


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Tableau Server Primer


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-ublish a Tableau 5or"boo"6


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6to a Tableau Server instance for Sharing.




5eb(based interaction with Tableau views.




$ollaborate through discussions1 tags1 and customi7ations.




$ontrol access and interactive ca!abilities


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Integration and Automation



Authentication

#8ocal authentication

# %asiest manage users1 !asswords1 grou!s in Server

# :o integration

# 5e can automate management of this somewhat

# Active /irector&

# Sim!le configuration

# Browser auto(login



Multiple domain support

8arge organi7ations ma& have multi!le A/ domains



Multidomain support



Embedding into other applications

%as& to !lace a Tableau view into other web a!!lications

# Share-oint web !art

# %as& ;T)8 code to embed elsewhere


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Automation

:ew command(line tool tabcmd.e3e

Allows scri!ting of common administrative tas"s

( ,ser*grou! management

( -ublishing wor"boo"s

(


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!emo

#$reating new users

# Adding users to a grou!

#-ublishing a wor"boo"

#4etting a view as an image


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!emo" tabcmd

/eliver the downloaded image b& email


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Takeawa#s

# Active /irector& integration

( %as& configuration1 best e3!erience across enter!rise

( %as& multi!le domain for large organi7ations with two(wa& trusts

( Auto(login1 embedding a sna!

( Automation with tabcmd

( ,ser maintenance

(


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Securit#


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Permissions


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!emo

#/efaults for !ermissions


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SS$


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Takeawa#s

#,se !ermissions to craft who can do * see what

( Secure sensitive underl&ing data from !r&ing e&es

( -revent wor"boo" downloads for those who don>t need it

#,se !ro?ects to segment wor"boo"s set defaults( @ne set of !ermissions * !ro?ect is easiest to manage

( SS8 su!!orted if &ou are reall& concerned with !rivac&

( %ven without SS81 !asswords alwa&s encr&!ted


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Scalabilit#


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Server %&'" Singlemachine Architecture

Tableau Server .3 was com!osed of a set of services on a single

machine6

Tableau Server

!ata

Sources

Search(ebApp

(eb

App

(eb

App Repositor#

)T T P

S er v er

TableauPro*essio

nal

(ebApp

(ebApp

+i,-$Server


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Server .&/" !istributed architecture

Tableau Server(eb 0rowser

From this in version %

Tableau Server(eb 0rowser

To this in version .


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Eas# con1guration


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Eas# con1guration


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Eas# con1guration


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Takeawa#s

Server .0 can scale to multi!le machines

( %as& to add and remove machines to the cluster

( @ut(of(the bo3

or more information

+,nderstanding and Im!roving Server -erformance

(Thu 9:45am)


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Managing data


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Sharing data models

#Tableau Server can act as a data source re!ositor& for des"to!

users

Admin !ublish data sources

,sers download data sources and build then !ublish

wor"boo"s with them An& changes to the data source is reflected automaticall& in

de!endent wor"boo"s if the user so chooses

#/emo


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Managing credentials

#


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Managing connections

#,!dating !ublished credentials in bul" C!lus other !ro!erties of

data sourcesD


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E'tracts review

#5h& !ublish with e3tracts=

$an be faster

$an ta"e load off database servers

#;owever6

/ata is no longer live

$an be e3!ensive to u!date


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E'tract storage engines

#B& default1 e3tract storage is off C.3 behaviorD

#8ess memor& faster than Tableau .3 e3tracts

#Built(in vs. e3ternal

Built(in is com!letel& blac" bo3 for users

%3ternal can be dedicated hardware

E. -ostgresSF8

2. )&SF8

G. )icrosoft SF8 Server

#


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2on1guring e'tract storage engines


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Scheduled updates to e'tracts

# Admin(defined schedules

$entrali7ed scheduling

Admin "nows when it is best to load /B servers

#@ld data available during e3tracts when done1 immediatel&

available#/ownloaded wor"boo"s have refreshed data

#/emo


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Anal#sis and Monitoring


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0uiltin monitoring

# Anal&sis views from the )aintenance !age

#/emo


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!I3 monitoring

#Hou can build &our own anal&sis views

#:ominall& at

/B t&!e -ostgresSF8

;ost localhost00

/atabase wor"grou!

,sername tableau

-assword set with +tabadmin db!ass K!asswordL

#@nl& !ermission to access relations starting with +M

#/emo


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Summar# takeawa#s

# Integration1 automation1 securit&

# Active /irector& for cross(enter!rise authentication

# tabcmd tool for user management automation

# %mbed views into other web a!!lications

# -ermissions on !ro?ects for defaults# ,se SS8 for heightened securit&

#Scalable to multi!le servers

#)anaging data

# -ublish data sources to establish common data models

# %3ternal e3tract storage for !erformance

# Schedule refreshes of e3tracted data

#Build &ou own monitoring views


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