BI & Analytics connector

The Tableau data catalog your whole team can trust.

The Dawiso Tableau connector turns your site into a searchable data catalog: every workbook, dashboard, view and published data source, with the relationships and dependencies between them.

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Tableau

Dawiso

Metadata-only · your data never leaves the source

Type: BI platform
Auth: Personal Access Token (PAT)
Sync: Scheduled, incremental
Direction: Read-only · metadata

First things first

What is a data connector?

Metadata-only Read-only access Incremental sync Cross-system lineage

A data connector is the bridge between a tool in your stack and the catalog that gives you a unified view of it. Once a connector is configured, it reaches into the source system on a schedule, reads out the metadata - schemas, tables, dashboards, jobs, ownership, lineage - and represents it inside the catalog. Your actual rows and values stay where they are.

Connectors are the reason a data catalog can answer questions like "which Power BI dashboard depends on this Snowflake table?" or "who owns the orders topic in Kafka?" - automatically, without anyone keeping a spreadsheet up to date.

Three properties separate a good connector from a brittle one: it should be read-only and safe, it should be incremental so a full re-scan isn't required for every refresh, and it should resolve lineage across system boundaries, not just inside one tool.

About the platform

What is Tableau?

Tableau is the visual analytics platform Salesforce acquired in 2019, now used by enterprises from banking to manufacturing to publish workbooks, dashboards and embedded analytics. Analysts model data, business users consume views, and IT runs the server or Tableau Cloud underneath.

Tableau Catalog (the paid Data Management add-on) covers what's inside Tableau itself. What it doesn't cover is the Snowflake table the workbook reads, the policy the security team signed off on, and the business glossary a non-analyst can actually search. That's where the Dawiso Tableau data catalog joins the picture: read-only, metadata-only, and cross-platform.

Architecture

How Dawiso connects to Tableau

A small read-only role on the Tableau side. The Dawiso scanner pulls metadata on a schedule. Everything ends up in your catalog, business-readable.

Source

Tableau Server / Cloud

Sites & projects
Workbooks & dashboards
Published data sources
Calculated fields & custom SQL

REST · JDBC

Dawiso scanner

Read-only metadata

Schema & object discovery
Dependency resolution
SQL flow parsing (optional)
Sampling on opt-in

Internal

Catalog

Dawiso platform

Searchable metadata
Lineage & ownership
Business glossary
Policy & classifications

Connection details

Protocol: Tableau REST API + Metadata (GraphQL) API
Authentication: Personal Access Token · Site Administrator Explorer role
Lineage: Workbook, view and data source relationships and dependencies resolved from the Tableau Metadata (GraphQL) API

Setup

Connect Tableau in 4 steps

01

Enable the Metadata API

Tableau Cloud has the Metadata API enabled by default. On Tableau Server (2022.x or newer) enable it via tsm before Dawiso can read GraphQL endpoints.
02

Create an integration user

Add a Tableau user (e.g. DawisoIntegration) with the Site Administrator Explorer role. The role limits Dawiso to assets the user has view permission on.
03

Generate a PAT

Sign in as the integration user, open My Account Settings and create a Personal Access Token. Token name and secret go into Dawiso once.
04

Connect and scan

Add the Tableau URL, site name and PAT in Dawiso. Optionally exclude projects from the scan. Run ingestion on a schedule.

Capabilities

What you get with the Tableau connector

Workbook & dashboard catalog

Every workbook, dashboard and view across every site is searchable, with thumbnails, owners and the project it belongs to.
Relationships & dependencies

See how every workbook, view and published data source connect, resolved from the Tableau Metadata API, so you know what depends on what before you change it.
Calculated field library

Centralize calculated fields and LOD expressions so the same revenue formula is not redefined in 40 workbooks across the company.
Usage & adoption

See which workbooks get opened, which gather dust, and who the power users are. Retire what nobody uses with evidence.
PII classification

Classify a field once. Dawiso flags every Tableau view and data source carrying email, IBAN or government IDs across all sites in scope.
Ownership & certification

Mark workbooks as certified, deprecated or under review. The owner is visible directly in the catalog alongside Tableau permissions.

Business value

Why teams turn on the Tableau connector

−65%
Fewer duplicate workbooks

Business users find the certified revenue workbook in Dawiso instead of rebuilding the same dashboard for the fifth time.
10×
Faster impact analysis

Before retiring a published data source, see exactly which Tableau workbooks, dashboards and views depend on it. Seconds, not days.
Audit-ready
GDPR & DORA evidence

Sensitive fields are classified once and the classification stays attached across data sources and Tableau views, with a full audit trail.

Ready to catalog your Tableau?

Set up the connector in an afternoon. See your first lineage graph the same day.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is a Tableau data catalog?

Tableau Catalog is part of the Data Management add-on and covers Tableau content. Dawiso is cross-platform: it reads Tableau metadata read-only - workbooks, dashboards, data sources and fields - and resolves the relationships and dependencies between them from the Tableau Metadata API.

How do I enable the Tableau Metadata API?

The Metadata API is enabled on Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud and exposes content metadata via GraphQL. Dawiso uses it read-only to catalog workbooks, data sources and fields, and to resolve the relationships and dependencies between them.

What is the purpose of a data catalog?

A data catalog makes every workbook and data source discoverable, documented and trustworthy. Dawiso links Tableau content to the tables behind it so the whole business can trust what a dashboard shows.

What permissions does Dawiso need in Tableau?

A dedicated user with the Site Administrator Explorer role and a Personal Access Token. Dawiso sees only the assets that user has view permission on and never modifies workbook data or extracts.

Does Dawiso copy Tableau workbook data?

No. Dawiso queries the Tableau Metadata (GraphQL) and REST APIs for metadata only. Extracts and live-query results stay inside Tableau. The integration is strictly read-only.

Which Tableau versions are supported?

Tableau Server 2022.x and newer, and Tableau Cloud. REST API version 3.14 and newer. The Metadata API must be enabled on Tableau Server; it is on by default in Tableau Cloud.