Please note that Tableau web connector 2.0 is no longer supported by Tableau. For more information see the Tableau statement at Web Data Connectors Deprecated in 2023.1 Release.

Ex Libris Tableau Web Data Connector

This project provides a way to access data from Ex Libris Analytics (Alma or Primo) with Tableau Desktop. To access your Ex Libris data in Tableau, you define a report in Analytics with the desired data. Then add a data source of web data connector to your Tableau workbook for each analytics report you're interested in. Step by step instructions are available at this blog post.

For more information on Web Data Connectors, see the Tableau Online Help.

Hosting

This project is hosted and available at the following URL: https://eu-st01.ext.exlibrisgroup.com/delivery/wdc/exl.html

To Use

You'll need the following to use the connector:

1. An API key which has access to the Analytics API. See the Ex Libris Developer Network for details on how to create and configure an API key.
2. The path of the desired analytics report. Details on how to retrieve the report path are available at this blog post.