CrateDB tableau's connector.

For simple queries and graphs, you can use the default PostgresSQL connector, but for more advance usage SQL compatibility issues and nuanced SQL functionalities get into play, we circumvent/fix those limitations with our custom connector.

How to use.

You will need two things:

The postgresql jdbc driver and the cratedb_tableau_connector.

Get the Postgresql jdbc driver.

Download the driver from here and put it in:

• Windows - C:\Program Files\Tableau\Drivers
• Mac - ~/Library/Tableau/Drivers
• Linux - /opt/tableau/tableau_driver/jdbc

The latest tested one is postgresql-42.7.3.jar

Get the connector.

Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/crate/cratedb-tableau-connector.git or manually download cratedb_jdbc.

Put it in:

Tableau Desktop

• Windows - C:\Users[Windows User]\Documents\My Tableau Repository\Connectors
• MacOS - /Users/[user]/Documents/My Tableau Repository/Connectors

Tableau Prep Builder

• Windows - C:\Users[Windows User]\Documents\My Tableau Prep Repository\Connectors
• MacOS - /Users//Documents/My Tableau Prep Repository/Connectors

Tableau Server

• Windows - C:\Program Files\Tableau\Connectors
• Linux - /opt/tableau/connectors

For older versions see https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/examples_connector_sdk.htm

State of the driver.

This custom connector aims to offer the best Tableau experience possible, this is a work in progress since PostgresSQL compatibility is not 100% and is bound to change over time.

We test compatibility issues with Tableau's connector sdk (TDVT). Progress is tracked in #2