Working with Tableau

Tableau is business intelligence software that helps people see and understand their data. Integrating Tableau in Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud enables you to see metadata from Tableau Server and Tableau Online in CollibraData Catalog.

In this section, we describe how you can ingest Tableau metadata in Collibra Data Catalog and synchronize the metadata via the Data Catalog user interface.

Note We have made available a new Tableau integration method that entails use of the lineage harvester, a standalone Java application. The following is true of the new integration method:
  • It is a cloud-only feature.
  • It requires a license for Collibra Data Lineage.
  • The new Tableau operating model is only available in Collibra versions 2021.10 and newer.
Important The two Tableau integration methods—Tableau integration via the Data Catalog UI and the new integration method via lineage harvester—coexist, and you are free to use the method of your choosing.

The following table shows the features specific to the two integration methods.

Feature Integration via Data Catalog UI Integration via the lineage harvester
Catalog ingestion

Technical lineage

 

Automatic stitching

 

Embedded data source connectivity  

Custom SQL parsing  

On-prem credential storage  

Ingestion via Explorer role (with the Data Management Add-On)