Tableau asset types and domain types

The Tableau integration of Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud uses a specific subset of asset types and domain types. All of these come out of the box with your software.

The following table shows the asset and domain types that are used for the Tableau integration. Above each asset type you can see the parent asset types in the breadcrumbs.

Asset type Description

Domain type

Business Asset  Business Dimension  BI Folder
Tableau Project

Collection of Tableau workbooks and data sources.

BI Catalog

Business Asset  Business Dimension  BI Folder
Tableau Site

Collection of content (workbooks, data sources, users, …) that's walled off from any other content on that instance of Tableau Server.

BI Catalog

Business Asset  Report  BI Report  Tableau View 
Tableau Dashboard

A collection of several worksheets and supporting information, shown on a single screen, so that you can simultaneously compare and monitor a variety of data.

BI Catalog

Business Asset  Report  BI Report  Tableau View 
Tableau Worksheet

A worksheet is a single sheet on which you can build views of your data.

BI Catalog

Business Asset  Report  BI Report 
Tableau Workbook

Collection of sheets. A sheet can be a worksheet, a dashboard or a story.

BI Catalog

Data Asset  Data Element  Data Attribute  BI Data Attribute 
Tableau Data Attribute

A specification that defines a property of a Tableau data entity.

Examples: CustomerBirthDate, EmployeeFirstName.

BI Catalog

Data Asset  Data Structure  Data Model  BI Data Model 
Tableau Data Model

An abstraction from the physical implementation of database, schema, file, etc., used for Tableau report creation.

BI Catalog

Technology Asset  Server  BI Server 
Tableau Server

A visual analytics platform for creating interactive dashboards and rich visualisations

BI Catalog