CData Tableau Connector for Greenplum
Overview
The CData Tableau Connector for Greenplum offers self-service integration with Tableau. The connector facilitates live access to Greenplum data in Tableau using the connection window. The connector also provides direct querying to visualize and analyze Greenplum data.
The connector supports Tableau Desktop 2020.1 or later and Tableau Prep 2020.4.1 or later. For older versions of Tableau, the CData ODBC Driver for Greenplum or the CData JDBC Driver for Greenplum can serve as an alternative means of connecting to Greenplum data in Tableau.
Getting Started
See Getting Started for a guide to create a Greenplum Data Source in Tableau. The guide will walk you through Installing the Connector and then Configuring a Connection via the connection builder.
Once a connection has been configured, see Getting Data to set up a data source that offers live connectivity to Greenplum.
Advanced Features
Advanced Features details additional features supported by the connector, such as , ssl configuration, remoting, firewall/proxy settings, and advanced logging.
Using the Connector
See Using the Connector to customize data access and visualize data. You can further customize the exact Greenplum data pulled by Using Custom SQL Queries.
Refer to Visualizing Data to create and work with Tableau visualizations.
See User Defined Views to construct virtual tables whose contents are determined by a pre-configured query, which will then be discovered among existing table metadata.
Connection String Options
The Connection properties describe the various options that can be used to establish a connection.