The CData Tableau Connector for PayPal models the PayPal SOAP APIs as database Views. Typically, read-only data are shown as views. These are defined in schema files, which are simple, text-based configuration files that make schemas easy to customize.

This section provides the API limitations and requirements for the SOAP data model; you can use the SupportEnhancedSQL feature, set by default, to circumvent most of these limitations.

Views

Views are tables that cannot be modified. Typically, read-only data are shown as views.