Tableau Connector for Elasticsearch

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Flattened Documents Model

For users who need access to the entirety of their nested Elasticsearch data, flattening the data into a single table is the best option. The connector will use streaming and only parses the Elasticsearch data once per query in this mode.

Joining Object Arrays into a Single Table

With DataModel set to "FlattenedDocuments", nested documents will behave as separate tables and act in the same manner as a SQL JOIN. Any nested documents, at the same height (e.g. sibling documents), will be treated as a SQL CROSS JOIN.

Example

Below is a sample query and the results, based on the sample document in Raw Data. This implicitly JOINs the insured document with the nested vehicles document.

Query

The following query drills into the nested documents in each insured document.

SELECT
  [_id],
  [name],
  [address.street] AS address_street,
  [address.city.first] AS address_city,
  [address.state.last] AS address_state,
  [insured_ages],
  [year],
  [make],
  [model],
  [body_style],
  [_insured_id],
  [_vehicles_c_id]
FROM
  [insured]

Results

_idnameaddress_streetaddress_cityaddress_stateinsured_agesyearmakemodelbody_style_insured_id_vehicles_c_id
1John SmithMain StreetChapel HillNC[ 17, 43, 45 ]2015DodgeRAM 1500TK11
1John SmithMain StreetChapel HillNC[ 17, 43, 45 ]2015SuzukiV-Strom 650 XTMC12
1John SmithMain StreetChapel HillNC[ 17, 43, 45 ]1992Harley DavidsonFXRMC13
2Joseph NewmanOak StreetRaleighNC[ 23, 25 ]2010HondaAccordSD24
2Joseph NewmanOak StreetRaleighNC[ 23, 25 ]2008HondaCivicCP25

See Also

  • Automatic Schema Discovery: Configure the columns reported in the table schemas.
  • FreeForm;: Use dot notation to select nested data.
  • VerticalFlattening;: Access nested object arrays as separate tables.
  • JSON Functions: Manipulate the data returned to perform client-side aggregation and transformations.

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