After Installing the Connector you can connect and create a Data Source for data in Redis.

Setting Up a Data Source

Complete the following steps to connect to the data:

1. Under Connect | To a Server, click More....
2. Select the data source called Redis by CData.
3. Enter the information required for the connection.
4. Click Sign In.
5. If necessary, select a Database and Schema to discover what tables and views are available.

Using the Connection Builder

The connector makes the most common connection properties available directly in Tableau. However, it can be difficult to use if you need to use more advanced settings or need to troubleshoot connection issues. The connector includes a separate connection builder that allows you to create and test connections outside of Tableau.

There are two ways to access the connection builder:

• On Windows, use a shortcut called Connection Builder in the Start menu, under the CData Tableau Connector for Redis folder.
• You can also start the connection builder by going to the driver install directory and running the .jar file in the lib directory.

In the connection builder, you can set values for connection properties and click Test Connection to validate that they work. You can also use the Copy to Clipboard button to save the connection string. This connection string can be given to the Connection String option included in the connector connection window in Tableau.

Connecting to Redis

Set the Server connection property to the name or address of the server your Redis instance is running on.

If your Redis server is running on a port other than the default (6379), you can specify your port in the Port property.

Authenticating to Redis

The connector supports Password and ACL authentication. Connections to Redis instances that aren't password protected are supported as well.

No Authentication

Set the AuthScheme property to None. This indicates the Redis instance is not password protected (using the requirepass directive in the configuration file).

Password

Set the AuthScheme property to Password and set the Password property to the password used to authenticate with a password protected Redis instance using the Redis AUTH command.

ACL (Access Control List)

Set the following to connect:

• AuthScheme: Set this to ACL.
• User: Set this to the username you use to authenticate with Redis ACL.
• Password: Set this to the password you use to authenticate with Redis ACL.

Securing Redis Connections

You can set UseSSL to negotiate SSL/TLS encryption when you connect.

Next Step

See Using the Connector to create data visualizations.