Connection Properties
The connection properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection settings for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Establishing a Connection.
Property | Description |
AuthScheme | The type of authentication to use when connecting to Tableau CRM. |
InstanceURL | The URL of the Salesforce instance you want to use. |
Subdomain | The instance of the Tableau CRM API used. |
UseSandbox | A boolean determining if the connection should be made to a Tableau CRM sandbox account. |
Property | Description |
ApiVersion | The API version being used. This can be specified to access a new version of the API once it is released. |
Property | Description |
OAuthClientId | The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
Property | Description |
OAuthJWTCert | The JWT Certificate store. |
OAuthJWTCertType | The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate. |
OAuthJWTCertPassword | The password for the OAuth JWT certificate. |
OAuthJWTCertSubject | The subject of the OAuth JWT certificate. |
OAuthJWTIssuer | The issuer of the Java Web Token. |
OAuthJWTSubject | The user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access. |
Property | Description |
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
Property | Description |
FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
Property | Description |
ProxyAutoDetect | This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. |
ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. |
ProxyPort | The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on. |
ProxyAuthScheme | The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyUser | A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyPassword | A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. |
ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer . |
Property | Description |
Logfile | A filepath which designates the name and location of the log file. |
Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
MaxLogFileSize | A string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file (for example, 10 MB). |
MaxLogFileCount | A string specifying the maximum file count of log files. |
Property | Description |
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
MetadataFilesLocation | The location of the metadata files. Set this to the path of the folder where your metadata files are stored, or the specific path of your file. |
TypeDetectionScheme | Determines how to determine the data types of columns. |
RowScanDepth | The maximum number of rows to scan to look for the columns available in a table. |
PrimaryKeyIdentifier | Set this property to control the name of the primary key. |
Property | Description |
AutoCache | Automatically caches the results of SELECT queries into a cache database specified by either CacheLocation or both of CacheConnection and CacheProvider . |
CacheProvider | The name of the provider to be used to cache data. |
CacheConnection | The connection string for the cache database. This property is always used in conjunction with CacheProvider . Setting both properties will override the value set for CacheLocation for caching data. |
CacheLocation | Specifies the path to the cache when caching to a file. |
CacheTolerance | The tolerance for stale data in the cache specified in seconds when using AutoCache . |
Offline | Use offline mode to get the data from the cache instead of the live source. |
CacheMetadata | This property determines whether or not to cache the table metadata to a file store. |
Property | Description |
AsyncBulkOperation | A boolean indicating if you would like to use asynchronous services when inserting, updating, and deleting. |
HandleAPINullIssues | A boolean indicating if the provider should handle known issues with Tableau CRM nulls. |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from Tableau CRM. |
QueryPassthrough | This option passes the query to the Tableau CRM server as is. |
Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to Tableau CRM from the provider. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
UseDisplayNames | Boolean determining if the display names for the columns should be used instead of the API names. |
UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |
UseSimpleNames | Boolean determining if simple names should be used for tables and columns. |