The CData Tableau Connector for Parquet is built on top of a JDBC driver. This section discusses how to install the connector, set up a data source, and connect from Tableau.

Installing the Connector

Installing the Connector describes how to install the CData Tableau Connector for Parquet.

Connecting from Tableau

Configuring a Connection shows how to create a Parquet Data Source from Tableau's Connect To Server window.

Tableau Version Support

The connector supports Tableau Desktop 2020.1 or later and Tableau Prep 2020.4.1 or later. Versions between 2020.1 and 2020.3 of Tableau Desktop are supported via the legacy connector file (cdata.parquet.legacy.taco) and versions 2020.3 and higher are supported using the modern connector file (cdata.parquet.taco).

For older versions of Tableau, use the CData ODBC Driver for Parquet or the CData JDBC Driver for Parquet to connect.

Parquet Version Support

The connector leverages the Apache Parquet API V2.0. The connector supports following compression encodings when parsing Parquet files: ZSTD, Gzip, Snappy, uncompressed.