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

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 TigerGraph 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 TigerGraph 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 TigerGraph

This section documents how to authenticate and connect to your TigerGraph instance.

Authenticate to TigerGraph Server

To authenticate requests to TigerGraph Server, set the following properties:

• AuthScheme: Set this property to 'Basic'.
• User: Set this property to your TigerGraph user name.
• Password: Set this property to your TigerGraph user password.
• Url: Set this property to the domain name or IP of your TigerGraph instance.
• Port: Set this property to the port of your TigerGraph server instance (14240 by default).
• TigerGraphEdition: Set this property to 'TigerGraph Server'.

See this page for notes on configuring a TigerGraph Server account: Managing Credentials

Authenticate to TigerGraph Cloud

To authenticate requests to TigerGraph Cloud, set the following properties:

• User: Set this property to your TigerGraph database user name.
• Password: Set this property to your TigerGraph database user password.
• Url: Set this property to the domain name or IP of your TigerGraph instance.

To configure a TigerGraph Cloud user:

1. From the Cloud portal, go to Clusters.
2. Find the cluster you want to create users for, and select Access Management
3. From the Cluster Access Management page, click Database Access.
4. Click Add new users and specify the username and password. Note: The password will not be visible again after leaving this page.
5. Click Role Management, select 'superuser' from the 'Select a role' list, then select the created user and click Save.

See this page for additional notes on configuring a TigerGraph Cloud database user: Managing Database Users

Secret-Based Authentication

To authenticate using a Secret, set the following properties:

• AuthScheme: Set this property to 'Secret'.
• Secret: Set this property to your generated secret.
• Url: Set this property to the domain name or IP of your TigerGraph instance.
• Schema: Set this property to the graph name your secret has been generated for.

Secrets can be generated for a given graph in the TigerGraph Admin Portal.

Next Step

See Using the Connector to create data visualizations.