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JeanVuda
JeanVuda

Reputation: 1778

Read tableau data (*.tdsx) in R or any other tools

I would like to read a data file saved in Tableau data format (*.tdsx) in R. I'm wondering whether it is possible in R or any other tools can do that.

My scenario is I have data saved in Tableau server and I connect via Tableau desktop. I make tableau visualizations from that data. But I also need to validate the measures/dimensions I create in Tableau by using another tool such as R (my favorite). So I have saved a local copy of the data that I saved, and want to open that using another tool. How can this be done?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2109

Answers (1)

Alex Blakemore
Alex Blakemore

Reputation: 11896

Tableau Data Extracts are primarily write-only (or append-only) data sources to be read by Tableau. There is no public API currently for read or update operations. Extracts are great for speeding up access to read-only subsets of data, but they aren't meant to replace the original data source.

If you want a good data exchange format, why not pick something standard like CSV? Then R and Tableau both can read the CSV file, and convert it to a native format like TDSX for performance if desired.

Or keep your data in a database and point both R and Tableau at it.

Upvotes: 1

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