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Ren Lyke
Ren Lyke

Reputation: 283

Dataextract python library to refresh tableau extracts - alternative

Is there an alternative library to refresh Tableau extracts apart from using dataextract. I have tried to install dataextract and get this error 

Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement dataextract (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for dataextract

I am using Anaconda python 3.6

On my tableau server the option to schedule extract via access is not installed. So i am trying it via python.

I also tried it via command prompt as well by downloading the zip file from github.

C:\Users\Desktop>pip install tableau-dataextract-api-master.zip
Processing c:\users\desktop\tableau-dataextract-api-master.zip
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-b_o6wmbt\setup.py", line 24
        print 'Python >= 2.6 required'
                                     ^
    SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(print 'Python >= 2.6 required')?

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-b_o6wmbt\

Any suggestions would be really helpful for an alternative.

Regards, Ren.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1191

Answers (1)

Sam M
Sam M

Reputation: 4166

Your question doesn't specify which version of Tableau you are running. My answer assumes you are using a version that uses the Hyper engine instead of tde files. If that's not correct, please edit your question.

The python library you are trying to install is for the older tde files. It only works with Python 2.6+, but not Python 3.x.

There is a newer library called Extract API 2.0 which is for manipulating Hyper files. It is compatible with python 3.x.

Installation and download links are available at https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/extract_api/en-us/help.htm#Extract/extract_api_installing.htm.

Upvotes: 1

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