Welcome

Real World Tableau using Extensions & TabPy

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Joel Hutchison

Customer Consultant

Tableau Software

Steven Mostello

Customer Consultant

Tableau Software

@ Tableau since April 2016

Customer Consultant

Joel Hutchison

jhutchison@tableau.com

Steve Mostello

Customer Consultant

Tableau Desktop Certified

smostello@tableau.com

w/ Tableau since 2014

Lives in Nashville

Use Case – Inventory Analysis with Write-back

Use Case – Inventory Analysis with Write-back

What was used?

• Python

• Flask

• Amazon Product Advertising API

• MySQL

• Dashboard Extensions API

What are Dashboard Extensions?

What are Dashboard Extensions

Tableau Dashboards

Web Applications

What are Dashboard Extensions

WRITE BACKAUTO REFRESH

CUSTOM VISUALIZATIONS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

Automation

Extensions

Embedded Analytics

Data Connectivity

Data Science

Tableau Platform

Inte

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Enabling Integrations for Developers

Tableau Developer Platform

Embedding API Extensions API

Embed Tableau visualizations in

external portals and web applications

Embed external web applications

within Tableau Dashboards

Web Data Connectors REST API Document API Tableau SDK

What is needed to work with Extensions?

• Tableau Extensions API

• Web page

• Web server

• A manifest file (trex)

• Tableau Desktop and Server 2018.2

Extensions Gallery

https://extensiongallery.tableau.com/

Managing Extensions on Tableau Server

Use Case: Current Train Location

Tableau Can Track Trains?!?

Chicago

Chicago CTA

How often do the trains go by?

Where’s my train?!?

Demo

What was used?

• Mapbox

• TabPy

• Chicago CTA API

• Google Distance Mapping API

• SCRIPT Calculated Fields

• Dashboards Extensions

How else could you use

TabPy?

• Fleet Management

• Location Analysis

• Current Stock Price

• HVAC Management (Nest)

• Pump Monitor

#DataDev Resources

TC18 Developer Track Contenthttp://tabsoft.co/tcdevtrack

Tableau Developer Programhttp://tableau.com/developer

Free environment for development

Early access to info and APIs

Tableau on GitHubhttp://github.com/tableau

Extensions Related Sessions

Real-world Tableau Using Extensions and TabPy (Encore)Oct-25 | 10:45 – 11:45 | L2 – R02

Extensions FOMO Cure | Extensions to Use Today

Oct-25 | 11:45 – 12:15 | L1 - Village

Close the Loop & Light it Up with ExtensionsOct-23 | 2:15 – 3:15 | L3 - 383

You Did What With the Extensions API!?Oct-23 | 4:00 – 5:00 | L2 - 204

Extensions Related Sessions

Extending Tableau Front and Back

Oct-23 | 2:15 – 3:15 | L2 - 291

Developer Deep Dive | Dashboard ExtensionsOct-24 | 10:15 – 11:15 | L2 - 291

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