Web Data Connector for Tableau
To address the need to connect with less common data sources, Tableau supports Web Data Connectors. We write these scripts and connect Tableau to data from virtually any resource that provides a REST API.
What do you gain from a connector?
- Save time by eliminating repetitive manual exports from an application to a file and uploads of that data to Tableau.
- Gain access to data that was previously unavailable.
Do you work with data? Do you want to make better business decisions?
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What is a Tableau WDC?
Data and the information it contains are among the world’s most valuable resources. Recognizing this, analytics platform developers continually integrate their products with other environments by creating native connectors. These connectors are available out of the box and connect to data from other systems with just a few clicks.
Tableau has expanded its list of ready-made connectors for years, enabling users to connect its products—including Tableau Desktop, Prep, and Server—to data from the most popular tools on the market.
Despite these efforts, developing a BI platform in this direction has limits. On one side are the creators of Tableau; on the other is a world of hundreds of thousands of tools and systems that generate data. Although Tableau provides dozens of different connectors, the list does not always include a native connection to a specific system, such as an e-commerce platform.
Tableau addresses the need to connect to less common sources through Web Data Connectors. We write these scripts and connect Tableau to data from virtually any resource that provides a REST API.
How do we support Tableau Web Data Connector development?
Astrafox specializes in integrating Tableau with other systems. For a WDC, our support focuses on two areas:
- Connector development.
- Connector hosting.
Both require proper preparation because:
- For development, careful planning of the data to be retrieved from the source system keeps script development cost-effective. The less often the code has to be modified to add new data, the lower the total process cost.
- For connector hosting, availability is critical. We establish whether the client has infrastructure that can make the connector available online or prefers Astrafox to host it.
Examples of our Web Data Connectors
- Jira.
- Zendesk.
- Strava.
- Fitbit.
- Symfonia.
- Paymo.
- Pipedrive.