0:00Hey, it's Tim here.
0:01And in Tableau 2020.4,
0:03Tableau have added a new feature
0:04called the Connector Gallery.
0:06Now I'm actually showcasing this for
0:08another connector
0:09called the DataRama connector,
0:11because essentially this has been added to
0:122020.4.
0:13But if I go ahead to Tableau Desktop
0:15and I have a look at the window here,
0:18you will see that there is no DataRama
0:20connector
0:20in this list.
0:21If I just go down here and I search DataR
0:24ama,
0:24you'll see that nothing comes up.
0:25Essentially there's nothing there.
0:26So it's actually a little bit of a cont
0:28rived way
0:28of adding this.
0:29They're not native connectors per se,
0:31but what they're essentially doing
0:32is allowing partners to build connectors.
0:35So DataRama can come along,
0:37look at the way Tableau works using their
0:39API
0:39and actually build their own connector.
0:41Think of these as sort of extensions or
0:43hooks into Tableau.
0:45So if I go back to my browser here,
0:46you'll see that I'm back here on the 2020.4
0:48feature page
0:49where they talk about a DataRama feature.
0:51So to find out where it is,
0:53I'll go over to the What's New in Tableau
0:55Desktop page.
0:56And you'll see here that there's a new
0:57option here
0:57called Finding Partner-built Connectors,
1:00okay?
1:00And these partner-built connectors share
1:02the same home
1:03as the extension gallery.
1:05So I've got another tab open here.
1:06It's a little bit of an Easter egg hunt.
1:08And we've got the dashboard extensions here
1:10.
1:10If you're familiar with dashboard
1:11extensions,
1:12these are essentially plugins you can add
1:14to your dashboard
1:14and they add functionality to your
1:16dashboard
1:16that maybe Tableau don't think they should
1:18build,
1:19but other people in the community think
1:20they should.
1:21And some of those are paid, some of those
1:22are free.
1:23I highly encourage you to try and use these
1:25and find out how they work.
1:27But there's now a new section called
1:28Connectors.
1:29So now they've added that sort of gallery
1:31experience
1:32to the connectors.
1:32And here you can find the Salesforce DataR
1:35ama connector.
1:36And this is how essentially it works.
1:38Now, each of their connectors
1:39has its own installation instructions.
1:41If we go over here to the Salesforce DataR
1:44ama section,
1:45you get a little description of what it
1:46does,
1:46what DataRama can do.
1:48Of course, it's been built by Salesforce
1:51and DataRama,
1:52but there's essentially instructions on how
1:54to install it.
1:54And so it's not your typical installation
1:56as you'd expect, that comes packaged with
1:59Tableau,
1:59which is a slightly less desirable way of
2:03installing these.
2:03But essentially you follow these
2:05instructions
2:06and then when you restart Tableau,
2:08the install is gonna be available.
2:09So that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
2:11I'm gonna take this DataRama connector.
2:13We're gonna fire up Tableau
2:14and we should hopefully see
2:15the DataRama connector in there.
2:17Okay, let's get involved.
2:18Okay, so the first thing I want to do
2:20is download the extension.
2:21So let's go ahead and hit Download.
2:23I'm just gonna save this to my desktop.
2:25I want to keep this somewhere simple
2:27that I can access it later.
2:28You can see that it's called a DataRama JD
2:31BC.
2:31I'll just call this 2024
2:34so that I know where it's coming from.
2:36And I'll just save it to my desktop.
2:37You'll see I've actually downloaded it once
2:39already
2:39and it's already on my desktop twice
2:41essentially.
2:42Okay, so over the next step,
2:43we need to move it to a specific folder.
2:45Here in the documents,
2:46I actually have that specific folder here.
2:49So what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna pause the
2:50video quickly
2:51and then open up that folder
2:52just so you don't see some of my personal
2:54files
2:54in this exact location.
2:56Okay, just give me one second and we'll be
2:58back in a bit.
2:58Okay, so we've navigated to the location
3:00we were asked to go to.
3:01Essentially, this is the Tableau repository
3:03file.
3:03And you can see there's a new place here
3:05called Connectors.
3:06And essentially, you want to add the files
3:08from the desktop into this location.
3:10So what you want to do is essentially drag
3:12it in there.
3:13So what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna try and do
3:14a Mac thing,
3:15which is I was actually gonna try and drag
3:16it,
3:17but of course the Finder window went into
3:18the background.
3:19So what I'll do is I'll be a little bit
3:21savvy.
3:21I'll leave this here just off screen.
3:24I'll open up the Connectors folder.
3:26Then I can just use this little gap here
3:28to drag it into the desktop.
3:30And there we go.
3:31There we have the file where it needs to be
3:34.
3:34And it's a TACO file.
3:35This is essentially how extensions sort of
3:37work
3:37inside a Tableau.
3:38And this is essentially a connector.
3:40So we're pretty much good to go.
3:41If I go back to the instructions,
3:43you will see that start Tableau under
3:46Connect,
3:47select Data Armor Connector.
3:49Note, you'll be prompted if the driver
3:51is not yet installed.
3:52So essentially we need to close Tableau
3:54and open it up again.
3:55So let's go ahead and do that.
3:56Let's go back here to Tableau on a Mac.
3:58To close Tableau, it's just Command + Q.
4:00That closes every instance of Tableau.
4:02I'll just open up my Finder here
4:04just to bring up Tableau 2020.4.
4:06And you should see it opening up in a
4:08second.
4:09It might open up on my other screen.
4:10Note, it's opened up here.
4:11This is great.
4:12And now we have this open.
4:14And the moment of truth,
4:15we're gonna see if the connector is
4:16actually there.
4:17So go down to More.
4:18And if I look at it there,
4:20you can see Data Armor by Salesforce.
4:22So now that connector is there.
4:24And if I go ahead and open it up,
4:25it's going to check to make sure I've got
4:27any drivers.
4:28So if you go back to the installation
4:29instructions here,
4:30you can see here that it says,
4:32note, you'll be prompted if the driver
4:35is not yet installed.
4:36So essentially the JDBC driver,
4:38I think is what's essentially going on here
4:40.
4:40And then obviously if you go to the driver
4:42installation page
4:43and you follow the installation
4:44instructions there,
4:45everything should start working fine.
4:48You get your workspace ID.
4:50You basically start using connector as
4:51normal.
4:52So this is a really, really sort of a nice
4:54way
4:54of adding new connectors actually to Table
4:56au.
4:57And specifically, these can be connectors
4:59that Tableau themselves haven't built.
5:01So this should start to open up a world of
5:03possibilities
5:04for people who are wanting to connect to
5:06new data sources.
5:07And maybe Tableau haven't put the time
5:09into developing the connectors,
5:11but actually third parties are willing to
5:13do this
5:13and partners are willing to do this.
5:15And therefore they can go ahead
5:16and deploy this on the gallery.
5:18Okay, that's pretty much a feature in a
5:19nutshell.
5:20We actually covered two things there,
5:22the Data Armor connector and the extension
5:24gallery
5:24for data connectors essentially.
5:26I'm gonna call it the connector gallery
5:28'cause I think it's important to sort of
5:29signify
5:30that they're different things.
5:31Tableau call it partner built connectors.
5:33It's one of these things where what is it
5:35actually called?
5:36Is it extension gallery?
5:37Is it dashboard extensions?
5:38Are they connectors?
5:39Who knows?
5:40The name will get decided by the community
5:42at some point,
5:43whatever name sticks is whatever will
5:44happen.
5:45So I'll wait to see what happens there.
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5:57one.
5:57Thank you for watching!
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