Tableau .TDE files are getting deprecated in March 2023

0:00Hey it's Tim here. In today's video the

0:02Tableau data extract is being deprecated in

0:05March 2023.

0:06This has been the default file type for

0:08Tableau extracts for so so long and back in

0:12version 10.5

0:13Tableau basically announced something

0:15called the hyper data extract. Now the

0:18thing about this

0:19feature change is a lot of people are going

0:21to think that you know something radical is

0:23changing

0:24and that's because we've actually been

0:25quite lazy with using terminology in the

0:27Tableau world. So

0:29for a long time when you create an extract

0:31the file type that has come out of that has

0:33been

0:34called a .TDE file and when Tableau

0:36acquired a company called Hyper essentially

0:39they changed

0:40that file format to a .Hyper. I've actually

0:42got a playlist here on YouTube that shows

0:44you all

0:44the different file types and I go through

0:46all this in a lot more detail check this

0:48out but in essence

0:50people have sort of loosely used the term

0:52Tableau data extract because that's exactly

0:55what it stood

0:56for it was an extract and so even I've sort

0:58of fallen into this trap I'll often say

1:01take a Tableau

1:01data extract and people will assume that I

1:04'm talking about a .TDE when I in fact

1:06actually mean

1:07a Hyper file and so what Tableau is

1:08basically announcing now and it's good they

1:10're doing it now

1:11because you're essentially getting almost a

1:14year and a month sort of lead time before

1:16this change

1:16actually sort of comes into place what they

1:18're essentially announcing is that the Hyper

1:21file is

1:21going to be the only extract type that

1:23Tableau will be making. I think this is

1:25actually a good

1:25thing because we've had quite a long period

1:28of having both around and people have

1:30always asked

1:31well what's the difference between the two

1:33why would I create a .TDE over a Hyper file

1:35and in

1:36essence it's it's sort of like a defunct

1:39question because for most people the Hyper

1:41has been basically

1:42the only option that you can actually

1:44create the only people who are probably

1:45still creating

1:46Tableau data extracts as it were are people

1:49using an older version of Tableau and so

1:51what this

1:52community post does really nicely it's from

1:54Philip Xing who I believe is a product

1:56manager

1:56of the Hyper team here he's basically just

1:59sort of breaking this down so people know

2:01what's going on

2:02and for all customers starting in March 20

2:0523 the release of 2023.1 these products will

2:10no longer

2:10be able to support Tableau data extracts

2:12and it goes on to say look for Tableau

2:15Online customers

2:16you don't actually need to do anything

2:18starting in June this year they'll start to

2:21you know

2:22basically remove the ability to publish the

2:24.TDE and then after that there's actually

2:27some activity

2:28going on to help convert .TDEs to the Hyper

2:30file so essentially everything you need is

2:32in this post

2:33but if we just go down there's a little bit

2:34of history about the Hyper file released in

2:372018

2:38version 10.5 and there's a little bit of a

2:41sort of a hint that in essence this change

2:44is sort of

2:45necessary to enable some of the features

2:47coming in the future I always like these

2:49kind of changes

2:50because you know if there's been no obvious

2:52reason for the change to come but there is

2:54an obvious

2:54reason going into the future then this is

2:56sort of a good thing to see if that makes

2:58sense so maybe

2:59I'm just wish casting and speculating but

3:01nonetheless every sort of detail that you

3:04need

3:04is really here in the post if you've got a

3:06question on this there's no point me

3:07reading this to you

3:08just just go to this community post it's in

3:11the description of this video head to that

3:14page and

3:14really sort of get a good understanding now

3:16for those of you who are Tableau server

3:18admins of

3:18course this is sort of slightly concerning

3:20because it might mean if you've got some T

3:22DEs lurking

3:23around on your server you might want to

3:25know how to find them well again this guide

3:27is really good

3:28if I open up this image here you actually

3:30get a little guide that shows you how to go

3:32and find

3:33all the Tableau data extracts on your

3:35server so you go to the Tableau server site

3:37or Tableau

3:38server or Tableau online you go to the data

3:40sources and on the right hand side you can

3:42actually filter to your data sources that

3:44are data Tableau data extracts now these

3:47specifically use

3:48the connection type Tableau data engine

3:50which is also another acronym TDE again so

3:53Tableau data

3:54extract Tableau data engine these acronyms

3:56get really confusing but nonetheless it's

3:58all here

3:59just go check it out now the nice thing is

4:01if you're a server admin in the next

4:03version of

4:04Tableau server 2020.1 they're actually

4:07going to bring in some commands to the

4:09Tableau services

4:10manager that allows you to block Tableau

4:12data extracts being published this is a

4:15good way of

4:15stopping these things coming because

4:17essentially whoever's still using that file

4:19type will kind of

4:20come to you and say hey I can't do this

4:22what's going on and that will be a great

4:24opportunity

4:24for you to catch those sort of edge cases

4:26before they cause you a problem in a year's

4:28time but you

4:29can also actually go through a series of

4:31steps here to convert things across so

4:33there's a little

4:33bit of a guide and here how to convert

4:36things and some of it is manual you could

4:38sort of do a

4:39example script in fact if I go over here to

4:42this little page here there's this little

4:45script that someone's written that

4:47essentially converts a tde to a hyperfile

4:49so

4:49a lot of this is there and it's like it's

4:52no coincidence that this is on the Tableau

4:54GitHub

4:55page and it was updated 13 days ago

4:57essentially someone's written the script

4:59and has put it here

5:00to help customers do this sort of

5:02transition as well so not much more to say

5:05than other than man

5:06it's you know it's it's sort of a sad day

5:08maybe we should do like a farewell party

5:10for the Tableau

5:11data extract if you'd like to see that let

5:12me know in the comments that would be

5:14really sort

5:14of nice touch but yeah the Tableau data

5:17extract is being deprecated in March 2023

5:20as of 2021

5:21wait 2022.1 even there's going to be a

5:25capability in Tableau server to essentially

5:27stop people using

5:28it if you're on Tableau Online this is

5:29probably going to be an even easier process

5:31less for you

5:32to do Tableau pretty much going to take

5:34care of you in two instances they'll

5:36restrict the ability

5:37to publish tdes and then they'll also start

5:40converting old files into other formats now

5:43if

5:43you use Tableau Public this might be

5:45interesting because Tableau Public probably

5:47has the biggest

5:48library of tdes Tableau Online typically

5:51won't unless you've been a Tableau customer

5:53for a

5:53really long time and you've basically not

5:56touched a workbook in ages i'm talking

5:58really long time

6:00like 10.5 version 10.5 is the version you

6:03have to go back and you know basically if

6:06you've built

6:07anything before version 10.5 then that

6:09might be a tde but if it's not been touched

6:11at all then

6:12you should probably refresh those workbooks

6:14anyway but Tableau Public is going to be

6:16the thing here

6:17and so if you use Tableau Public on a daily

6:19basis or if you just use it to learn and

6:21you've got some

6:22really old stuff i've got stuff in there

6:23that when i open it i get the little

6:25warning saying hey

6:26this was created in version 7 of Tableau do

6:29you want to update it those are the kind of

6:31workbooks

6:31that are going to be updated here so it's

6:34really interesting to see how that will go

6:36if any of

6:37those workbooks will stop failing if there

6:38's any sort of change to those workbooks

6:40because you've

6:40changed the data type i don't think they

6:43will and i think the architecture behind

6:45this is pretty

6:45sound and yeah it's going to be a pretty

6:48smooth process i hope so if you want to

6:50know more go to

6:51this community post here in the description

6:53there's a little bit of a comment area you

6:55can sort of

6:56ask any questions you want here and yeah

6:58just in general check out the Tableau

7:00forums really

7:01nice place they often do put lots of these

7:03announcements here because it's pretty much

7:05the only place you can sort of put this

7:07kind of stuff that's not a marketing blog

7:09post and is also

7:10not like a high maintenance sort of place

7:12so it's a really good place to put stuff

7:14for people to go

7:15find stuff so that's more than enough for

7:17me i've rambled for way too long um yeah

7:19the tde is being

7:20deprecated um if you haven't noticed that

7:22we know we're going a little bit quiet on

7:24on the channel

7:24at the moment that's because you know i'm a

7:26little bit busy on my side i've got lots of

7:28sort of videos

7:29planned i've got a lot of people asking me

7:31questions about specific videos that i said

7:33i'd do

7:34around snowflake aws all tricks all of

7:37these things are coming up trust me i hear

7:40you i see

7:40every single comment if i haven't replied

7:42to your comment i just simply haven't had

7:44time to get back

7:45to you um but i see every single comment i

7:47see all these requests and they will just

7:49happen at

7:50some point when i have time it's just one

7:51of those things where you know life

7:53sometimes takes over

7:54and yeah you just have to wait for that to

7:56sort of pass by and then um yeah i'll be

7:58back on the

7:59content machine making lots more content we

8:01've got 2022.1 just around the corner so

8:04inevitably

8:05that will force me into gear so look out

8:07for that but other than that thanks for

8:09watching

8:09and i'll catch you in the next video