Integrating Features

Estimated time: 6-8 hours

About This Course

In this course, you will learn how to use extensions to add unique features to your dashboards. You’ll discover how to use web data connectors to select and filter your data, and you’ll improve the performance and functionality of your embedded analytics by using extracts. Learn how to increase your productivity as you interact with the Tableau Server REST API. And get hands-on practice integrating Tableau visualizations into your own web applications.

Learning Objectives

• Describe what a Tableau dashboard extension is and what you can do with it.
• Summarize how to create a new extension.
• Describe how to connect to data with web data connectors.
• Describe how to create an extract.
• Identify the benefits of using .hyper extracts.
• Describe how to install the Tableau Server Client (TSC) library and write your first program.
• Identify how you can get hands-on practice with the JavaScript API.