Global Resource Properties

Connection Settings

 Connection settings for a global resource can be managed from property setting dialog for each adapter, "Global Resource Settings" within Control Panel, or WebConsole.
Basic settings
Item name Required/Optional Use of variables Description Remarks
Name Required Not available Enter the name of the setting for the connecting destination.
  
Required settings
Item name Required/Optional Use of variables Description Remarks
URL Required Only environment variables are available Enter the URL of Tableau Server or Tableau Online.
  • Specify URL which starts from "http://" or "https://" up to the host name.
    Example: http://localhost
User name Required Only environment variables are available Enter the user name.
  
Password Required Only environment variables are available Enter the password.
  
Site ID Optional Only environment variables are available Enter the site ID.
  • Not site name, but site ID is required.
    • Site ID can be seen in the URL shown after signing in to Tableau Server or Tableau Online, as follows.
      http(s)://<host name>/#/site/<site ID>/...
  • If omitted, connects to default site.
    • If connecting to Tableau Online, it cannot be omitted.
Property action
Item name Description Remarks
Connection test Checks connection to Tableau Server or Tableau Online.  
Timeout settings
Item name Required/Optional Use of variables Description Remarks
Connection timeout Optional Only environment variables are available Enter the time for connection timeout by milliseconds.
  • Timeout will not occur, if omitted, if "0" is entered, or invalid value is entered.
Response timeout Optional Only environment variables are available Enter timeout time of response from sending request to receiving response in miili-seconds, after connecting to Tableau Server or Tableau Online.
  • Timeout will not occur, if omitted, if "0" is entered, or invalid value is entered.

Component Pool Settings

Component pool is not supported.

Security

Security setting can be executed from control panel "Global resource setting", or WebConsole.

Specification Limits

None.

Main Exceptions

Exception name Cause Solution
InvalidPropertyConfigurationException
<Property name> is not specified.		 [<Property name>] is not specified. Specify [<Property name>].
java.net.MalformedURLException It is the invalid URL format. Check the [URL] setting.
javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException
Already connected		 Cannot connect to Tableau Server or Tableau Online successfully. Check the host name specified in [URL].
javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out		 Timeout has occured upon connection with Tableau Server or Tableau Online. Check the setting of [Connection timeout] in [Destination].
javax.ws.rs.ProcessingException
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out		 After connecting to Tableau Server or Tableau Online, timeout occurred during the reply of sending the request and receiving the response. Check the setting of [Response Timeout] in [Destination].
TableauResponseStatusException An error response was returned from Tableau Server or Tableau Online. Referring to the error message contents, check the Tableau Server or Tableau Online condition and the property settings specified in [Destination].