tableau-server-driver-setup.md

Tableau Server

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Adding the Amazon DocumentDB JDBC Driver

Download the DocumentDB JDBC driver JAR file and copy it to one of these directories according to your operating system:

• Windows: C:\Program Files\Tableau\Drivers
• Linux: /opt/tableau/tableau_driver/jdbc

These directories may need to be created if they do not yet exist. This must be done on each server node.

Adding the Tableau connector

1. Download the DocumentDB Tableau connector (a TACO file).
2. For each server node:
   • Create a directory for Tableau connectors if none exists. This needs to be the same path on each machine, and on the same drive that the server is installed on. For example: C:\Users\Public\Documents\tableau_connectors on Windows or /srv/tableau_connectors on Linux
   • Place the downloaded TACO file in this directory.
3. Set the native_api.connect_plugins_path option. For example: tsm configuration set -k native_api.connect_plugins_path -v C:/Users/Public/Documents/tableau_connectors
   • If you get a configuration error during this step, try adding the --force-keys option to the end of the command.
4. Apply the pending configuration changes to restart the server: tsm pending-changes apply
   • Note: Whenever you add, remove, or update a connector, you must restart the server to see the changes. For information about using TSM to set the options, see tsm configuration set Options.

For more information, consult the Tableau documentation.