How edit the content of a data extract in Tableau?

Question

I'm creating an extract from a table hosted on MS SQL Server in Tableau.

After I create the data extract, is there any way I can enable the end users to edit the data extract content? Something like an interface?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

The Tableau Data Extract API (and publicly released products) do not allow you to modify the contents of an extract.

You can append new data rows to an extract, or refresh (i.e. regenerate) an extract.

Think of extracts like datamarts -- read-only snapshots of a portion of some other data store, designed to allow efficient analysis and reporting. They aren't intended to replace databases.

If you want users to make live updates, consider using a database and some sort of tech stack to allow form based updates.

Answer 2

This is called web-authoring in Tableau.

you can publish the extract to server and allow the users to connect to this data source for creating their own reports using the server version of Tableau this can also be referred as Adhoc Reporting

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