Data Refresh on Tableau Server

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I have created a Tableau dashboard with a live connection to a csv file which gets updated time and again. My workbook in Tableau desktop is getting updated with the latest data but my dashboard on Tableau server does not update no matter what. Am I missing something here? would appreciate your help here

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The tableau dashboard on tableau server will not get updated as the csv file is local to your system. I would recommend a database if data is very dynamically changing. In case if you have no option other than csv then one thing that you can do is:

  1. Update the tableau dashboard on your local system by refreshing it
  2. Publish this workbook to the tableau server in the same path of the previous dashboard, you will be asked if you want to replace the older one
  3. Click yes and you're done.

This is one solution that I could think off.

If the data is not huge <5000000 cells then you can use google sheets which is free and can provide live connection to your tableau server dashboard.

Hope this helps.!