Establish Governance and Support Published Content16% of the exam
Published data sources, subscriptions and embedding
Map publishing requirements to Tableau features: published data sources and hidden fields, Include External Files and refresh options, the capabilities publishing needs, thumbnails, subscriptions, data-driven alerts and embedding through connected apps.
Map publishing requirements to features and capabilities of Tableau.
~8 min read · 7 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Explain what publishing a data source gives a team, and what republishing with hidden fields does to connected workbooks.
- Choose between Include External Files, Tableau Bridge and direct refresh schedules when publishing to Tableau Cloud or Tableau Server.
- Name the site role and capabilities publishing, overwriting and subscribing require, and pick the user for thumbnails.
- Configure subscriptions and data-driven alerts that reach the right people.
- Recommend connected apps with direct trust or OAuth 2.0 trust for embedding.
Key terms:
- Published data source: a data model on Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud that many workbooks connect to.
- Include External Files: a publishing option that packages local files into the content as a static copy.
- Subscription: a scheduled email with an image or PDF snapshot of a view or workbook.
- Connected app: an explicit trust relationship between a Tableau Cloud site and an external application that embeds Tableau content.
Key facts
Undo after publishing
- Detail
- Workbook reverts to the local data source; the published one stays
Cube data sources
- Detail
- Can't be published to Tableau Cloud
Include External Files
- Detail
- Packages a static copy of local files
Cloud refresh timeout
- Detail
- 7200 seconds, not configurable
Same-content refreshes
- Detail
- Several refreshes of one item run serially
Overwrite
- Detail
- Republishing makes the user the owner
Subscription suspension
- Detail
- After more than five failures
Group sets
- Detail
- Can't be subscribed
Alert axes
- Detail
- Continuous numeric axis; no Gantt charts or maps
JWT validity
- Detail
- At most 10 minutes
Sources for this section (7)
- Publish a Data Sourcehelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Comprehensive Steps to Publish a Workbookhelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Schedule Refreshes on Tableau Cloudhelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Permission Capabilities and Templateshelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Create a Subscription to a View or Workbookhelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Send Data-Driven Alertshelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Configure Connected Apps with Direct Trusthelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- When is a subscription suspended, and who can resume it?
- Why does Tableau Cloud refuse a JWT from a server whose clock isn't on UTC?
- What does Undo after publishing a data source leave on the server?
- Which chart can't carry a data-driven alert, even with a numeric axis?
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