Installation

System Requirements

Version 2.x+

• Pentaho Data Integration 6.0 and above
• Tableau 9.1 and above

Version 1.x

• Pentaho Data Integration 4.3 and above
• Tableau 8.0 to 9.0

Installation

Using the Pentaho Marketplace

Due to licensing the Tableau Data Extract API is not distributed through the Pentaho Marketplace and must be separately downloaded and installed.

1. Download the Tableau SDK for Java from http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/sdk/en-us/SDK/tableau_sdk_installing.htm#downloading
2. Follow the instructions for your environment to install the Tableau SDK: http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/sdk/en-us/help.htm#SDK/tableau_sdk_using_java_eclipse.htm%3FTocPath%3D_____5
3. Copy the jar files from sdk-install-dir/Java to ${PDI_HOME}/plugins/steps/TDEOutputPlugin/lib directory.
4. Restart PDI

Manual Install

Due to licensing the Tableua Data Extract API is not distributed through the zip and must be separately downloaded and installed.

1. Unzip TDEOutputPlugin.zip to ${PDI_HOME}/plugins/steps/TDEOutputPlugin
2. Follow steps 2 and above from the "Using the Pentaho Marketplace" instructions