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msaguin

opened on Jan 29, 2020

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Hi,

It's not an issue but more a question :).
I would like to create a datasource from scratch using python TSC, with only the following information:

• table name of the database
• server name
• host
• username
• password

Do you have any idea?

I would like to avoid the creation of a tds/tdsx file first. Then I have not issue to publish.

new_datasource = TSC.DatasourceItem(project_id,name=datasource_name)
server.datasources.publish(new_datasource, file_path, 'CreateNew',connection_credentials=None)

Thank you,

Mathilde

Reacted by Jon Michaelchuck, Pavlo, bjamshid, Burak Emre Kabakcı, njrogers, Daniel Hegenbarth and Tom

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1. erathinam commented on May 2, 2020

   

   erathinam

   on May 2, 2020

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   Hi,
   i do not think there is a way to create a data source with connection information programmatically atleast using the python library as of now from my experience. You can update an existing datasource connection provided that datasource was published with connection at first. Which means your first publish should be either using tableau desktop or downloading tdsx/tds file from tableau desktop and using TSC publish method.
2. yzukerman commented on Aug 6, 2020

   

   yzukerman

   on Aug 6, 2020

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   You can use the Tableau Server REST API to create/append/overwrite/delete data sources.
3. sagarjhaa commented on Sep 16, 2020

   

   sagarjhaa

   on Sep 16, 2020

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   Did not find a way to create datasource through REST API, it only points to Publish, update metadata, delete, or refresh the extract of a data source of a site
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5. jacalata commented on May 29, 2021

   

   jacalata

   on May 29, 2021

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   TSC is a client written for the REST API.

   I don't think this is possible right now, but I'm not certain.
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8. jacalata commented on Oct 17, 2021

   

   jacalata

   on Oct 17, 2021

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   This isn't currently supported in any way, but it is an interesting idea. I'm not sure this would be the place we would implement it.

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