Tableau Issue Updates - w/e 2023-03-25
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TDS/TDSX Files Cannot Be Opened By Tableau Prep Builder
Created: 2023-03-22
Environment: Tableau Prep Builder 2022.4.2, Windows 10
When connect to a TDS/TDSX file, Tableau Prep Builder shows Text File as a connector and no data and table information included.
"Remove Punctuation" Has No Effect In Final Output When Input Is A Hive DB
Created: 2023-03-22
Environment: Tableau Prep Builder
The "Remove Punctuation" feature in a clean step does not actually remove "hyphen" in a final output when the input is a Hive DB.
"Gateway timeout. Check to make sure the service is running" Error Occurs When Publishing Content With Embedded OAuth Credentials
Created: 2023-03-22
Environment: Tableau Server, Tableau Desktop, OAuth Connections, Forward Proxy
When publishing a workbook or data source with embedded OAuth credentials from Tableau Desktop through a forward proxy, the following unexpected error occurs:
Gateway timeout. Check to make sure the service is running
Error Code: C926DA9F
There is no issue if OAuth credentials are not embedded.
Modified
Row Grand Totals do not Display When Exporting Crosstab to Excel
Created: 2018-03-06
Modified: 2023-03-24
Environment: Tableau Desktop, Excel
When exporting to an Excel crosstab with a dimension on a Marks card, the Grand Totals are blank.
Error "No OAuth token with Google Drive scope was found" When Connecting to BigQuery
Created: 2017-02-17
Modified: 2023-03-24
Environment: Tableau Desktop, Google BigQuery (with tables referencing data stored in Google Sheets)
When connecting to Google BigQuery, the following error may occur:
Bad Request: The data source does not contain the expected data.
The Google BigQuery service has denied access for this request.
Access Denied: BigQuery BigQuery: No OAuth token with Google Drive scope was found.
Gateway Service Does not Start and Tableau Server is Degraded
Created: 2018-07-19
Modified: 2023-03-24
Environment: Tableau Server
Gateway Service does not start and Tableau Server is degraded.
"tsm status -v" output includes the following:
Status: DEGRADED
'Tableau Server Gateway 0' is in an error state.
Check the startup.log in httpd for the following (pid number will be different):
httpd (pid ) already running
Although the gateway is isn't running, there is an existing httpd.pid in one of the following locations.
Linux: Look for a file httpd.pid in /var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/logs/httpd/
Windows: Look for a file httpd.pid in C:\ProgramData\Tableau\Tableau Server\data\tabsvc\logs\httpd
Quick Filter Title Moves to Left instead of Above Drop Down Menu
Created: 2015-12-07
Modified: 2023-03-24
Environment: Tableau Server
The title of a quick filter appears above the drop down in Tableau Desktop but in Tableau Server it is to the left of the drop down and truncated by an ellipse (...).
"ERROR: invalid input syntax for type" when refreshing PostgreSQL extract
Created: 2016-08-12
Modified: 2023-03-24
Environment: Tableau Desktop, PostgreSQL
When refreshing a PostgreSQL extract, the following error is encountered:
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type double precision: "N/A". Error fetching next row
Filtering Only Relevant Values Returns Unexpected Results in Dashboard
Created: 2014-02-28
Modified: 2023-03-24
Environment: Tableau Desktop
When adding a sheet to a dashboard, where the sheet uses a filter configured with the
Only Relevant Values
option, the filter might continue to display values that have been removed from the view.
Incorrect Data Displays for Incremental Refreshes When Using a Non-Unique Key With 2023.1
Created: 2023-03-17
Modified: 2023-03-23
Environment: Tableau Cloud, Tableau Server 2023.1, Incremental Extract Refreshes
When performing an incremental extract refresh using a non-unique key, the job succeeds however the extracted data may be incorrect.
Overwriting a .tfl File with Tableau Prep May Corrupt the File
Created: 2022-07-09
Modified: 2023-03-23
Environment: Tableau Prep Builder 2021.3.3, 2021.4.4, 2022.1.3, 2022.2.1, Windows, .tfl files
A .tfl file may become corrupt after trying to overwrite the file using the Save-As function in Tableau Prep. The error will display as follows:
Error: Can't save the file. There was a problem with the flow file. The data may be corrupted.
Error "One or more issues caused the setup to fail. Please fix the issues and then retry setup." with RMT Uninstall
Created: 2022-07-19
Modified: 2023-03-23
Environment: Tableau Windows, Tableau Advanced Management
When uninstalling the Resource Monitoring Tool agent on Windows, the setup process fails with the error:
"One or more issues caused the setup to fail. Please fix the issues and then retry setup."
Tableau on macOS Ventura
Created: 2022-10-17
Modified: 2023-03-23
Environment: Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, Tableau Reader, Public Desktop, MacOS Ventura 13
Tableau does not yet officially support Tableau products running on macOS Ventura.
Error "System error: An error occurred while communicating with data source 'LoomDataSource'" And "Multiple entries for column [ColumnName]! " Running Salesforce Flows After 2022.4 Release
Created: 2022-12-01
Modified: 2023-03-23
Environment: Tableau Cloud, Tableau Server, Tableau Prep, Salesforce
When running Salesforce flows jobs after the 2022.4 release, the following error occurs:
System error: An error occurred while communicating with data source 'LoomDataSource'
The following error will be produced in the logs:
Multiple entries for column [ColumnName]! The metadata key is: [ColumnName] and the class type is: [column], the existing class type is: [column]
Set an Overridable Dynamic Default Selection in a Filter
Created: 2013-10-23
Modified: 2023-03-23
Environment: Tableau Desktop
Unable to set an overridable dynamic default selection in a filter that the user can later change, for example the largest value, the most recent value, today's value, the first value in the list, etc...
Unable to Show Block-Level Census Information
Created: 2013-04-04
Modified: 2023-03-23
Environment: Tableau Desktop
You are unable to show block-level detail using the census information that is included with Tableau Desktop.
Same connection to Azure SQL, one flow NOW() returning UTC time while the other returning local machine time
Created: 2023-03-15
Modified: 2023-03-23
Environment: Tableau Prep Builder, Tableau Server, Microsoft Azure SQL
Same connection to Azure SQL, one flow NOW() returning UTC time while the other returning local machine time. Why?
Unable to connect to OneDrive organization account from Tableau Desktop
Created: 2017-07-24
Modified: 2023-03-23
Environment: Tableau Desktop
When trying to connect to a OneDrive account owned by an organization from Tableau Desktop, the following error occurs in the
Sign in to OneDrive window:
"You cannot access this application
Tableau Desktop needs permission to access resources in your organization that only an admin can grant. Please ask an admin to grant permission to this app before you can use it."
Scheduled Extract Refresh Jobs for Tableau Bridge are Intermittently Skipped
Created: 2022-06-09
Modified: 2023-03-22
Environment: Tableau Cloud, Bridge Extracts
Scheduled extract refreshes are intermittently skipped.
Tableau Cloud View Count Discrepancy: Admin Insights vs Views (All Time) vs Who Has Seen This View
Created: 2022-09-03
Modified: 2023-03-22
Environment: Tableau Cloud
When comparing view counts for a specific content item in Admin Insights vs Views (All Time) vs Who Has Seen This View, the view counts are mismatched.
When a Bar Chart Displayed with Continuous Dates Is Filtered with Discrete Dates, the Date Labels Are Not Displayed
Created: 2023-03-17
Modified: 2023-03-22
Environment: Tableau Desktop
When a bar chart displayed with continuous dates is filtered with discrete dates, the date labels are not displayed.
Cannot Schedule Flow Without an Output
Created: 2019-02-05
Modified: 2023-03-21
Environment: Tableau Server, Tableau Prep Conductor
After publishing a flow, cannot schedule the flow to update, and instead you see this text:
“There are no outputs in this flow.”
Many "tsbak" Folders are Being Created in the Tableau Server /data/tabsvc/temp Folder
Created: 2016-11-17
Modified: 2023-03-21
Environment: Tableau Server, Windows, Linux
After a canceled or failed
tsm maintenance backup
job, Tableau Server's temp folders may contain many large .tsbak folders, outside of the location where the backup file would be saved to had the backup creation completed successfully. Possible locations for these files, depending on Tableau Server version, include:
\Tableau Server\data\tabsvc\temp
\Tableau Server\data\tabsvc\tabadmincontroller\0\backup
\Tableau Server\data\tabsvc\tabadmincontroller\0\backup_staging
Error "an error occurred while connecting to Tableau Data Extract" Using .twbx With Live Connections to Excel or Text Files
Created: 2017-06-06
Modified: 2023-03-21
Environment: Tableau Desktop, Excel files, Text files
The following error occurs when attempting to modify a packaged workbook (.twbx) with an Excel or Text data source which was created by using Save As > Packaged Workbook:
an error occurred while connecting to Tableau Data Extract
Path not found
Flow runs with Box data sources as input steps intermittently fail with "Authentication failed" error
Created: 2022-12-12
Modified: 2023-03-21
Environment: Tableau Cloud, Box
Flow runs with a non-published Box data source used in an input step intermittently fail with the error below:
ERROR com.tableau.loom.nativeapi.grpc.NativeLoomApiGrpcImpl - ('sess':'') SelectIntoAsync: Exception in WaitForAsyncRun:
com.tableau.loom.nativeapi.exceptions.MinervaRuntimeException: Failure loading Data Source:
One or more connections in this data source need attention:
: Authentication failed.
Unable to Create Maps with Three Digit Zip Code Values
Created: 2013-06-22
Modified: 2023-03-21
Environment: Tableau Desktop
Unable to use three-digit zip code data to create map boundaries.
DATEPARSE Function Not Available
Created: 2014-12-01
Modified: 2023-03-20
Environment: Tableau Desktop, Live data source connections
When using date functions, DATEPARSE might not be available.