TABLEAU EXTENSIONS
WHAT, WHY & HOW
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Andre de Vries
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UK
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The Information Lab UK
The Dataschool UK
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Netherlands
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What this talk is..
A beginner's guide and introduction
A way to improve your understanding of Tableau Extensions
A call to action!
My journey
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What this talk is not..
Step-by-Step guide of building a Tableau Extension
Copy paste of code into a text-editor
Promotion of Extensions that I've built
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LET'S GET STARTED
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WHAT
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Tableau Extensions are..
.. a two-way communication between a web application and your dashboard with the aim to extend Tableau's functionality
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< v2018.2
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> v2018.2
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Image Viewer
by Craig Bloodworth
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MANIFEST:
TREX FILE
SERVER
ZEIT NOW
EXTENSION SETUP
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WHY
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BLOGS
DASHBOARDS
DATA SOURCES
VIDEOS
EXTENSIONS?
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FUN! 🥳
LEARNING NEW SKILLS
EXTEND THE PRODUCT
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HOWEVER
No Tableau Public 😕 (yet)
and we NEED the community to make this bigger. It's a huge showstopper for seeing the real potential of the Extensions API
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Chris DeMartini, datablick
https://www.datablick.com/blog/2018/11/25/extensions-for-tableau
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HOW
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What I did..
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Giphy API Extension
by Andre de Vries
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Keep it Fresh Extension
by Andre de Vries
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Write Back to MS-SQL
by Andre de Vries
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Run Alteryx in Tableau
by Andre de Vries
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HOW
can you learn the most effective?
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Immerse yourself
- Discover what the best way of learning is for yourself (videos, books, blogs, meetups etc.)
- Be a stalker on social media
- Become a teacher
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RESOURCES
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extensiongallery.tableau.com/
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github.com/tableau/extensions-api/
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andredevries.dev/blog/build-first-tableau-extension.html
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THANK YOU
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