On premise Tableau.
The scheduled extract runs but does not pick upp additional csv files.
I use desktop to point a datasource at a folder with csv files. The datasource is published and extract scheduled.
To update the datasource with new csv files I have to run an extract from desktop.
Should the scheduled extract pick upp new csv files?
#Tableau Server
Hi again Emeric,
Thank you for your suggestions earlier. I have now followed them and my system works better but one issue remains.
Current configuration:
1. Runas now uses a domain account "tableausa" with admin rights on the tableau server
2. The csv files are on the tableau server shared with
\\tableausa\foldersyntax. The tableausa account has permissions on the share.
3.
\\tableausa\folder\xxxhas been added to the allowlist
I created a new datasource using tableau desktop based on one of the csv files via the fileshare, and converted to a join with a wildcard with no filtering. This works fine and if I add/remove files this is reflected in desktop workbook and datasource.
I then published the datasource without attached files. When the published datasource is opened via browser the published files are found and can be refreshed.
Then my luck ran out. I created a workbook via browser based on the new datasource. It opens and finds the published files, but I can not get it to update when files change. It can see all the data and files in the datasource as published, but refreshing to show new data does not work - I have tried F5, menu option to refresh the datasource in "sheet 1" and in the Data Source tab, and opening a new browser.
My expectation was that when opened the workbook would retrieve data from the files currently in the folder, and that the workbook user could update using menus or F5 when new files were added, but that does not work.
Do I have the wrong expectations or am I making some mistake? Is it always necessary to edit the datasource when files are added to the wildcard folder?
-Arvid