running flows without the Data Management Add-on?

@Nupur Gupta​ 

Hi, you have some options:

Option 1:

Publish the flow to Tableau Cloud/Server and run it manually from the flow page.

Option 2:

Run your flow locally in your computer using Tableau Prep Builder configuring the Output to a published data source.

Option 3:

You may create a hyper file from your flow using tableau prep builder command line and save the hyper file locally in your computer

https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_run_commandline.htm

Then publish the hyper file using tableau server client. You may use a python code like (notice you will need to create a Personal Access Token: https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/security_personal_access_tokens.htm)

import tableauserverclient as TSC
from pathlib import Path
# server admin creds
HOST="https://prod-useast-b.online.tableau.com"
#Use the following to use User and password
#USER="username"
#PWRD="password"
#When using PAT Sign in
TOKENNAME="your_token_name"
TOKENID="your_token_key-id"
#Use "" to default site
SITE="yoursiteurl"
#Use "" to default project
PROJECT_NAME="Your Project Name"
ASYNC = True
FILE = "yourhypernamefile.hyper"
DSNAME ="Your Desired Published DS Name"
server = TSC.Server(HOST, use_server_version=True)
#Use the following to sign in with user and password
#tableau_auth = TSC.TableauAuth(USER,PWRD,site=SITE)
#Use the following for PAT
tableau_auth = TSC.PersonalAccessTokenAuth(TOKENNAME, TOKENID, site_id=SITE)
PATH_TO_FILE = Path(FILE)
with server.auth.sign_in(tableau_auth):
        # Define publish mode - Overwrite, Append, or CreateNew
        publish_mode = TSC.Server.PublishMode.Overwrite
        # Get project_id from PROJECT_NAME
        all_projects, pagination_item = server.projects.get()
        for project in TSC.Pager(server.projects):
            if project.name == PROJECT_NAME:
                project_id = project.id
        new_conn_creds = None
        # Create the datasource object with the project_id
        datasource = TSC.DatasourceItem(project_id)
        new_datasource = TSC.DatasourceItem(project_id=project_id,name=DSNAME)
        print(f"Publishing {FILE} to {PROJECT_NAME}...")
        # Publish datasource
        if ASYNC:
            # Async publishing, returns a job_item
            new_job = server.datasources.publish(datasource, PATH_TO_FILE, publish_mode, connection_credentials=new_conn_creds, as_job=ASYNC)
            print("Datasource published asynchronously. Job ID: {0}".format(new_job.id))
        else:
            # Normal publishing, returns a datasource_item
            new_datasource = server.datasources.publish(datasource, PATH_TO_FILE, publish_mode,connection_credentials=new_conn_creds)
            print("Datasource published. Datasource ID: {0}".format(new_datasource.id))
#Don't forget to sign out
server.auth.sign_out()  

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Regards,

Diego Martinez

Tableau Visionary and Forums Ambassador