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  1. Feb 6, 2023, 5:43 PM

    So this is Tableau Server @Nikita Bhandari​?

    Let me repeat (and add more context to) my last comment:

    Login is when the user last logged into Tableau Server - even if they did not open a workbook.

    But last access date, is when Tableau connected the data source on the user's behalf: they do not need to have logged into the server to do this. Typically, this happens when a user had permissions to access a data source, those credentials were embedded to the workbook, so now the workbook will continue to make the connection using the embedded credentials. But, because the workbook is still using the users credentials, those creds were not and have not yet been revoked.

    Check the workbook for the credentials, and if possible, update.

     

    I usually advocate using a service account, something with limited read-only access. IT and Networks teams often dissuade against service accounts as they could be abused to grant access to sensitive or limited-access data. As a result, this leaves reports hanging in the balance: what do you do when the user leaves? Revoke the credentials and risk losing a key report? Or maintain db access for now, and we'll switch to the developers replacement; though it becomes too easy to forget.

     

    Steve

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