Badger Data - Publishing a Tableau Workbook

When publishing a Tableau workbook connected to Snowflake to the server, you may encounter an error when attempting to embed your credentials. This document will go over how to resolve this issue.

If you encounter the following warning / error in Tableau Desktop when attempting to publish a workbook which connects to Badger Analytics, you will need to update the embedded credentials in the workbook prior to publishing.

tableau publish error

  1. Follow the instructions listed in this KB document: Badger Data - Adding Credentials to Tableau Server

  2. In Tableau Desktop, click Server > Publish Workbook.

    tableau publish prompt

  3. Under Data Sources, click Edit.

    tableau data sources

  4. Under Authentication for the Badger Data connection, select Embed <Your NetID>@wisc.edu.

    tableau update credentials

  5. Click outside the Manage Data Sources window and click Publish.

    tableau publish

Keywords:
badger data tableau publish workbook connection error embed credentials account settings 
Doc ID:
122017
Owned by:
Noah L. in Data KB
Created:
2022-10-20
Updated:
2024-05-01
Sites:
Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research