Python integration with Tableau using Pip

Question

Python integration with Tableau - Step by Step Procedure using pip

Answer 1

Follow the below steps:

1. Open CMD and Go to the python folder where pip is installed.

2. Type below command.

pip install tabpy-server

3. Similarily open another terminal follow the same as step 1 and write below command for tabpy client

pip install tabpy-client

4. After both are successfully installed, Go to Python folder -> Lib - > site-packages - > tabpy-server.

5. Click on the Startup file as shown in the image below 

6. A window opens with Port No and tabpy-server initiated.

7. Then Go to Tableau Desktop and got to Manage External Service Connections.

8. Enter the port No and the service as 9004 and Tabpy/External API.

9. Click on text connection to check connection.

If the above message is not visible then the tabpy-server is closed or not running, so run again and check connection.

10. Click ok.

Tableau can be used with python now.

Hope it helps!.