Tableau Server

Use the Elasticsearch JDBC driver and dedicated Elasticsearch Tableau Connector to access Elasticsearch data from Tableau Server.

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Prerequisites

Load data

First, move or download the JDBC driver to the Tableau Server drivers directory:

  • Windows: C:\Program Files\Tableau\Drivers
  • Mac: /Users/[user]/Library/Tableau/Drivers

Move the Elasticsearch Connector for Tableau to the Tableau Server connectors directory. To find the location of this directory, refer to Tableau Server documentation or use the TSM command line interface.

Restart Tableau Server.

To load data into a workbook, add a New Data Source from the Data menu or using the icon. In the Connectors tab of the Connect to Data modal, select Elasticsearch by Elastic.

Select Elasticsearch as the data source

Enter the information for your Elasticsearch instance, and click Sign In.

Sign in

In the main window, select your Elasticsearch instance as the Database. Then select a table to load.

Select a table to load

Finally, generate a report.

Generate a report