Process for Using Angles for Oracle Generator with Tableau
Overview
This chapter provides information about how to use the Angles for Oracle Generator with Tableau.
How to Use Angles for Oracle Generator
The high-level steps for using the Angles for Oracle Generator with the Tableau Desktop are as follows:
- As an administrator, set up a NoetixViews or Noetix Analytics data source through the Noetix Data Source Administrator.
- As an administrator, for the data source, load the metadata and configuration-specific information corresponding to the NoetixViews or Noetix Analytics instance into the metadata cache folder using the Noetix Data Source Administrator.
- Configure a Noetix connection for the NoetixViews or Noetix Analytics data source using the Angles for Oracle Generator.
- Load the NoetixViews or Noetix Analytics metadata into the Angles for Oracle Generator.
- For the required metadata objects, create the Tableau data source (
.tds
) file. - In the Tableau Desktop, open the
.tds
file, modify it to suit your reporting requirements, and save it. For the NoetixViews metadata, save the file as a Tableau workbook (.twb
) file. - Publish the Tableau reports. For the NoetixViews metadata, publish the reports using the Publish Helper Utility tool. For information about how to use the tool, see
Article No. 000015361 (INFO: How to publish Tableau reports created by Angles for Oracle Generator into Tableau Server?).
The following diagram depicts the process flow for using the Angles for Oracle Generator with Tableau.