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[Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> The ideal situation will be that any report_table in DHIS is ready to be
> consumed by tableau. Currently, tableau sees the data returned by the DHIS
> report_tables (see 40s video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A84KZY5yUTU>),
> but cannot complete the connection.
>

Yeah, as far as I know.. this is something being worked on, but Lars will
have to give the details.. I don't think you will see tableau compatible
data coming out of DHIS 2, but rather a specialised connector from their
side.


> The link that you sent, if I understand correctly, will allow to develop
> individual connections for specific report tables. So if an organization
> wants to connect 10 tables representing 10 data collections, we need to
> create 10 connectors - am I correct?
>

Well, yes.. it would require a XHR request for every data source you want
to pull in, but that's the case anyways.. even with a specialised
connector. The only way to remedy something like that would be to bundle
multiple resource tables together.

--
Morten


> Ideally we want that the api can return data formatted is such a way that
> Tableau can consume it - imagine something like this:
> - server-url.org/api/tableau/aA5kJPtPf3p/data.json
>
> *R*
>
>
> On 28 January 2016 at 05:14, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> HI Rodolfo
>>
>> Did you have a look at the example JSON connector?
>>
>> https://github.com/tableau/webdataconnector/blob/gh-pages/Examples/jsonConnector.html
>>
>> It seems pretty simple to connect to any kind of JSON source.. as long as
>> you understand the data you are pulling in (analytics, etc) it should be a
>> simple task to then map it to headers, columns etc..
>>
>> --
>> Morten
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Somehow, some organizations have used and want to continue using
>>> Tableau. I understand 2.23 will offer a new vizualization engine. That will
>>> be interesting, i will help taking them in that direccion.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 27 January 2016, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It would also be interesting to know why they want to connect
>>>> to Tableau, I thought our philosophy would point us to a more open source
>>>> direction? Tableau is a hyper commercial company? no?
>>>>
>>>> While just a prototype, we in HISP Vietnam are also creating dashboards:
>>>> http://dhis2.io (esc, or click hamburger to see menu)
>>>>
>>>> Tableau wanting to connect to us, should be seen both as a success..
>>>> and something to be wary about (if you care about code, and you have seen
>>>> the output from a Tableau dashboard, you know how shitty it is)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Morten
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Copying this to Sundeep also, since HISP India is also interested in
>>>>> this linkage, as are the WHO SEARO, WPRO and PAHO regional offices.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <
>>>>> mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, Lars will know more about that.. I know they have reached out to
>>>>>> us.. Not sure if they will do the work or us, but I don't think the amount
>>>>>> of work would be much.. at least our analytical json should be easy to
>>>>>> read, I have already make connectors for the dashboards I have been
>>>>>> creating for Lao and Indoensia
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Morten
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:14 PM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> only for the connector...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 27 January 2016 at 15:10, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sure, are they planning to release an open source version then?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Morten
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Juan Manuel Alcantara Acosta <
>>>>>>>> jmalcantara1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nicola recently told me someone form Tableau will be attending the
>>>>>>>>> symposium. That could be a good opportunity to talk to them.
>>>>>>>>> JM
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> El 27/01/2016, a las 9:02 a.m., Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> escribió:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Knut - that's interesting. Look forward to hear more about that
>>>>>>>>> conversation with the Tableau foundation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think that somehow we need DHIS to expose the data in a XML/Json
>>>>>>>>> following Tableau conventions.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Rodolfo Meliá*
>>>>>>>>> *Principal  |  *rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> Skype: rod.melia  |  +44 777 576 4090  |  +1 708 872 7636
>>>>>>>>> www.knowming.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 27 January 2016 at 14:18, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Rodolfo,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There was an email recently about direct contact with the Tableau
>>>>>>>>>> Foundation, who seem interested in working with us directly.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think Lars will probably follow up on this when he is back from
>>>>>>>>>> leave.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Knut
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <
>>>>>>>>>> mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Rodolfo
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know anything about Tableau, but maybe you would have
>>>>>>>>>>> better luck importing CSV data? its a bit more manageable than JSON (which
>>>>>>>>>>> can have any format)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Morten
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Rodolfo Melia <
>>>>>>>>>>> rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi everyone - the latest version of Tableau (9.1) has a new
>>>>>>>>>>>> 'web connector' that allows to read html/ json sources. As you can see from
>>>>>>>>>>>> the image below, I have successfully got to the point of DHIS returning
>>>>>>>>>>>> data to Tableau, but I cannot get to the final step to start doing the
>>>>>>>>>>>> charts in tableau.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Have anyone successfully connected DHIS to tableau using the
>>>>>>>>>>>> new web connector in 9.X?
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have the impression that there is the need to modify the json
>>>>>>>>>>>> that DHIS returns, based on Tableau specs. Have anyone tried to do that?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> <Tableau Web Connector.png>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *R*
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Knut Staring
>>>>>>>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>>>>>>>>>> Norway: +4791880522
>>>>>>>>>> Skype: knutstar
>>>>>>>>>> http://dhis2.org
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Knut Staring
>>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>>>>> Norway: +4791880522
>>>>> Skype: knutstar
>>>>> http://dhis2.org
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Rodolfo Meliá*
>>> *Principal  |  *rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Skype: rod.melia  |  +44 777 576 4090  |  +1 708 872 7636
>>> www.knowming.com
>>>
>>>
>>
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