Tableau DataTables Extension

The Tableau DataTables Extension was built for several purposes:

• To aide in my understanding of this wonderful new Tableau functionality.
• To leverage the widely used DataTables.net libraries in Tableau dashboards.
• To provide an open source example for others to look at, learn from, and improve upon.

Install Guide

• Install Node.js and NPM
• Install Yarn
• Install Git

Once installed, clone this repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/tableaumagic/tableau-datatables-extension.git

run the following yarn command:

$ yarn install

Install http-server

$ npm install http-server -g

Run the http-server

$ http-server

Open the datatables.trex file in Tableau Desktop 2018.2 or greater

Credits

Thank you to the wonderful people of the Tableau community for providing me with feedback:

• David Pires @davidmpires
• Josh Tapley @josh_tapley
• Rajeev Pandey @rajvivan