Visualize Live Adobe Commerce Data in Tableau

Tableau is a visual analytics platform transforming the way businesses use data to solve problems. When paired with the CData Tableau Connector for Adobe Commerce, you can easily get access to live Adobe Commerce data within Tableau. This article shows how to connect to Adobe Commerce in Tableau and build a simple chart.

The CData Tableau Connectors enable high-speed access to live Adobe Commerce data in Tableau. Once you install the connector, you simply authenticate with Adobe Commerce and you can immediately start building responsive, dynamic visualizations and dashboards. By surfacing Adobe Commerce data using native Tableau data types and handling complex filters, aggregations, & other operations automatically, CData Tableau Connectors grant seamless access to Adobe Commerce data.

NOTE: The CData Tableau Connectors require Tableau 2020.3 or higher. If you are using an older version of Tableau, you will need to use the CData Tableau Connector for Adobe Commerce. If you wish to connect to Adobe Commerce data in Tableau Cloud, you will need to use CData Connect Cloud.

Connect to Adobe Commerce in Tableau

Open Tableau and click More under Connect -> To a Server. Select "Adobe Commerce by CData," then configure the connection and click "Sign In."

Adobe Commerce uses the OAuth 1 authentication standard. To connect to the Adobe Commerce REST API, you will need to obtain values for the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties by registering an app with your Adobe Commerce system. See the "Getting Started" section in the help documentation for a guide to obtaining the OAuth values and connecting.

You will also need to provide the URL to your Adobe Commerce system. The URL depends on whether you are using the Adobe Commerce REST API as a customer or administrator.

• Customer: To use Adobe Commerce as a customer, make sure you have created a customer account in the Adobe Commerce homepage. To do so, click Account -> Register. You can then set the URL connection property to the endpoint of your Adobe Commerce system.

• Administrator: To access Adobe Commerce as an administrator, set CustomAdminPath instead. This value can be obtained in the Advanced settings in the Admin menu, which can be accessed by selecting System -> Configuration -> Advanced -> Admin -> Admin Base URL.

  If the Use Custom Admin Path setting on this page is set to YES, the value is inside the Custom Admin Path text box; otherwise, set the CustomAdminPath connection property to the default value, which is "admin".

Discover Schemas and Query Data

1. Select CData from the Database pull-down menu.
2. Select Adobe Commerce from the Schema pull-down menu.
3. Drag the tables and views you wish to visualize onto the join area. You can include multiple tables.
4. Select Update Now or Automatically Update. Update Now lets you preview the first 10,000 rows of the data source (or enter the number of rows you want to see in the Rows text box). Automatically Update automatically reflects the changes in the preview area.
5. Click the tab for your worksheet. Columns are listed as Dimensions and Measures, depending on the data type. The CData Tableau Connector discovers data types automatically, allowing you to leverage the powerful data processing and visualization features of Tableau.
6. Drag a field from the Dimensions or Measures area to Rows or Columns. Tableau creates column or row headers.
7. Select one of the chart types from the Show Me tab. Tableau displays the chart type that you selected.

Using the CData Tableau Connector for Adobe Commerce with Tableau, you can easily create robust visualizations and reports on Adobe Commerce data. Download a free, 30-day trial and get started today.