Tableau Connector for FileMaker

Vincenzo Menanno Josh Block
Made by Vincenzo Menanno and Josh Block
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FileMaker Server 19 or higher

Tableau Desktop or Server 2021.x or higher

Tableau Cloud/Online not supported

For organizations that want to use data in their FileMaker system to gain insight using Tableau, Beezwax's Tableau Connector offers faster, more reliable and more flexible connections than the legacy Web Data Connector.

Tableau is the leading data analysis software that empowers business stakeholders to gain insight into their data and make timely, accurate business decisions. The Tableau Connector extracts your data from FileMaker so that you can build and publish dashboards in Tableau.

What makes Tableau Connector unique?
Flexibility. Reliability... And Speed!

Our Tableau Connector is up to 10 times faster than the Web Data Connector. 

All aspects of the design have been chosen to make it the most performant way to move data between FileMaker and Tableau.

How we did it

  • The other way to connect FileMaker and Tableau is the “Tableau Web Data Connector for FileMaker.” It’s a nice thing. However, it uses the FileMaker Data API for the connection between FileMaker and Tableau. We built Tableau Connector in part so that we could leverage, instead, the JDBC connector. And, sure enough, in our testing, our method of syncing is ten times faster.

  • Tableau Connector was built using the Tableau Connector SDK (provided by Tableau) to connect to data sources on FileMaker Server.

  • On the FileMaker side, the Tableau Connector method uses Tables (Table Occurrences) rather than Layout context to define tables and fields for extract. While the Web Data Connector will get the fields (columns) from those available on a layout, then use the Data API to extract the data, the Tableau Connector method connects directly to each table by referencing a corresponding Table Occurrence, then extracts data via JDBC.

  • Once connection is established, access to however many tables are made available with the associated privilege set. This can be both easier to configure and manage, as well as more flexible.

Connect key data in your FileMaker Solution to Tableau for interactive visualization.

Features

    Once the Tableau Connector has established one connection, it has access to however many tables are made available with the associated privilege set. This makes it easier to configure and manage, as well as provides more flexibility.

    You can make embedded dashboards dynamically integrated: built with Tableau, embedded in FileMaker, with interactivity between them.

    Connect to your data sources on FileMaker Server and extract data 10 X faster than using a legacy Web Data Connector.

    Need to combine data from multiple files? Use Tableau or FileMaker to combine and transform data from multiple data sources.

Developer Spotlight

Vincenzo Menanno Vincenzo Menanno Chief Innovation Officer Vince is a true pioneer amongst Claris FileMaker developers and is internationally recognized as an expert technical consultant. As Chief Innovation Officer at Beezwax, Vince leads Research and Development on cutting-edge methods and tools for Claris Platform development. Josh Block Josh Block Sr. Tableau Developer Josh is a data analyst and Tableau developer, working with a range of Beezwax clients, across Government, Non-profit and Enterprise business projects.