Download View Crosstab Excel

1. Complete the Setup steps.
2. Add the Tableau Scope] activity to your project.
3. Add the Download View Crosstab Excel activity inside the Tableau Scope activity.
4. Create an enter values for the Input properties.
5. Enter values for the Output properties.
6. Create and enter an ResponseStatus variable for the Output property.

• Site ID - The ID of the site that contains the view. Enter a string or String variable or click the Find button to display the Find site window, where you can see all the site IDs found on the Tableau instance.
  1. Select a site ID and click Done. The Site ID property is automatically populated with the selected value.
  2. Copy the Site ID string, to use it in the View ID property.
• View ID - The ID of the view to render as data. Enter a string or String variable or click the Find button to display the Find View window.
  1. Paste the Site ID in the Site ID search field and click Find, to identify your View ID.
  2. Select your view and click Done. The View ID property is automatically populated with the correct value.
• Folder Path - The folder to download the report to. Enter a string or String variable.
• File Name - The filename you wish to use. Enter a string or String variable.
• Max Age Minutes - The maximum number of minutes view data will be cached before being refreshed. Enter a string or String variable. To prevent multiple view data requests from overloading the server, the shortest interval you can set is one minute. There is no maximum value.

Common

• DisplayName - The display name of the activity. This field supports only strings or String variables.

Input

• Client Timeout (in seconds) - Defines the client read timeout in seconds.. Default value is 100.

Misc

• Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.

Output

• ResponseStatus - The status of the request (success/failure information). This field supports only ResponseStatus variables.