Splunk ODBC 连接器与 Tableau

Question

I am connecting my tableau to Splunk through the ODBC connector. So, Splunk data are pulled into Tableau where I create the dashboard and host it in Tableau server.

But, I want to know behind the scene where does Splunk dumb data so that Tableau is able to utilize it? I heard it's in the Tableau data engine, but not sure if it's remote or local.

Answer 1

Actually, Tableau manages these external connections inside its " BlackBox "

There are differences in how each database vendor implements capabilities of the ODBC standard. Tableau uses a feature-discovery API in ODBC to question a database driver about the functionality it supports. One example of how Tableau changes behavior based on what the driver reports is the list of functions available when creating a calculated field. Fewer driver limitations means that more functions are available.

In some cases Tableau will require you to create a data extract from the data returned by the ODBC connector. And there are some ODBC drivers and databases that Tableau can't connect to

You can get more info here: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/connect_customize.htm