Power Tools: Server 1.9 is a new feature release
with a focus on 2019.1 support and a new content focused section.
Power Tools for Tableau Server has been rebranded for Tableau. This includes important installer changes with upgrade considerations that you can find detailed below.
Release Date: April 30 2019
Build Number: 1.9.0
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Tableau 2019.1 Support
We now have support for Tableau 2019.1.
Our standard practice is to support the eight most recent releases of Tableau. Tableau 10.2 is now the minimum version of Tableau Server that we support.
Tableau Rebranding and Installer
Power Tools Server now has Tableau branding and installer changes to reflect new ownership. This means the product will install side-by-side with the legacy InterWorks product instead of upgrading it automatically. The recommended steps to upgrade are:
- Stop all installed InterWorks agents.
- Wait for the data processing to complete.
- Stop and uninstall InterWorks master server.
- Run the Tableau master server installer to install Tableau master server.
- Stop Tableau master server.
- Copy over
config/config.jsonfrom InterWorks Master server directory to Tableau Master server directory. - Restart Tableau master server.
- Run the Tableau agent installers to install Tableau agents.
- Stop Tableau agents.
- Copy over
config/config.jsonfrom InterWorks agent directory to Tableau agent directory. - Restart Tableau agents.
Once Tableau Power Tools for Server installation is complete, and you have confirmed it is working as expected, uninstall the InterWorks Power Tools for Server.
Improvements
Content Focus Interface
A new “Content” section of menu now includes several pages to help gain insights and details around a particular item or area of a Tableau Server
Content screens that focus on sites, projects, workbooks, and views are available.
Sites
The site list screen shows all sites known to Power Tools Server for the environment, along with summary information. Clicking on a site will take you to a tabbed detail screen for the site:
The Projects tab shows all top-level projects filtered by the selected site, along with summary information. Clicking on a project will take you to a tabbed detail screen for the project.
The VizQL Sessions tab shows VizQL sessions filtered by the selected site, along with summary information. Clicking on a session will take you to the existing session details screen.
The Data Queries tab shows the queries filtered by the selected site, along with summary information. Clicking on a query will take you to the existing query details screen.
Projects
The project list screen shows all top-level projects known to Power Tools Server for the environment, along with summary information. Clicking on a project will take you to a tabbed detail screen for the project:
The Workbooks tab shows workbooks filtered by the selected project, along with summary information. Clicking on a workbook will take you to a tabbed detail screen for the workbook.
The Projects tab shows nested projects filtered by the selected project, along with summary information. Clicking on a project will take you to a tabbed detail screen for the nested project.
The VizQL Sessions tab shows VizQL sessions filtered by the selected project, along with summary information. Clicking on a session will take you to the existing session details screen.
The Data Queries tab shows the queries filtered by the selected project, along with summary information. Clicking on a query will take you to the existing query details screen.
Workbooks
The workbook list screen shows all workbooks known to Power Tools Server for the environment, along with summary information. Clicking on a workbook will take you to a tabbed detail screen for the workbook:
The Summary tab shows load times, totals, and other summary metrics for the selected time frame.
The Views tab show views filtered by the selected workbook, along with summary information. Clicking on a view will take you to a tabbed detail screen.
The VizQL Sessions tab shows VizQL sessions filtered by the selected workbook, along with summary information. Clicking on a session will take you to the existing session details screen.
The Data Queries tab shows the queries filtered by the selected workbook, along with summary information. Clicking on a query will take you to the existing query details screen.
The Incidents tab shows incidents the selcted workbook was involved in. Clicking on an incident will take you to the existing incident details screen.
Views
The view list screen shows all views known to Power Tools Server for the environment, along with summary information. Clicking on a view will take you to a tabbed detail screen for the view:
The Summary tab shows load times, totals, and other summary metrics for the selected time frame.
The VizQL Sessions tab shows VizQL sessions filtered by the selected view, along with summary information. Clicking on a session will take you to the existing session details screen.
The Data Queries tab shows the queries filtered by the selected view, along with summary information. Clicking on a query will take you to the existing query details screen.
The Incidents tab shows incidents the selected view was involved in. Clicking on an incident will take you to the existing incident details screen.
Other Changes
- Several improvements to improve performance and stability.