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Automatically refresh a Tableau viz on Tableau Server
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <title>I'm an HTML file!</title> | |
| <!-- Replace the reference to the JS API on Tableau Public to your server --> | |
| <script type="text/javascript" src="http://public.tableausoftware.com/javascripts/api/tableau_v8.js"></script> | |
| <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script> | |
| <body> | |
| <div id="content"> </div> | |
| <script> | |
| var viz; | |
| function refreshThatSucker(){ | |
| viz.refreshDataAsync(); | |
| //or do something more obvious and evil | |
| //viz.showShareDialog(); | |
| } | |
| function initializeViz() { | |
| var placeholderDiv = document.getElementById("content"); | |
| // Replace this URL with your viz | |
| var url = "http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/Iceland_0/IcelandDashboard"; | |
| var options = { | |
| width: content.offsetWidth, | |
| height: content.offsetHeight, | |
| hideTabs: true, | |
| hideToolbar: true, | |
| onFirstInteractive: function () { | |
| // Refresh the viz every 5000 milliseconds | |
| window.setInterval("refreshThatSucker()",5000); | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| try{ | |
| viz = new tableauSoftware.Viz(placeholderDiv, url, options); | |
| } | |
| catch (e){ | |
| alert(e); | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| </script> | |
| <script type="text/javascript"> | |
| // Initialize the app on document ready. | |
| $(initializeViz); | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
Caveat: when pasting as-is you'll see nothing, since the div has the height of 0px. Give it some height, see things!
works with Firefox. does not work with chrome Version 35.0.1916.153 m
How i can deploy this web page on the tableau server.
Please give the details of the procedure.
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Tableau 8.1 dashboards have a button "pause refresh"... Aren't they supposed to auto-refresh by themselves?