A quick and easy way to convert a Pandas DataFrame to a Tableau .tde or .hyper extract.
- If you want to output as a .tde format, you'll need to install TableauSDK directly from Tableau's site: https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/sdk/en-us/help.htm#SDK/tableau_sdk_installing.htm%3FTocPath%3D_____3 .
- If you want to output as a .hyper format, you'll need to install Extract API 2.0 directly from Tableau's site: https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/extract_api/en-us/help.htm#Extract/extract_api_installing.htm%3FTocPath%3D_____3 .
- Although Tableau's site claims Python 3 is not supported, this module is tested to work fully functional on Python 3.6
Once installing TableauSDK is done, download this repository, navigate to your downloads file and run the following in cmd:
python -m setup.py installYou can also install pandleau using pip:
pip install pandleauBut note that this will throw a warning to install tableausdk using the above link in Prerequisites.
I grabbed the following Brazil flights data off of kaggle for this example: https://www.kaggle.com/microtang/exploring-brazil-flights-data/data.
import pandas as pd
from pandleau import *
# Import the data
example_df = pd.read_csv(r'example/BrFlights2.csv', encoding = 'iso-8859-1')
# Format dates in pandas
example_df['Partida.Prevista'] = pd.to_datetime(example_df['Partida.Prevista'], format = '%Y-%m-%d')
example_df['Partida.Real'] = pd.to_datetime(example_df['Partida.Real'], format = '%Y-%m-%d')
example_df['Chegada.Prevista'] = pd.to_datetime(example_df['Chegada.Prevista'], format = '%Y-%m-%d')
example_df['Chegada.Real'] = pd.to_datetime(example_df['Chegada.Real'], format = '%Y-%m-%d')
# Set up a spatial column
example_df.loc[:, 'SpatialDest'] = example_df['LongDest'].apply( lambda x: "POINT (" + str( round(x, 6) ) ) + \
example_df['LatDest'].apply( lambda x: " "+str( round(x, 6) ) + ")" )
# Change to pandleau object
df_tableau = pandleau(example_df)
# Define spatial column
df_tableau.set_spatial('SpatialDest', indicator=True)
# Write .tde or .hyper Extract!
df_tableau.to_tableau('test.hyper', add_index=False)- Benjamin Wiley - jamin4lyfe
- Zhirui(Jerry) Wang - zhiruiwang
- Aaron Wiegel - aawiegel
- Pointy Shiny Burning - PointyShinyBurning
RTableau Convert R data.frame to Tableau Extract using pandleau
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details