But if you want to use data based on HANA View, you have to install HANA Client and set up ODBC. So, based on these, both of ODBC connection and Tableau SAP HANA connector are available to connect to HANA Cloud. Ģ-1.Start Tableau and find server connection type SAP HANA.Īfter connect to HANA Cloud, let’s try to query the same physical table.īut when I query HANA View there is an error which hints me Tableau could not find object CV_ORDER in OMO_PROJECT_HDI_DB_1.īy checking SAP Note 2980910 – Enable graceful error handling for MDX statements from 3rd party analytics tools, this is due to Tableau throw a MDX statement to query HANA View but now HANA Cloud does not support MDX statement. With this, you do not need to install HANA Client. Now ,let’s have a try of Tableau native SAP HANA Connector. I could also query HANA calculation view CV_ORDER in the same HDI container After this, click Sign In buttonĪfter sign in ,I could query physical table CUSTOMERS in my HDI container OMO_PROJECT_HDI_DB_1 It will take a few seconds for Tableau to get HANA Cloud server node information. If you enter the hostname and user information correct, you will see the connection is successful. You can check your HANA Cloud hostname from HANA Cloud cockpit. I’ll show you both ODBC connection and Tableau native connection.ġ-1.download latest HANA Client and install into the OS where I installed Tableau desktop.ġ-2.setup ODBC driver and press OK buttonįor secure ,check in “Connect to the database using TLS/SSL” My environment is: Tableau Desktop Professional Edition 2021.1.2, SAP HANA Cloud QRC1 2021.Both are free trial. Now I’ll show you how I connected Tableau to SAP HANA Cloud. If you have HANA Views and your Tableau is going to query HANA Views, then ODBC is necessary.Tableau native connection is easier to implement than ODBC driver since you don’t need install HANA Client

If you are not using HANA Views, you can choose any of them.One is ODBC driver (HANA Client) and the other one is Tableau native data source connection type of SAP HANA. Please also feel free to add your comments. I’ve added English translation into some important screenshots. **I apologize that I’m using Tableau in Japanese and this might make you confused and uncomfortable. In this blog post, I will show you how I did this. SAP HANA Cloud was released last year and some customers who are using Tableau might wonder if Tableau is able to connect to SAP HANA Cloud and how.

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