🎯 Tableau Search

• Created for a Tableau DataDev Quest.
• I figured I already interact with Tableau enough during my day job... why not do it for free?

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🚀 Application Features

• Multithreaded Searches: Separated searches for all items onto their own threads for a little speed boost. May have been overkill.
• Error Handling: Added error handling with retries to ensure proper input from the user before continuing.
• Rich Console Formatting: To improve the overall CLI experience.
• Native Paginators: To ensure all possible search results are displayed.
• Tabular Results: To satisfy the developers with OCD...
• Highlighted Search Terms: Case-insensitive. I, too, forget what I searched for.
• Optional Image Downloads: Downloads view images and workbook preview images to a downloads directory. Completely optional.
• Navigable View Urls: So you can see your view in the browser.
• Pass Search Term as Argument Because it was an optional task ;)

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🛠️ Running the Application

1. Ensure Python 3 is Installed

• The application is built with Python 3.11.
• Download Python

2. Create & Start the Virtual Environment

• Otherwise, if you try to use packages that aren't yet available:

• You can create the environment with:

python3 -m venv venv

• You can start the environment with:

source .venv/bin/activate

• And finally, install the necessary packages with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the application.

• If you're using something like JetBrains, it may look a little funky.
• Native terminals work best. I'm biased towards Warp.

python3 main.py

4. Pass the search term as an argument (optional)

• I added this literally to accomplish an optional enhancement.
• I think passing the search term during program execution is more fun.
• BUT, if you wish to use it, usage looks like this:

python3 main.py "search term"

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🔗 Useful Links

• LinkedIn
• Intermediate Quest
• Python Tableau Client Documentation
• Tableau API Documentation
• PyPi