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Deleting data connections in Tableau Server

Posted August 18th, 2008 by jeffh
in Tableau Desktop Basics Tableau Server

How can I delete a data connection in Tableau server? I ony see a "modify" choice.

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On August 25th, 2008 Erin Easter said:

Hi Jeff,

Currently you can't actually delete a data connection on the server. To make the data connection unavailable you can change the permissions on it so that no one using the server can see it. To change the permissions on the data connection you will have to republish it using Tableau Desktop.

I've passed your comments on to our development team to improve this process in the future. Can you tell me more about why you need to delete the connections?

Hope that helps!
Erin

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On September 23rd, 2008 rblaiklock said:

Can I delete a connection in the Desktop version?

I've modified my workbook and no longer need that connection.

The problem is my data source is on a server and every time I open the file it looks for the source, which I no longer need. If I'm not connected to the server, then I run into problems.

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On September 25th, 2008 James Baker said:

That would probably be Data -> Data Connection -> Close?

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On September 29th, 2008 rblaiklock said:

D'oh - missed that one entirely.

thx

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