The Tableau Data Source Downloader tool for Alteryx Designer provides a way to programmatically download .hyper files from a Tableau Server.
After the repo has been forked, you'll need to setup your environment.
Follow the steps below to complete the environment setup:
- Complete the steps found under
Python installationof Python SDK. - Run
env/setup_environ.batfrom within thepilotdirectory. This script will create a virtual environment, using Alteryx's install of python, install snakeplane's dependencies, as well as Alteryx SDK's dependencies.
After you have run the script, make sure you are in the pilot directory of the snakeplane folder. Then run the following command in Powershell:
.\env\Scripts\activate.ps1
or for Command Prompt:
.\env\Scripts\activate.bat
You should now see that your terminal is preceded by (env).
Always activate your environment before attempting to use the invoke commands.