Diagnosing the issue
When Tableau Desktop Users connect to a data source, if they want users to be able to view their visualizations, the users must also have access to the data source. Otherwise, the viewer may encounter the following error:
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Notice that this is different from having access to the dashboard itself. If a user is provided a URL for a dashboard that they are not granted permission to view, they will see this view instead:
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Access to the data source can be provisioned in two ways:
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The general recommendation for Published Tableau Data Sources is to embed author credentials, so that access to data in visualizations is managed at the workbook level. |
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