When blending data sources in Tableau Desktop, the following error might occur:
"Data sources that contain logical tables cannot be used as secondary data sources for data blending"
or
"Internal Error - An unexpected error occurred and the operation could not be completed. Error Code: 0AEF6A81"
Data blending with a data source that uses logical joins has additional limitations as the data source with logical joins may contain tables that have a 1:many relationship or many:many relationship.
Feature Request already exist for the issue.
Data blending will work when the secondary data source uses logical tables, as long as the following conditions are met:
The primary data source is set when the first field is dragged into the view. Once the primary data source is set, there is no way to change it; The view must be rebuilt from scratch
Instead of blending multiple data sources, create one data source that joins all of the data using either physical or logical joins. If one or more of the data sources is a published data source, then the data cannot be joined in Tableau Desktop, but can be joined in Tableau Prep.
https://jimdehner.com/bgs-beyond-getting-started-the-path-to-understanding-tableau/ the 3rd session where its is explains the connections to load the 2 sources separately.
Reference Community article.
The article The Tableau Data Model provides detailed information about Logical and Physical layers.
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