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Error "DataServiceFailure Unable to connect to the server 'localhost'." Viewing Public Dashboard Using Tableau Server Guest User Access

Julkaisupäivä: Jan 24, 2025
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Issue

When accessing a view using Guest User access, users receive the following error:

 

DataServiceFailure
Unable to connect to the server "localhost". Check that the server is running and that you have access privileges to the requested database.

 

Cause

The Guest User is not allowed to connect to published data sources. See Guest User.

 
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Ratkaisu

Option 1
Republish the workbook with the data source embedded in the workbook.

Option 2
Set the workbook’s connection to a published data source, publish the workbook as "Embedded password" (using the author’s connect access to the data source). For more information, see Data access for published Tableau data sources.

 
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Knowledge-artikkelin numero

001473301

 
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