When connecting to published data source, the following error might occur
"Cannot connect to Tableau Server. Please check the server name and port and try again"
or
"HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error"
1: Verify Tableau Desktop log, the following error message is recorded.
org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [com.tableausoftware.api.support.ThriftController]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: Could not create ServerSocket on address 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:[port number].
2: Open command prompt as an administrator in Tableau Server machine
3: Run the following command: netstat -ano | find "[port number]". The results should provide the PID of any process using this port. The result may look something like the following:
001496581

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