The error below may be encountered in Tableau Desktop when trying to connect to any data source published to Tableau Server:
An error occurred while communicating with Tableau Server
Bad Connection: Tableau could not connect to the data source.
Error Code: 1076C501
Error: Unable to connect to this Tableau Server data source.
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There was an error with the data source "xxxx". Verify that the data source is configured correctly.
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