TabPy

Execute Python code on the fly and display results in Tableau visualizations:

View the Project on GitHub tableau/TabPy

Running TabPy in Virtual Environment

Running TabPy in Python Virtual Environment

To run TabPy in Python virtual environment follow the steps:

  1. Install virtualenv package:

    pip install virtualenv
    
  2. Create virtual environment (replace my-tabpy-env with your virtual environment name):

    virtualenv my-tabpy-env
    
  3. Activate the environment.
    1. For Windows run

      my-tabpy-env\Scripts\activate
      
    2. For Linux and Mac run

      source my-tabpy-env/bin/activate
      
  4. Run TabPy:
    1. Default TabPy

      tabpy
      
    2. Local TabPy

      To create a version of TabPy that incorporates locally-made changes, use pip to create a package from your local TabPy project and install it within that directory:

         pip install -e .
      

      Then start TabPy just like it was mentioned earlier

         tabpy
      
  5. To deactivate virtual environment run:

    deactivate
    

Running TabPy in an Anaconda Virtual Environment

To run TabPy in an Anaconda virtual environment follow the steps: NOTE: this assumes you have installed Anaconda in a Windows environment

  1. For Windows open Anaconda Prompt from the Windows Start menu, for Linux and Mac run shell.

  2. Navigate to your home directory:
    1. On Windows run

      cd %USERPROFILE%
      
    2. For Linux and Mac run

      cd ~
      
  3. Create the virtual Anaconda environment

     conda create --name my-tabpy-env python=3.7
    
  4. Activate your virtual environment

    conda activate my-tabpy-env
    
  5. Install TabPy to your new Anaconda environment by following the instructions on the TabPy Server Install documentation page.

  6. Run TabPy:

    tabpy
    
  7. To deactivate virtual environment run:

    conda deactivate