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Metadata

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_FAST_METADATA Set to ‘yes’ if you have small to moderate size schemas. This capability controls whether Tableau should enumerate all of the objects immediately when you connect. Set the value to “yes” to enable this capability for better performance when creating connections. Disable this capability to allow search for specific schemas or tables instead of retrieving all objects. You can search for all objects by using an empty string. yes yes
CAP_QUERY_TOP_0_METADATA Set to ‘yes’ if the data source can handle a “TOP 0” request for retrieving metadata no ?
CAP_QUERY_WHERE_FALSE_METADATA Set to ‘yes’ if the data source can handle a “WHERE <false>” predicate for retrieving metadata ?

Temporary Tables

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_CREATE_TEMP_TABLES Set to ‘yes’ if Tableau can create temporary tables needed for certain complex or optimized queries. Set to ‘no’ if creating temporary tables is not supported. See also: CAP_SELECT_INTO. ?
CAP_INDEX_TEMP_TABLES Set to ‘yes’ if data source supports creation of indexes on temp tables database
CAP_QUERY_USE_TEMP_TABLE_NAMES_AS_SUBQUERY_ALIASES Set to ‘yes’ if Tableau must use generated temporary table names for aliases of subqueries because they might end up implemented as temporary tables no no
CAP_SELECT_INTO Set to ‘yes’ if Tableau can create a table on the fly from the resultset of another query. See also: CAP_CREATE_TEMP_TABLES. ?
CAP_SELECT_TOP_INTO Set to ‘yes’ if Tableau can use a TOP or LIMIT row-limiting clause when creating a table from a query resultset. ?
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_FORCE_UTF8_TEMP_TABLE_COLUMN_SIZE Set to ‘yes’ if when creating temp tables specify the size of varchar columns in bytes.
CAP_TEMP_TABLES_NOT_SESSION_SCOPED Set to ‘yes’ if this data source uses regular tables to simulate temp tables. Temporary table creation is still controlled by CAP_CREATE_TEMP_TABLE or CAP_SELECT_INTO
CAP_SUPPRESS_TEMP_TABLE_CHECKS Set to ‘yes’ to skip the connection time check that determines if the user has permission to create temp tables. no no

String Splits

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_SUPPORTS_SPLIT_FROM_LEFT Set to ‘yes’ if data source supports splitting a string from the left yes
CAP_SUPPORTS_SPLIT_FROM_RIGHT Set to ‘yes’ if data source supports splitting a string from the right ?

Initial SQL

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_SUPPORTS_INITIAL_SQL Set to ‘yes’ to enable Initial SQL on the connection dialog. Available in Tableau 2020.3 and newer. yes

Query

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_QUERY_AGG_NO_BOOLEXPR Set to ‘yes’ to transform boolean expressions to integers for arguments to aggregates. Available in Tableau 2020.2 and newer.
CAP_QUERY_ALLOW_JOIN_REORDER Set to ‘yes’ to use query optimization to reduce database work with some inner and equality joins. yes yes
CAP_QUERY_ALLOW_PARTIAL_AGGREGATION Tableau can minimize data movement (and boost performance) in federated join scenarios by performing as much aggregation as possible in remote databases before shipping the data back. This can introduce additional groupbys on the fields used in the join condition. If the join is on a string field, not all data sources handle the additional groupbys on strings efficiently, leading to a rapid degradation in performance the more join key fields are used. yes yes
CAP_QUERY_BOOL_IDENTIFIER_TO_LOGICAL Set to ‘yes’ if the dialect can handle WHEN [bit column] THEN or does it need something like WHEN [column] = 1 THEN.
CAP_QUERY_BOOLEXPR_TO_INTEXPR Set to ‘yes’ if data source does not support booleans natively in a result set. Set to ‘no’ if booleans are supported natively. ?
CAP_QUERY_CASE_MATCHES_NULL Set to ‘yes’ if CASE can match a null in a valued CASE expression no no
CAP_QUERY_CASE_OUT_NO_BOOL_OPS Set to ‘yes’ if CASE outputs cannot contain boolean operators like AND/OR/NOT. Available in Tableau 2020.2 and newer.
CAP_QUERY_CASE_PROMOTES_CHAR Set to ‘no’ if CASE cannot promote character types? yes yes
CAP_QUERY_CAST_MONEY_AS_NUMERIC Set to ‘yes’ to cast money as numeric. Available in Tableau 2021.1 and newer.
CAP_QUERY_FROM_REQUIRES_ALIAS Set to ‘yes’ if the FROM clause must provide an alias for the given table.
CAP_QUERY_FULLJOIN_IND Set to ‘yes’ to support full joins with Is-Not-Distinct semantics.
CAP_QUERY_GROUP_ALLOW_DUPLICATES Set to ‘no’ if SQL queries cannot contain duplicate expressions in the GROUP BY clause (this is uncommon). yes yes
CAP_QUERY_GROUP_BY_ALIAS Set to ‘yes’ if SQL queries with aggregations can reference the grouping columns by their corresponding alias in the SELECT list, for example, GROUP BY “none_ShipCountry_nk”. no no
CAP_QUERY_GROUP_BY_BOOL Set to ‘yes’ if the database can group by a raw boolean. Set to ‘no’ if booleans should be cast to an INT. Can also influence booleans in the SELECT clause. no yes
CAP_QUERY_GROUP_BY_DEGREE Set to ‘yes’ if SQL queries with aggregations can reference the grouping columns by the ordinal position of each column, for example, GROUP BY 2, 5. See also: CAP_QUERY_SORT_BY_DEGREE no yes
CAP_QUERY_HAVING_REQUIRES_GROUP_BY Set to ‘yes’ if Tableau must use an artificial grouping field for any query that has a HAVING clause but no grouping columns. ?
CAP_QUERY_HAVING_UNSUPPORTED Set to ‘yes’ if the SQL syntax for HAVING is unsupported. Sometimes Tableau can work around this using subqueries. See also: CAP_QUERY_SUBQUERIES.
CAP_QUERY_INCLUDE_GROUP_BY_COLUMNS_IN_SELECT Set to ‘yes’ to require all GROUP BY expressions to also appear in the SELECT expression list.
CAP_QUERY_INCLUDE_HAVING_COLUMNS_IN_SELECT Set to ‘yes’ if the HAVING columns are always needed in the SELECT clause
CAP_QUERY_INITIAL_SQL_SPLIT_STATEMENTS Set to ‘yes’ if the data source requires multiple statements issued as separate queries for Initial SQL ?
CAP_QUERY_INOUT_JOINS Set to ‘no’ if the connection cannot handle the joins needed for IN/OUT set calculations yes yes
CAP_QUERY_JOIN_ACROSS_SCHEMAS Set to ‘yes’ if SQL queries can express joins between tables located in different schemas. no ?
CAP_QUERY_JOIN_MISMATCHED_VARCHAR_WIDTHS Set to ‘yes’ if join predicates have different widths for VARCHAR columns yes ?
CAP_QUERY_JOIN_PREDICATE_REQUIRES_SCOPE Set to ‘yes’ if join predicates must be enclosed in parens yes yes
CAP_QUERY_JOIN_PUSH_DOWN_CONDITION_EXPRESSIONS Set to ‘yes’ if the data source cannot handle complex expressions in join conditions (anything more complex than an identifier): JOIN ON [id]=[id] vs JOIN ON UPPER([State])=[State]
CAP_QUERY_JOIN_REQUIRES_SCOPE Set to ‘yes’ if SQL queries must scope each join clause within parentheses to ensure a proper order of evaluation.
CAP_QUERY_JOIN_REQUIRES_SUBQUERY Set to ‘yes’ to force join expressions involving more than two tables to be composed with subqueries.
CAP_QUERY_NAKED_JOINS Set to ‘yes’ if Tableau needs to wrap the base relation to join filters yes yes
CAP_QUERY_OUTER_JOIN_CONDITION_NO_TRIVIAL Set to ‘yes’ to rewrite empty outer join conditions to non-trivial conditions. Available in Tableau 2020.1 and newer.
CAP_QUERY_SCALAR_SELECTS_ALL_IN_GROUP_BYS Set to ‘yes’ if all scalar selects must be in an aggregated query’s GROUP BY clause
CAP_QUERY_SCALAR_SELECTS_SOME_IN_GROUP_BYS Set to ‘yes’ if some scalar selects must be in an aggregated query’s GROUP BY clause. Available in Tableau 2020.2 and newer.
CAP_QUERY_SELECT_ALIASES_SORTED Set to ‘yes’ if Tableau must impose a deterministic order on the SELECT expressions (sorted by alias) to ensure that query results can be properly matched with each field in the Tableau visualization. This is only required for data sources that do not preserve the aliases of the SELECT expressions when returning metadata with the query results. no no
CAP_QUERY_SORT_BY Set to ‘yes’ to enable the ‘Field’ option in the Sort menu no yes
CAP_QUERY_SORT_BY_DEGREE Set to ‘yes’ if SQL queries can reference the sorting columns by the ordinal position of each column, for example, ORDER BY 2, 5. See also: CAP_QUERY_GROUP_BY_DEGREE. yes ?
CAP_QUERY_SORT_BY_NON_NUMERIC Set to ‘no’ if data source cannot sort by non-numeric values yes yes
CAP_QUERY_SUBQUERIES Set to ‘yes’ if the data source supports subqueries. yes
CAP_QUERY_SUBQUERIES_WITH_TOP Set to ‘yes’ if the data source supports a TOP or LIMIT row-limiting clause within a subquery. yes ?
CAP_QUERY_SUBQUERY_QUERY_CONTEXT Set to ‘yes’ to force Tableau to use a subquery for context filters instead of a temporary table or locally cached results. yes yes
CAP_QUERY_SUPPORT_EMPTY_GROUPBY Set to ‘yes’ if data source supports empty group by clause
CAP_QUERY_SUPPORTS_UNIQUE_IDENTIFIER Set to ‘yes’ if data source supports uniqueidentifier data type. Available in Tableau 2020.1 and newer.
CAP_QUERY_TIME_REQUIRES_CAST Set to ‘yes’ if the time columns must be cast to timestamp/datetime. This capability applies to ODBC connectors.
CAP_QUERY_TOP_0 Set to ‘no’ if the server cannot handle a “TOP 0” request yes yes
CAP_QUERY_TOP_N Set to ‘yes’ if the data source supports any form of row-limiting clause. The exact forms supported are described below. no yes
CAP_QUERY_TOP_PERCENT Set to ‘yes’ if TOP supports percent no ?
CAP_QUERY_TOP_SAMPLE Set to ‘yes’ if TOP supports sampling rows no ?
CAP_QUERY_TOP_SAMPLE_FAST Set to ‘yes’ if TOP with sampling is faster than TOP no no
CAP_QUERY_TOP_SAMPLE_PERCENT Set to ‘yes’ if TOP supports sampling by percentages no ?
CAP_QUERY_USE_DOMAIN_EXCEPT_OPTIMIZATION When the number of selected items in a filter is greater than half the total number of items in the domain, save the excluded items instead of the included items to save space. Available in Tableau 2022.2 and newer. yes yes
CAP_QUERY_USE_DOMAIN_RANGES_OPTIMIZATION Set to ‘no’ if domain ranges cannot be used to optimize set functions. yes yes
CAP_QUERY_USE_DOMAIN_RANGES_OPTIMIZATION_STRINGS Set to ‘yes’ if domain ranges should be used to optimize set functions for string data. Available in Tableau 2022.2 and newer. no no
CAP_QUERY_USE_QUERY_FUSION Set to ‘no’ to prevent Tableau from combining multiple individual queries into a single combined query. Turn off this capability for performance tuning or if the database is unable to process large queries. yes yes
CAP_QUERY_WRAP_SUBQUERY_WITH_TOP Set to ‘yes’ if the server can handle a subquery wrapped with only a TOP clause no no
CAP_SUPPORTS_UNION Set to ‘yes’ if the data source supports UNION functionality. no yes

JDBC

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_JDBC_BIND_BIGDECIMAL_STRING Set to ‘yes’ to bind bigdecimal as string for JDBC. Available in Tableau 2020.1 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_BIND_DETECT_ALIAS_CASE_FOLDING Set to ‘yes’ to allow Tableau to detect and recover from a JDBC data source that reports the field names in a result set using only upper-case or lower-case characters, instead of the expected field names.
CAP_JDBC_BIND_SPATIAL_AS_WKB Set to ‘yes’ to use WKB for spatial types serialization. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_CONVERT_WKB_HEX_STRING Set to ‘yes’ to convert a hex string to regular WKB. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_EXPORT_BIND_BOOL_AS_INTEGER Set to ‘yes’ to bind Tableau booleans to integer for data insertion. Available in Tableau 2020.2 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_EXPORT_DATA_BATCH Set to ‘no’ to disable the use of JDBC batch operations for data insert. yes yes
CAP_JDBC_INSERT_COERCE_INT_TO_BOOL Set to ‘yes’ to convert integer type to boolean only when the column type and source type are different. Available in Tableau 2021.2 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_MAX_STRING_LENGTH_MEDIUM Set to ‘yes’ to use 512 character string length limit. Default is 16K. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_METADATA_GET_INDEX_INFO Set to ‘no’ to disable reading index info yes yes
CAP_JDBC_METADATA_IGNORE_NULLABILITY Set to ‘yes’ to ignore column nullability retrieved from query metadata and always set it to true for all columns in the query result. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_METADATA_NUMERIC_DEFAULT_PREC_SCALE_DOUBLE Set to ‘yes’ to use precision=17 and no scale for numeric with undefined precision/scale. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_METADATA_READ_FOREIGNKEYS Set to ‘no’ to disable reading foreign key metadata yes yes
CAP_JDBC_METADATA_READ_PRIMARYKEYS Set to ‘no’ to disable reading primary key metadata yes yes
CAP_JDBC_METADATA_USE_RESULTSET_FOR_TABLE Set to ‘yes’ to get column metadata from the result set of a select * query. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_PREPARED_QUERY If CAP_JDBC_METADATA_USE_RESULTSET_FOR_TABLE is enabled, set this capability to ‘yes’ to disable preparing the query used for reading the table metadata. We will execute the query wrapped with a where-false clause.
CAP_JDBC_PARAMETER_METADATA_REQUIRES_EXECUTE Set to ‘yes’ if retrieving parameter metadata for inserts requires execution of an empty batch. Available in Tableau 2020.2 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_QUERY_ASYNC Set to ‘yes’ to run queries on another thread. yes
CAP_JDBC_QUERY_CANCEL Set to ‘yes’ if driver can cancel queries. Requires CAP_JDBC_QUERY_ASYNC to be set. yes yes
CAP_JDBC_QUERY_DISABLE_AUTO_COMMIT Set to ‘yes’ to disable the default auto-commit mode when running query. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_QUERY_FORCE_PREPARE Set to ‘yes’ to always prepare the query before execution. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_SUPPRESS_EMPTY_CATALOG_NAME Set to ‘yes’ to ignore missing catalog.
CAP_JDBC_SUPPRESS_EMPTY_SCHEMA_NAME Set to ‘yes’ to ignore missing schema. Available in Tableau 2022.2 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_SUPPRESS_ENUMERATE_DATABASES Set to ‘yes’ to disable database enumeration.
CAP_JDBC_SUPPRESS_ENUMERATE_SCHEMAS Set to ‘yes’ to disable schema enumeration.
CAP_JDBC_SUPPRESS_ENUMERATE_TABLES Set to ‘yes’ to disable table enumeration.
CAP_JDBC_SET_CLIENT_INFO Enable the JDBC setClientInfo API to pass trace information to the database. Available in Tableau 2021.2 and newer for on-premises Tableau Server. Needs additional configuration, see documentation.
CAP_JDBC_TRIM_STRING_PADDING Set to ‘yes’ to trim trailing whitespace from string columns that have been added by the driver. Available in Tableau 2020.1 and newer.
CAP_JDBC_USE_ADAPTIVE_FETCH_SIZE Set to ‘yes’ to use ResultSet metadata to determine optimal fetch size. May require CAP_JDBC_QUERY_FORCE_PREPARE to be enabled to work properly. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer. yes
CAP_JDBC_USE_SINGLE_ROW_FETCH Set to ‘yes’ to use single row fetch. May require CAP_JDBC_QUERY_FORCE_PREPARE. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.

ODBC

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_ODBC_BIND_BOOL_AS_WCHAR_01LITERAL Set to ‘yes’ to bind a Boolean data type as a WCHAR containing values ‘0’ or ‘1’.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_BOOL_AS_WCHAR_TFLITERAL Set to ‘yes’ to bind a Boolean data type as WCHAR containing values ‘t’ or ‘f’.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_DETECT_ALIAS_CASE_FOLDING Set to ‘yes’ to allow Tableau to detect and recover from an ODBC data source that reports the field names in a result set using only upper-case or lower-case characters, instead of the expected field names.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_FORCE_DATE_AS_CHAR Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to bind date values as CHAR.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_FORCE_DATETIME_AS_CHAR Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to bind datetime values as CHAR.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_FORCE_MAX_STRING_BUFFERS Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to use maximum-sized buffers (1 MB) for strings instead of the size described by metadata.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_FORCE_MEDIUM_STRING_BUFFERS Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to use medium-sized buffers (1 K) for strings instead of the size described by metadata.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_FORCE_SIGNED Set to ‘yes’ to force binding integers as signed.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_FORCE_SMALL_STRING_BUFFERS Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to use small buffers for strings instead of the size described by metadata.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_PRESERVE_BOM Set to ‘yes’ to preserve BOM when present in strings. Hive will return BOM and treat strings containing it as distinct entities.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_SKIP_LOCAL_DATATYPE_UNKNOWN Set to ‘yes’ to prevent the native ODBC Protocol from binding to columns having local data type DataType::Unknown in the expected metadata
CAP_ODBC_BIND_SPATIAL_AS_WKT Set to ‘yes’ to force binding Spatial data as WKT (Well Known Text)
CAP_ODBC_BIND_SUPPRESS_COERCE_TO_STRING Set to ‘yes’ to prevent the Tableau native ODBC protocol from binding non-string data as strings (that is, requesting driver conversion).
CAP_ODBC_BIND_SUPPRESS_INT64 Set to ‘yes’ to prevent the Tableau native ODBC protocol from using 64-bit integers for large numeric data.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_SUPPRESS_PREFERRED_CHAR Set to ‘yes’ to prevent the Tableau native ODBC protocol from preferring a character type that differs from the driver default.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_SUPPRESS_PREFERRED_TYPES Set to ‘yes’ to prevent the Tableau native ODBC protocol from binding any data according to its preferred wire types. With this capability set, Tableau will only bind according to the data types described by the ODBC driver via metadata.
CAP_ODBC_BIND_SUPPRESS_WIDE_CHAR Set to ‘yes’ to prevent the Tableau native ODBC protocol from binding strings a WCHAR. Instead they will be bound as single-byte CHAR arrays, and processed locally for any UTF-8 characters contained within.
CAP_ODBC_CONNECTION_STATE_VERIFY_FAST Set to ‘yes’ to check if a connection is broken with a fast ODBC API call. yes yes
CAP_ODBC_CONNECTION_STATE_VERIFY_PROBE Set to ‘yes’ to check if a connection is broken with a forced probe. no no
CAP_ODBC_CONNECTION_STATE_VERIFY_PROBE_IF_STALE Set to ‘yes’ to check if a connection is broken with a forced probe only if it is “stale” (that is, unused for about 30 minutes). yes yes
CAP_ODBC_CONNECTION_STATE_VERIFY_PROBE_PREPARED_QUERY Set to ‘yes’ to check if a connection is broken using a prepared query. yes yes
CAP_ODBC_CURSOR_DYNAMIC Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to set the cursor type for all statements to Dynamic (scrollable, detects added/removed/modified rows).
CAP_ODBC_CURSOR_FORWARD_ONLY Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to set the cursor type for all statements to Forward-only (non-scrollable). ?
CAP_ODBC_CURSOR_KEYSET_DRIVEN Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to set the cursor type for all statements to Keyset-driven (scrollable, detects changes to values within a row).
CAP_ODBC_CURSOR_STATIC Set to ‘yes’ to force Tableau to set the cursor type for all statements to Static (scrollable, does not detect changes).
CAP_ODBC_ENABLE_AUTO_IPD Set to ‘yes’ to enable automatic population of the IPD if supported by driver. Available in Tableau 2020.3 and newer.
CAP_ODBC_ERROR_IGNORE_FALSE_ALARM Set to ‘yes’ to allow the Tableau native ODBC protocol to ignore SQL_ERROR conditions where SQLSTATE is ‘00000’ (meaning “no error”).
CAP_ODBC_ERROR_IGNORE_SQLNODATA_FOR_COMMAND_QUERIES Set to ‘yes’ to ignore when SQLExecDirect returns SQL_NO_DATA even when data is not expected back
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_ALLOW_CHAR_UTF8 Set to ‘yes’ to allow the use of single-byte char data type for binding Unicode strings as UTF-8. no no
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BIND_FORCE_TARGET_METADATA Set to ‘yes’ to force binding for export based on all of the metadata from the target table instead of the ODBC metadata for the parameterized insert statement.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BIND_PREFER_TARGET_METADATA Set to ‘yes’ to prefer binding for export based on specific types of metadata from the target table instead of the ODBC metadata for the parameterized insert statement.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BUFFERS_RESIZABLE Set to ‘yes’ to allow export buffers to be reallocated after the first batch to improve performance.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BUFFERS_SIZE_FIXED Set to ‘yes’ to ignore the width of a single row when computing the total rows to insert at a time.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BUFFERS_SIZE_LIMIT_512KB Set to ‘yes’ to limit export buffers to 512 KB. This is an uncommon setting.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BUFFERS_SIZE_MASSIVE Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of large buffers for insert. If CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BUFFERS_RESIZABLE is not set or disabled, a fixed row count is used.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BUFFERS_SIZE_MEDIUM Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of medium-sized buffers for insert. If CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BUFFERS_RESIZABLE is not set or disabled, a fixed row count is used.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BUFFERS_SIZE_SMALL Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of small buffers for insert. If CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_BUFFERS_RESIZABLE is not set or disabled, a fixed row count is used.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR Set to ‘yes’ to continue data insert despite errors. Some data sources report warnings as errors.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_DATA_BULK Set to ‘yes’ to allow the use of ODBC bulk operations for data insert.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_DATA_BULK_VIA_INSERT Set to ‘yes’ to allow the use of ODBC bulk operations based on ‘INSERT INTO’ parameterized queries.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_DATA_BULK_VIA_ROWSET Set to ‘yes’ to allow the use of ODBC bulk operations based on a rowset cursor.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_FORCE_INDICATE_NTS Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of indicator buffers for identifying null-terminated strings (NTS).
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_FORCE_SINGLE_ROW_BINDING Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of a single row for binding export buffers to insert data.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_FORCE_SINGLE_ROW_BINDING_WITH_TIMESTAMPS Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of a single row for binding export buffers when dealing with timestamp data. This is required for some versions of Teradata.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_FORCE_STRING_WIDTH_FROM_SOURCE Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of the source string width (from Tableau metadata), overriding the destination string width (from insert parameter metadata).
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_FORCE_STRING_WIDTH_USING_OCTET_LENGTH Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of the source string width from the octet length.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_SUPPRESS_STRING_WIDTH_VALIDATION Set to ‘yes’ to suppress validating that the target string width can accommodate the widest source strings.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_BATCH_MASSIVE Set to ‘yes’ to commit in massive batches of INSERT statements (~100,000). This may be useful with single-row export binding.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_BATCH_MEDIUM Set to ‘yes’ to commit in medium-sized batches of INSERT statements (~50). A single statement may be bound to multiple records. yes yes
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_BATCH_SMALL Set to ‘yes’ to commit in small batches of INSERT statements (~5). A single statement may be bound to multiple records.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_BYTES_MASSIVE Set to ‘yes’ to commit in massive batches of data (~100 MB).
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_BYTES_MEDIUM Set to ‘yes’ to commit in medium batches of data (~10 MB). yes yes
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_BYTES_SMALL Set to ‘yes’ to commit in small batches of data (~1 MB).
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_EACH_STATEMENT Set to ‘yes’ to commit after executing each INSERT statement. A single statement may be bound to multiple records.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_LONG Set to ‘yes’ to commit in long intervals of elapsed time (~100 seconds).
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MEDIUM Set to ‘yes’ to commit in medium intervals of elapsed time (~10 seconds).
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_INTERVAL_SHORT Set to ‘yes’ to commit in short intervals of elapsed time (~1 seconds).
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_ONCE_WHEN_COMPLETE Set to ‘yes’ to commit only once at the end after the export is complete.
CAP_ODBC_EXPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL Set to ‘yes’ to use parallel loops to translate Tableau DataValues to wire buffers on export. yes yes
CAP_ODBC_FETCH_ABORT_FORCE_CANCEL_STATEMENT Set to ‘yes’ to cancel the statement handle upon interrupting SQLFetch with a cancel exception.
CAP_ODBC_FETCH_BUFFERS_RESIZABLE Set to ‘yes’ to allow buffers to be reallocated after fetch to improve performance or handle data truncation.
CAP_ODBC_FETCH_BUFFERS_SIZE_FIXED Set to ‘yes’ to ignore the width of a single row when computing the total rows to fetch.
CAP_ODBC_FETCH_BUFFERS_SIZE_MASSIVE Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of large buffers. If CAP_ODBC_FETCH_BUFFERS_SIZE_FIXED is enabled, a fixed row count is used.
CAP_ODBC_FETCH_BUFFERS_SIZE_MEDIUM Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of medium-sized buffers. If CAP_ODBC_FETCH_BUFFERS_SIZE_FIXED is enabled, a fixed row count is used.
CAP_ODBC_FETCH_BUFFERS_SIZE_SMALL Set to ‘yes’ to force the use of small buffers. If CAP_ODBC_FETCH_BUFFERS_SIZE_FIXED is enabled, a fixed row count is used.
CAP_ODBC_FETCH_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR Set to ‘yes’ to allow the Tableau native ODBC protocol to continue resultset fetch despite errors (some data sources report warnings as errors).
CAP_ODBC_FETCH_IGNORE_FRACTIONAL_SECONDS Set to ‘yes’ to allow the Tableau native ODBC protocol to ignore the fractional seconds component of a time value when fetching query result set data. This is useful when working with data sources that do not follow the ODBC specification for fractional seconds, which must be represented as billionths of a second.
CAP_ODBC_FETCH_RESIZE_BUFFERS Set to ‘yes’ to allow the Tableau native ODBC protocol to automatically resize buffers and fetch again if data truncation occurred.
CAP_ODBC_FORCE_SINGLE_ROW_BINDING Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to use a single row for result set transfers instead of the more efficient bulk-fetch.
CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_ERASE_BUFFERS Set to ‘yes’ to reset the contents of data buffers before fetching each block.
CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL Set to ‘no’ to disable decoding data locally in parallel. yes yes
CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL_SMALL Set to ‘yes’ to use a small degree of parallelism when using CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL_MEDIUM Set to ‘yes’ to use a medium degree of parallelism when using CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL_LARGE Set to ‘yes’ to use a large degree of parallelism when using CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL_XL Set to ‘yes’ to use an extra-large degree of parallelism when using CAP_ODBC_IMPORT_TRANSLATE_DATA_PARALLEL. Available in Tableau 2020.4 and newer.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_FORCE_LENGTH_AS_PRECISION Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to use the column “length” as the numeric precision. This is an uncommon setting.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_FORCE_NUM_PREC_RADIX_10 Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to assume the numeric precision is reported in base-10 digits. This is an uncommon setting.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_FORCE_UNKNOWN_AS_STRING Set to ‘yes’ to force the Native ODBC Protocol to treat unknown data types as string instead of ignoring the associated column.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_FORCE_UTF8_IDENTIFIERS Set to ‘yes’ to force the protocol to treat identifiers as UTF-8 when communicating with the driver.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SKIP_DESC_TYPE_NAME Set to ‘yes’ to remove the check for the SQL_DESC_TYPE_NAME attribute with the SQLColAttribute API.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_STRING_LENGTH_UNKNOWN Set to ‘yes’ to prevent Tableau from allocating memory based on the driver-reported string length, which may not be known or reported properly. Instead, Tableau will use a fixed-sized string length, and will reallocate as needed to handle string data that is too large for the fixed-size buffer.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_STRING_TRUST_OCTET_LENGTH Set to ‘yes’ to use the octet length reported by the driver for strings instead of computing it from the number of characters.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_EXECUTED_QUERY Set to ‘yes’ to prevent Tableau from executing a query as a means of reading metadata. While Tableau typically includes a row-limiting clause in such metadata queries (for example, ‘LIMIT’, or ‘WHERE 1=0’), this may not help when used with a Custom SQL connection for database systems with poor query optimizers. Note that this capability may prevent Tableau from determining the connection metadata properly.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_PREPARED_QUERY Set to ‘yes’ to prevent Tableau from using a prepared query as a means of reading metadata. A prepared query is often the fastest way to accurately read metadata. However, not all database systems are capable of reporting metadata for a prepared query without actually executing the query. Note that certain metadata – for example from connections using Custom SQL – cannot be retrieved if this capability and CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_EXECUTED_QUERY are both set.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_READ_IDENTITY_COLUMNS Set to ‘no’ to prevent reading identity column metadata yes yes
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_SELECT_STAR Set to ‘yes’ to prevent reading metadata using a ‘select *’ query.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_SQLCOLUMNS_API Set to ‘yes’ to prevent Tableau from using older, less accurate API for reading metadata from ODBC data sources. Setting this capability allows Tableau to read metadata by issuing a full ‘select *’ query, which is expensive but may enable connectivity for extremely limited or unstable data sources.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_SQLFOREIGNKEYS_API Set to ‘yes’ to prevent Tableau from attempting to read metadata describing foreign key constraints. Despite the simple nature of this ODBC API, some drivers may have unstable behavior or produce inaccurate results. Setting this capability may force Tableau to generate less efficient queries involving multi-table joins.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_SQLPRIMARYKEYS_API Set to ‘yes’ to prevent Tableau from reading primary key metadata using the SQLPrimaryKeys API or an equivalent query.
CAP_ODBC_METADATA_SUPPRESS_SQLSTATISTICS_API Set to ‘yes’ to prevent reading unique constraints and table cardinality estimates using the SQLStatistics API or an equivalent query. yes yes
CAP_ODBC_REBIND_SKIP_UNBIND Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to rebind a column directly and skip unbinding, which reduces ODBC API calls when resizing buffers to refetch truncated data.
CAP_ODBC_SUPPORTS_LONG_DATA_BULK Set to ‘yes’ if driver can fetch multiple long-data rows at a time. no no
CAP_ODBC_SUPPORTS_LONG_DATA_ORDERED Set to ‘yes’ if driver requires long-data columns to come after non-long-data ones no no
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_CATALOG_NAME Set ‘yes’ to suppress passing catalog name for SQLTables, SQLPrimaryKeys, SQLForeignKeys, SQLStatistics calls
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_ENUMERATE_SCHEMA_WITHOUT_CATALOG Set ‘yes’ to suppress enumerating schemas without a valid catalog.
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_INFO_SCHEMA_SCHEMAS Set to ‘yes’ to prevent schemas from “information_schema” schema from being returned by EnumerateSchemas
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_INFO_SCHEMA_TABLES Set to ‘yes’ to prevent tables from “information_schema” schema from being returned by EnumerateTables
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_PG_TEMP_SCHEMA_TABLES Set to ‘yes’ to prevent tables from “pg_temp” schema from being returned by EnumerateTables
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_PREPARED_QUERY_FOR_ALL_COMMAND_QUERIES Set to ‘yes’ to execute all commands directly (that is, no prepared statement).
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_PREPARED_QUERY_FOR_DDL_COMMAND_QUERIES Set to ‘yes’ to execute DDL commands (for example, CREATE TABLE) directly (that is, no prepared statement).
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_PREPARED_QUERY_FOR_DML_COMMAND_QUERIES Set to ‘yes’ to execute DML commands (for example, INSERT INTO) directly (i.e, no prepared statement).
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_PREPARED_QUERY_FOR_NON_COMMAND_QUERIES Set to ‘yes’ to execute all non-command queries directly (no prepared statement).
CAP_ODBC_TRANSACTIONS_COMMIT_INVALIDATES_PREPARED_QUERY Set to ‘yes’ to indicate that a transaction will invalidate all prepared statements and close any open cursors.
CAP_ODBC_TRANSACTIONS_SUPPRESS_EXPLICIT_COMMIT Set to ‘yes’ to prevent the Native ODBC Protocol from explicitly managing transactions.
CAP_ODBC_TRIM_CHAR_LEAVE_PADDING Set to ‘yes’ to leave whitespace padding at the end of a character or text data type. Most data sources will trim this whitespace automatically, but the behavior depends on the driver.
CAP_ODBC_TRIM_VARCHAR_PADDING Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to trim trailing whitespace from VARCHAR columns which the driver has erroneously padded.
CAP_ODBC_UNBIND_AUTO Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to unbind and deallocate columns automatically, which can reduce ODBC API calls.
CAP_ODBC_UNBIND_BATCH Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to unbind and deallocate columns in a single batch operation, which can reduce ODBC API calls.
CAP_ODBC_UNBIND_EACH Set to ‘yes’ to force the Tableau native ODBC protocol to unbind and deallocate columns individually, which may improve stability. yes yes
CAP_ODBC_UNBIND_PARAMETERS_BATCH Set to ‘yes’ to unbind all parameters in a single batch operation. yes yes

Stored Procedures

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_CONNECT_STORED_PROCEDURE Set to ‘yes’ to allow support for connecting to a stored procedure.
CAP_INSERT_TEMP_EXEC_STORED_PROCEDURE Set to ‘yes’ to populate the temporary table from running query in the database no no
CAP_JDBC_SUPPRESS_INFO_SCHEMA_STORED_PROCS Set to ‘yes’ to prevent the INFORMATION.SCHEMA schema from being queried when enumerating stored procedures.
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_INFO_SCHEMA_STORED_PROCS Set to ‘yes’ to prevent the INFORMATION.SCHEMA schema from being queried when enumerating stored procedures.
CAP_ODBC_SUPPRESS_SYS_SCHEMA_STORED_PROCS Set to ‘yes’ to explicitly add the “SYS” schema to the schema exclusions when enumerating stored procedures.
CAP_STORED_PROCEDURE_PREFER_TEMP_TABLE Set to ‘yes’ to use a temporary table to support remote queries over the stored procedure result set.
CAP_STORED_PROCEDURE_REPAIR_TEMP_TABLE_STRINGS Set to ‘yes’ to attempt to compute actual string widths if metadata indicates no width or non-positive width.
CAP_STORED_PROCEDURE_TEMP_TABLE_FROM_BUFFER Set to ‘yes’ to populate the temporary table from a result set buffered in entirety.
CAP_STORED_PROCEDURE_TEMP_TABLE_FROM_NEW_PROTOCOL Set to ‘yes’ to populate the temporary table from a separate protocol created for just this operation.

Isolation Level

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_ISOLATION_LEVEL_READ_COMMITTED Set to ‘yes’ to force the transaction isolation level to Read Committed if the data source supports it. Only one of the four transaction isolation levels should be set to ‘yes’. See also: CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_SQL, CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_ODBC_API.
CAP_ISOLATION_LEVEL_READ_UNCOMMITTED Set to ‘yes’ to force the transaction isolation level to Read Uncommitted if the data source supports it. Only one of the four transaction isolation levels should be set to ‘yes’. This capability can improve speed by reducing lock contention, but may result in partial or inconsistent data in query results. See also: CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_SQL, CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_ODBC_API.
CAP_ISOLATION_LEVEL_REPEATABLE_READS Set to ‘yes’ to force the transaction isolation level to Repeatable Reads if the data source supports it. Only one of the four transaction isolation levels should be set to ‘yes’. See also: CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_SQL, CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_ODBC_API.
CAP_ISOLATION_LEVEL_SERIALIZABLE Set to ‘yes’ to force the transaction isolation level to Serializable if the data source supports it. Only one of the four transaction isolation levels should be set to ‘yes’. This is a very conservative setting that may improve stability at the expense of performance. See also: CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_SQL, CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_ODBC_API.
CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_ODBC_API Set to ‘yes’ to force Tableau to set the transaction isolation level for the data source using the ODBC API. CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_ODBC_API must be set to ‘yes’ when any one of the four CAP_ISOLATION_LEVEL capabilities has been set to ‘yes’.
CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_SQL Set to ‘yes’ to force Tableau to set the transaction isolation level for the data source using a SQL query. CAP_SET_ISOLATION_LEVEL_VIA_SQL must be set to ‘yes’ when any one of the four CAP_ISOLATION_LEVEL capabilities has been set to ‘yes’.

Uncommon

Capability Description Default Recommended
CAP_CONNECT_NO_CUSTOM_SQL Set to ‘yes’ to disable the custom sql option.
CAP_EQUALITY_JOINS_ONLY Set to ‘yes’ to restrict connector to only allow equality joins. Available in Tableau 2022.1 and newer.
CAP_ESCAPE_UNDERSCORE_IN_NAMES Set to ‘yes’ to escape underscores for search-based enumerations of catalog/schema/table names.
CAP_EXTRACT_ONLY Set to ‘yes’ to perform queries on extracted data only.
CAP_EXTRACT_ONLY_REFRESH Set to ‘yes’ to enable extracted data to be refreshed.
CAP_FORCE_CONNECTION_VERIFICATION Set to ‘yes’ to verify connection status during initial connection by running a probe query. Available in Tableau 2022.2 and newer.
CAP_FORCE_COUNT_FOR_NUMBEROFRECORDS Set to ‘yes’ to force these alternatives for calculating number of records:
1. COUNT(1) rather than SUM(1)
2. COUNT(const) * const rather than SUM(const)
Available in Tableau 2020.2 and newer.
CAP_SUPPRESS_GET_SERVER_TIME Some data sources, such as Hive, are very slow at retrieving the server time.