Tag: Rserve

Implementing R functionality on Tableau Server

March 12, 2016

R (https://www.r-project.org/) is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS. In this example, I will be installing and configuring R on Ubuntu 14.04 and enabling R functionality with Tableau Server by installing the Rserve library. ​In order to install … More Implementing R functionality on Tableau Server

Automating the start of Rserve with Tableau Server

March 16, 2014

I recently integrated the with Tableau server and with the requirement to ensure the Rserve process was running at computer startup, as the process is not implemented as a Windows service.  The below assumes the Rserve package has been installed using the R server console prior to running the below. Firstly, I wanted to ensure … More Automating the start of Rserve with Tableau Server