Brad Fair

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Tableau Server Log Reference
Comprehensive Tableau Server log troubleshooting reference. Maps symptoms like login failures, slow dashboards, and extract errors to specific log folders across 20+ processes. Includes Linux/Windows paths and quick reference tables. Features open-source ts-olly tool for log ingestion.
Brad Fair
02.03.26 01:31 PM - Comment(s)
Introducing ViewAs: User Impersonation for Tableau Server
ViewAs is a small application that lets Tableau Server administrators view the server exactly as another user sees it — through the actual UI, not just the API.
Brad Fair
01.22.26 11:57 AM - Comment(s)
We talk with a lot of companies that want AI in their analytics practice, but aren't totally sure what that looks like. Many of them want it enough that they are tolerating some oddities they shouldn't be, especially as they're exploring feature sets that haven't yet proven their worth. Specific...
Brad Fair
12.12.25 01:17 PM - Comment(s)
Tableau Server on Kubernetes – First Thoughts
First thoughts on deploying a highly available Tableau Server environment on managed Kubernetes, using spot instance pricing — without significant application downtime during node failures.
Brad Fair
11.22.21 04:43 PM - Comment(s)
Monitoring What Matters

I've monitored many different types of systems over the past 20 years: from modem banks, routers, and authentication systems to storage area networks, database clusters and analytics systems. It’s not always easy to know what to monitor, especially in complicated interrelated systems that each produ...

Brad Fair
09.08.20 06:28 PM - Comment(s)