When Loading a Dashboard Connected to a Published Multi-Fact Relationship Data Source on Tableau Cloud, an Error Appears

Tableau / Tableau Cloud
In Review

Created

Dec 17, 2024

Found in Release

2024.3

Last Updated

Dec 17, 2024

Reference ID

W-17455844

Summary

When loading a dashboard that is connected to a published multi-fact relationship data source on Tableau Cloud, the load fails with a "Cannot add new column..." error.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. In Tableau Desktop, connect to a multifact data source and publish to Tableau Cloud.
  2. Create a workbook and connect to the the published multifact data source.
  3. Publish the workbook to Tableau Cloud.
  4. Open the dashboard on Tableau Cloud.
  5. An error "Cannot add new column [Field] with the same name as an existing column. class.Tableau Exception" appears while loading the view in Tableau Cloud.

Workaround

Workbook Views with Embedded (not published) Multifact data source load successfully

Reference IDW-17455844
In Review

4 Reports

4 Reports