Viz Load Times Data Source
Viz Load Times contains the load time information for views on your site to help content authors better understand the user experience when loading views.
Create custom views
If you're a site admin or someone who has been granted access to the Admin Insights project, you can access the Admin Insights data sources directly from Tableau Cloud using Web Authoring or through Tableau Desktop to build custom views. For more information about connecting to Admin Insights data sources, see Use Admin Insights to Create Custom Views.
Example: Which views take the longest to load?
Use the following steps to create a view that displays load times, helping to identify which views take the longest to load.
Connect to the Viz Load Times data source.
From the Data pane, drag Item Name to the Rows shelf and Duration to the Columns shelf.
From the Data pane, drag Status Code Type to the Filters shelf and tick the Success box.
In the Columns shelf, right-click Dimensions and select Measure (Count) > Median.
Do more with your data
Using Tableau Prep, you can join Viz Load Times with other Admin Insights data sources on the following fields to get more visibility into your site. If you're analysing data from multiple Tableau Cloud sites, you must also join on "Site LUID = Site LUID".
Join Viz Load Times to TS Events and Site Content on “Item Repository URL = Item Repository URL”
Join Viz Load Times to TS Events and Site Content on “Item Type = Item Type”
For more information, see Aggregate, Join or Union Data(Link opens in a new window) in Tableau Prep Help.
Data schema
The following table lists the fields included in the Viz Load Times data source. Each row of data corresponds to a request for a content item and the load duration, measured in seconds.
| Folder | Field Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Item Hyperlink | String | Full URL of the item on the site |
| Item LUID | String | LUID of the item (data source or view) that was requested. | |
| Item Name | String | Display name of the item | |
| Item Owner Email | String | Email address of the item owner | |
| Item Repository URL | String | A unique name for the item (data source or view) that the request relates to, derived from the ASCII characters in the name, which can be used in URLs to refer to it. | |
| Item Type | String | The type of item, either a data source or view. | |
| Project | Project Name | String | The name of the project that contains the item |
| Project Owner Username | String | Email address of the project owner | |
| Request | HTTP Request URI | String | The request URI |
| HTTP User Agent | String | The agent string supplied by the client | |
| Request ID | String | Primary key for the request | |
| Request Time | Date-time | The date and time that the request started, in UTC. | |
| Request Time (local) | Date-time | The date and time that the request started, adjusted by the Timezone parameter. | |
| Status Code | Number | The status returned to the client | |
| Status Code Type | String | The type of status code. The value 1 = Informational response, 2 = Success, 3 = Redirect, 4 = Client error and 5 = Server error. | |
| Workbook | Workbook Name | String | For views, the name of their parent workbook that contains the item requested. |
| Workbook Owner Username | String | For views, the email address of the owner of the parent workbook that contains the item requested. | |
| - | Admin Insights Published At | Date-time | Date and time the Admin Insights data source was last published in UTC |
| Timezone | String | Specifies the timezone for displaying dates. This field represents an integer value used to determine the number of hours to offset from UTC. It doesn't account for Daylight Saving Time adjustments. |