You can refresh extracts of data hosted with most cloud data providers directly on Tableau Cloud. You can run a refresh from Tableau Bridge for data sources you’ve set up there.
If a data source has scheduled refreshes, running a manual refresh does not affect the schedule.
Before you start a refresh task
When an extract refresh is performed on extracts created in Tableau 10.4 and earlier (that is, a .tde extract), the extract is upgraded to .hyper extract automatically. While there are many benefits of upgrading to a .hyper extract, you will be unable to open the extract with previous versions of Tableau Desktop. For more information, see What's new to extracts(Link opens in a new window).
Run a refresh on Tableau Cloud
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Sign in to the Tableau Cloud site to which the data source is published.
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On the Data Sources page, select the More actions icon (…) next to the data source you want to refresh, and then select Refresh Extracts from the menu.
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Under Refresh Now, select Full Refresh.
Note: For data sources that have scheduled refreshes, site administrators can initiate a refresh also from the Actions menu on the Tasks > Extract Refreshes page.
Run a refresh in the Tableau Bridge client
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Open Tableau Bridge from the Windows system tray, and select the Run now icon (
) for the data source.
Note: When an extract refresh is performed on extracts created in Tableau 10.4 and earlier (that is, a .tde extract), the extract is upgraded to .hyper extract automatically. While there are many benefits of upgrading to a .hyper extract, you won't be able open the extract with earlier versions of Tableau Desktop. For more information, see Extract Upgrade to .hyper Format(Link opens in a new window).