Tableau Server Internal Data Source Properties Service


The Tableau Server Internal Data Source Properties service was introduced in version 2020.1.0 and communicates with the Data Source Properties service. It is managed internally by Tableau Server, and cannot be configured by an administrator.

An instance of the Internal Data Source Properties service is automatically configured on any node that has an instance of the Data Source Properties service.

Process Internal Data Source Properties Service
Status Status of the Internal Data Source Properties Service is visible on the Status Page and from the command line using the tsm status -v command. For more information, see View Server Process Status
Logging Logs generated by the Internal Data Source Properties Service are located in C:\ProgramData\Tableau\Tableau Server\data\tabsvc\logs\tdsnativeservice. For more information, see Tableau Server Logs and Log File Locations

Log files for the Internal Data Source Properties service

The Internal Data Source Properties service creates two sets of log files:

  • control-tdsnativeservice_*.log. These logs will contain information about the service starting and being enabled.

  • nativeapi_tdsnativeservice_*.log. Any errors or problems are logged here.

For more information, see Log File Snapshots (Archive Logs).

Internal Data Source Properties service in a multi-node cluster

One instance of the Internal Data Source Properties services is added to any node that has an instance of Data Source Properties configured. Because the Internal Data Source Properties service is managed internally by Tableau, there is nothing an administrator can configure related to the service.

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