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45 changes: 33 additions & 12 deletions samples/show-fields/show_fields.py
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Expand Up @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
# Step 1) Use Datasource object from the Document API
############################################################
from tableaudocumentapi import Datasource
import lxml.etree
from xml.etree import ElementTree, ElementInclude
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

############################################################
# Step 2) Open the .tds we want to inspect
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print('--- {} total fields in this datasource'.format(len(sourceTDS.fields)))
print('----------------------------------------------------------')
for count, field in enumerate(sourceTDS.fields.values()):
print('{:>4}: {} is a {}'.format(count+1, field.name, field.datatype))
blank_line = False
if field.calculation:
print(' the formula is {}'.format(field.calculation))
blank_line = True
if field.default_aggregation:
print(' the default aggregation is {}'.format(field.default_aggregation))
blank_line = True
if field.description:
print(' the description is {}'.format(field.description))
print(type(field))

if blank_line:
print('')
# print(field.name)
# # print(field.datatype)
# # print(field.role)
print(field.type)
# if field.description is not None:
# print(field.description.tag)
# # This will get the raw description from an element
# print(field.description[0][0])
# else:
# print("No Description")

# print(type(field.description))
print('-' * 70)



# print('{:>4}: {} is a {}'.format(count+1, field.name, field.datatype))
# blank_line = False
# if field.calculation:
# print(' the formula is {}'.format(field.calculation))
# blank_line = True
# if field.default_aggregation:
# print(' the default aggregation is {}'.format(field.default_aggregation))
# blank_line = True
# if field.description:
# print(' the description is {}'.format(field.description))
#
# if blank_line:
# print('')
print('----------------------------------------------------------')
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions tableaudocumentapi/field.py
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Expand Up @@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ def _read_calculation(xmldata):
@staticmethod
def _read_description(xmldata):
description = xmldata.find('.//desc')
# description = xmldata.find('.//run')
if description is None:
return None

Expand All @@ -367,3 +368,4 @@ def _read_description(xmldata):
description_string = description_string.decode('utf-8')

return description_string
# return description