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I am unable to extract more than 10k rows using Tableau extension library #563

@abhigrazitti

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@abhigrazitti

I am using tableau extension library version tableau.extensions.1.10.0.js.

I am unable to extract more than 10k rows

This is the function which I have created for data extraction.

async function getUnderlyingDataFromAllDataSources() { try { appendMessage("Starting to fetch underlying data from Tableau..."); const dashboard = tableau.extensions.dashboardContent.dashboard; appendMessage(Dashboard name: ${dashboard.name}`);

            const worksheets = dashboard.worksheets;
            appendMessage(`Number of worksheets: ${worksheets.length}`);

            let allData = [];

            for (let worksheet of worksheets) {
                appendMessage(`Processing worksheet: ${worksheet.name}`);
                
                try {
                    const dataSource = await worksheet.getDataSourcesAsync();
                    appendMessage(`Data sources for ${worksheet.name}: ${dataSource.length}`);

                    const options = {
                        maxRows: 0,
                        ignoreSelection: true,
                        includeAllColumns: true
                    };

                    const underlyingData = await worksheet.getUnderlyingDataAsync(options);
                    
                    const data = underlyingData.data.map(row => {
                        let rowData = {};
                        underlyingData.columns.forEach((col, index) => {
                            rowData[col.fieldName] = row[index].formattedValue;
                        });
                        return rowData;
                    });

                    appendMessage(`Processed ${data.length} rows from ${worksheet.name}`);
                    allData = allData.concat(data);

                } catch (error) {
                    appendMessage(`Error processing worksheet ${worksheet.name}: ${error.message}`);
                }
            }

            appendMessage(`Total data rows collected: ${allData.length}`);

            if (allData.length === 0) {
                appendMessage("No data was retrieved from any worksheet. Please check your Tableau dashboard and permissions.");
                return;
            }

            const result = await response.json();
            appendMessage(`Backend response: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
            appendMessage('Data sent to backend successfully.');
            
        } catch (error) {
            appendMessage(`Error in getUnderlyingDataFromAllDataSources: ${error.message}`);
        }
    } `

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