Answer
To set key-value pairs of proxy_host, proxy_port, Username/Password in [athena.properties] file, follow the steps below.
1. Create a text file (Use ISO-8859-1/Latin-1 encoding, without BOM, Byte-Order-Mark) and name it [athena.properties].
2. Set the following key-value pairs in [athena.properties].
ProxyHost=<proxy hostname or IP address>
ProxyPort=<the port proxy server uses>
ProxyUID=<user name for accessing the server>
ProxyPWD=<password for accessing the server>
3. Place the [athena.properties] file in the following directories.
- For Tableau Desktop: ...\My Tableau Repository\Datasources.
- For Tableau Prep: ..\My Tableau Prep Repository\Datasources.
- For Tableau Server: ...\Tableau Server Data Directory\tabsvc\vizqlserver\Datasources.
4. Restart Tableau Desktop/Tableau Prep or Tableau Server.
Note: If "ProxyHost" and "ProxyPort" do not work, try "proxy_host" and "proxy_port"