Error "Tableau Online can't connect to the following database" Or "The specified authenticator and destination URL in Saml Assertion did not match" Publishing Live Snowflake Data Source Using SAML

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Published: 02 Jan 2019
Last Modified Date: 17 Jan 2020

When publishing a live Snowflake data source using Okta SAML with "externalbrowser" as the SAML IdP(Okta) URL, the following error occurs:

Tableau Online can't connect to the following database or publish with a live connection

The specified authenticator and destination URL in Saml Assertion did not match

Replace "externalbrowser" with the URL for the SAML IdP Server and republish the data source. See Snowflake for more information.

Using "externalbrowser" is only expected to work in Tableau Desktop, and is not officially tested or supported

"To connect through Okta SSO with MFA, Snowflake requires using browser-based SSO. If you are using native SSO for Okta, MFA is not supported."

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