Tableau
Connect
Connect with the Linked Account’s Tableau account.
Tableau is an API Key based integration and does not require the setup of an app.
Required Credentials of a Linked Account
To successfully connect with the Tableau integration, a Linked Account or an end-user will need to provide the following to connect:
- Base URL
- Access Token
- Access Token Name
To understand how a Linked Account can get the above mentioned credentials, refer below.
Getting Credentials of Tableau
To acquire the required credentials and connect a Linked Account, please follow the steps mentioned below:
- Log in to your Tableau account and copy the
Base URL
of your account before/#
in the URL. - Click on the
Settings
icon in the side menu > Go toGeneral
tab > Scroll down and check thatEnable personal access tokens
is checked.
- Click on Profile Icon in the top right corner and select
My Account Settings
. - Under
Settings
tab > Scroll to Personal Access Tokens section > Provide aToken Name
and click onCreate Token
. - Copy the
Token Name
and TokenSecret
displayed which is the Access Token.
The Linked Account or end-user now have all the credentials required to connect with Tableau.
Actions and triggers
In Cobalt, you can create orchestrations of your use-cases using Tableau actions and triggers. Following are the set of Tableau actions and triggers supported by Cobalt.