Tableau is an API Key based integration and does not require the setup of an app.

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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:

  1. Base URL
  2. Access Token
  3. Access Token Name

To understand how a Linked Account can get the above mentioned credentials, refer below.

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Getting Credentials of Tableau

To acquire the required credentials and connect a Linked Account, please follow the steps mentioned below:

  1. Log in to your Tableau account and copy the Base URL of your account before /# in the URL.
  2. Click on the Settings icon in the side menu > Go to General tab > Scroll down and check that Enable personal access tokens is checked.
  1. Click on Profile Icon in the top right corner and select My Account Settings.
  2. Under Settings tab > Scroll to Personal Access Tokens section > Provide a Token Name and click on Create Token.
  3. Copy the Token Name and Token Secret displayed which is the Access Token.

The Linked Account or end-user now have all the credentials required to connect with Tableau.

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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.