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Integrate Tableau and Timescale Cloud

Tableau is a popular analytics platform that helps you gain greater intelligence about your business. You can use it to visualize data stored in Timescale Cloud.

Prerequisites

Before integrating:

Add your Timescale Cloud service as a virtual connection

To connect the data in your Timescale Cloud service to Tableau:

  1. Log in to Tableau

    • Tableau Cloud: sign in, then click Explore and select a project.
    • Tableau Desktop: sign in, then open a workbook.

  2. Configure Tableau to connect to your Timescale Cloud service

    1. Add a new data source:

      • Tableau Cloud: click New > Virtual Connection.
      • Tableau Desktop: click Data > New Data Source.

    2. Search for and select PostgreSQL.

      For Tableau Desktop download the driver and restart Tableau.

    3. Configure the connection:

      • Server, Port, Database, Username, Password: configure using your connection details.
      • Require SSL: tick the checkbox.

  3. Click Sign In and connect Tableau to your service

You have successfully integrated Tableau with Timescale Cloud.

Keywords

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