Tableau is a popular analytics platform that helps you gain greater intelligence about your business. It is an ideal tool for visualizing data stored in Timescale.
Before you begin, make sure you have:
- Created a Timescale service.
- Signed up for Tableau.
- Downloaded the cheatsheet when you created the service. This sheet contains the connection details for the database you want to use as a data source.
- In your web browser, open your Tableau Cloud dashboard using the username and password you set when you signed up.
- In the Tableau dashboard, click the
Newdropdown, and selectVirtual Connection. - In the
New Virtual Connectionpage, search for PostgreSQL, and select it. - Configure the virtual connection using your connection details:
- In the
Serverfield, type the hostname of your database. - In the
Portfield, type the port number for your connection. - In the
Databasefield, typetsdb. - In the
Usernamefield, typetsdbadmin, or another privileged user. - In the
Passwordfield, type the password. - Check the
Require SSLcheckbox.
- In the
- Click
Sign into connect your database.
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