# Tableau

Both Tableau Online or Tableau Server (2019.3 or later) are supported.

## Tableau Online <a href="#tableau-online" id="tableau-online"></a>

**Authentication**

Generate a Personal Access Token with a user who is either "Site Admin Explorer" or "Site Admin Creator".

1. Open “My Account Settings“

![](https://docs.sled.so/~gitbook/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F2457798860-files.gitbook.io%2F%7E%2Ffiles%2Fv0%2Fb%2Fgitbook-x-prod.appspot.com%2Fo%2Fspaces%252FEdkjXblQVFxdE5uvkTZt%252Fuploads%252Fbqm2rhWu90uUXeiDhJAW%252Fgrafik.png%3Falt%3Dmedia%26token%3D42f9c7de-8267-43c5-af2c-ec953084ad46\&width=300\&dpr=4\&quality=100\&sign=606aa2ae\&sv=2)

2\. Go to the section “Personal Access Tokens”

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3\. Create new token

![](https://docs.sled.so/~gitbook/image?url=https%3A%2F%2F2457798860-files.gitbook.io%2F%7E%2Ffiles%2Fv0%2Fb%2Fgitbook-x-prod.appspot.com%2Fo%2Fspaces%252FEdkjXblQVFxdE5uvkTZt%252Fuploads%252FeZwVf7mYcTPLPKUySC3S%252Fgrafik.png%3Falt%3Dmedia%26token%3Dab3c7dd0-e124-4aee-aa4d-936268c67121\&width=300\&dpr=4\&quality=100\&sign=3beb599f\&sv=2)

4\. Copy token secret to clipboard and save it. This token is valid for 1 year and will need to be refreshed.

## **Tableau Server** <a href="#tableau-server" id="tableau-server"></a>

For connecting from the Cloud with Tableau server, please coordinate with our customer success team <hi@getdot.ai>. A typical network setup uses OpenVPN.

Make sure the meta data API is enabled.

<https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/docs/meta_api_start.html#enable-the-tableau-metadata-api-for-tableau-server>

## Connect in Dot

Enter your details, hit connect and watch it sync. As soon as it's done, you can head over to **Model /External assets** to further curate what Dot should know about.

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