Tableau Setup Guide

Tableau is an interactive data visualization tool focused on business intelligence.

Setup instructions

Authorize Fivetran

1. In the Fivetran dashboard, go to the Destinations page.
2. Select your managed BigQuery destination.
3. Go to the BI Tools tab, then click + BI Tool.
4. On the Select your BI tool page, select Tableau.
5. Click Authorize. Select the Google account you want to use. You will be redirected back to Fivetran.
6. Click Save.

Authorize Google User in Tableau

1. Open Tableau Desktop.

2. Find the Connect pane. In the pane's To a Server options, click More.

3. Search for "Google BigQuery".

   

4. Authorize Tableau to access the same Google user that you added to the BigQuery project.

For more information, see Tableau's BigQuery documentation.