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Connect to Tableau for MAC using Postgres Proxy

Note

This page walks you through the Postgres Proxy setup for Tableau for MAC. For Tableau for Windows, refer to Connect to Tableau for Windows using Postgres-Proxy

Follow these steps to connect Tableau to data.world using Postgres Proxy:

Note

Before you connect Tableau, make sure you have access to the dataset you want to connect, as well as your data.world Read/Write API key, which you can find in the Advanced tab of your profile settings.

  1. In Tableau Desktop, navigate to Connect > To a Server, then click More.

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  2. Search for ODBC, then select Other Databases (ODBC).

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  3. When prompted, select the following options.

    Table 1.

    Item

    Details

    Driver

    PostgreSQL Unicode

    Server

    postgres.data.world for private instances and multi-tenant customers; postgres.<your_customer_name>.data.world for single-tenant customers.

    Port

    5432

    Database

    The organization and dataset in <organization/dataset> format. You can find these values in the subdirectory/second half of your dataset's URL. For https://data.world/ddw-doccorp/mydataset, you would enter ddw-doccorp/mydataset.

    Username

    The data.world username for the user credentials establishing the connection. Enter the username for the data.world account with access to the dataset listed in Database, likely your own or that of a service account.

    Password

    Leave this blank.

    String Extras

    Enter password=<your api key> from your settings page.



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  4. Click Sign In.

Tableau then connects you to the data.world dataset.

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