Use Tableau to query and visualize data
Use Tableau to query and visualize time series data stored in InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated. Tableau supports multiple SQL dialects.
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Tableau Desktop
These instructions are for Tableau Desktop. Tableau Cloud and other Tableau products have not been tested, but may support connecting to InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated through the Flight SQL JDBC driver.
Install Tableau Desktop
If you have not already, download and install Tableau Desktop.
Download and install the Flight SQL JDBC driver
To query InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated from Tableau, use the Flight SQL protocol and the Flight SQL JDBC driver.
Download the Flight SQL JDBC driver.
- Visit the Flight SQL JDBC driver page.
- Select the Versions tab.
- Click Browse next to the version you want to download.
- Click the
flight-sql-jdbc-driver-XX.XX.XX.jar
file (with only the.jar
file extension) from the list of files to download the driver jar file. The version number in the file name is specific to the version you selected.
Copy the downloaded jar file into the following directory based on your operating system.
- Windows:
C:\Program Files\Tableau\Drivers
- Mac:
~/Library/Tableau/Drivers
- Linux:
/opt/tableau/tableau_driver/jdbc
- Windows:
Start or restart Tableau.
Configure a JDBC server connection
Open Tableau
In the Connect column, under To a Server, select Other Databases (JDBC). If that option isn’t in the initial list, select More… to find it in the full list of connection options.
Provide the required credentials:
URL: Your InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated cluster URL with the following:
- Protocol:
jdbc:arrow-flight-sql
- Port:
443
- Query parameters:
- useSystemTrustStore:
false
Setting
useSystemTrustStore=false
is only necessary on macOS and doesn’t actually affect the security of the connection to Tableau. - database: InfluxDB database name to query
- useSystemTrustStore:
See an example connection URL.
- Protocol:
Dialect: PostgreSQL
Username: Leave empty
Password: Database token with read access to the specified database
Properties File: Leave empty
Click Sign In.
Example connection URL
jdbc:arrow-flight-sql://cluster-id.a.influxdb.io:443?useSystemTrustStore=false&database=DATABASE_NAME
Query InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated
With the connection successfully established, query your time series data stored in InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated. In the left pane:
- Under Database, select public from the drop-down menu.
- Under Schema, select iox from the drop-down menu.
- Under Table, click and drag the measurement you want to query into the query pane.
- Use Tableau to build and execute SQL queries. For more information, see the Tableau Desktop documentation.
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