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title: Use Tableau to query and visualize data
description: Install and use Tableau to query and visualize data stored in InfluxDB.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/process-data/visualize/tableau/
estimated_tokens: 1309
product: InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated
version: cloud-dedicated
---

# Use Tableau to query and visualize data

-   SQL only

Use [Tableau](https://www.tableau.com/) 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](https://www.tableau.com/products/desktop/download).

## 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**.

1. **Download the Flight SQL JDBC driver.**
    
    1. Visit the [Flight SQL JDBC driver](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.apache.arrow/flight-sql-jdbc-driver/) page.
    2. Select the **Versions** tab.
    3. Click **Browse** next to the version you want to download.
    4. 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.
2. **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`
3. **Start or restart Tableau.**
    

## Configure a JDBC server connection

1. Open Tableau
    
2. 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.
    
3. 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
                
        
        *See an [example connection URL](#example-connection-url).*
        
    -   **Dialect**: PostgreSQL
        
    -   **Username**: *Leave empty*
        
    -   **Password**: [Database token](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/admin/tokens/#database-tokens) with read access to the specified database
        
    -   **Properties File**: *Leave empty*
        
4. 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:

1. Under **Database**, select **public** from the drop-down menu.
2. Under **Schema**, select **iox** from the drop-down menu.
3. Under **Table**, click and drag the measurement you want to query into the query pane.
4. Use Tableau to build and execute SQL queries. For more information, see the [Tableau Desktop documentation](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/default.htm).