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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.
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date: '2026-05-15T15:46:14-06:00'
lastmod: '2026-05-15T15:46:14-06:00'
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* SQL only

Use [Tableau](https://www.tableau.com/) to query and visualize time series data
stored in InfluxDB Clustered. 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 Clustered 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 Clustered 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 cluster URL** with the following:

     * **Protocol**: `jdbc:arrow-flight-sql`
     * **Port**: `443`
     * **Query parameters**:
       * **useSystemTrustStore**: `false`

         > [!Note]
> 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**: a [database token](/influxdb3/clustered/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-host.com:443?useSystemTrustStore=false&database=DATABASE_NAME
```

## Query InfluxDB Clustered

With the connection successfully established, query your time series data stored
in InfluxDB Clustered. 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).

[Flight client](/influxdb3/clustered/tags/flight-client/)[query](/influxdb3/clustered/tags/query/)[flightsql](/influxdb3/clustered/tags/flightsql/)[tableau](/influxdb3/clustered/tags/tableau/)[sql](/influxdb3/clustered/tags/sql/)