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Best practices for tableau to connect to Databricks

cheerwthraj — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:32:21 GMT

Having problem in connecting to Databrikcs with service principal from tableau . Wanted to how how tableau extracts refreshing connecting to databricks , is it via individual Oauth or service principal

Re: Best practices for tableau to connect to Databricks

saikumar246 — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:07:26 GMT

Hi @cheerwthraj,

To connect Tableau to Databricks and refresh extracts, you can use either OAuth or service principal authentication.

For best practices, please refer to the below link,

https://docs.databricks.com/en/partners/bi/tableau.html#best-practices-and-troubleshooting

For more details:-

Connecting Tableau and Databricks:-

AWS:- https://docs.databricks.com/en/partners/bi/tableau.html#best-practices-and-troubleshooting

Azure:- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/partners/bi/tableau

GCP:- https://docs.gcp.databricks.com/en/partners/bi/tableau.html

Re: Best practices for tableau to connect to Databricks

yit337 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:19:40 GMT

Can I access Tableau with Service Principal by OAuth, or I have to created PAT?