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Use instructions below to install the Spice.ai Tableau Connector that enables Tableau users to easily connect to and visualize data loaded in Spice.

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– The Tableau platform

Step 1. Install the Arrow Flight SQL JDBC Driver

JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is a standard interface for connecting to and interacting with databases. The Flight SQL driver is a JDBC driver implementation based on the Arrow Flight SQL protocol. As Spice supports the Flight SQL protocol, the driver helps establish a connection between Tableau and Spice, enabling Tableau to execute queries and retrieve data from Spice efficiently.

Download the flight-sql-jdbc-driver.jar file to the Tableau drivers folder:

```powershell
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/arrow/flight-sql-jdbc-driver/18.2.0/flight-sql-jdbc-driver-18.2.0.jar" -OutFile "C:\Program Files\Tableau\Drivers\flight-sql-jdbc-driver-18.2.0.jar"
```

```bash
curl -L https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/arrow/flight-sql-jdbc-driver/18.2.0/flight-sql-jdbc-driver-18.2.0.jar -o ~/Library/Tableau/Drivers/flight-sql-jdbc-driver-18.2.0.jar
```

```bash
curl -L https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/arrow/flight-sql-jdbc-driver/18.2.0/flight-sql-jdbc-driver-18.2.0.jar -o /opt/tableau/tableau_driver/jdbc/flight-sql-jdbc-driver-18.2.0.jar
```

Step 2. Install Spice.ai Tableau Connector

Tableau Server

1. Download the latest spiceai.taco file from Releases
2. Copy to the Tableau connectors directory

  ```powershell
  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/spicehq/tableau-connector/releases/latest/download/spiceai.taco" -OutFile "C:\Program Files\Tableau\Connectors\spiceai.taco"
  ```
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  **Install Script**

  ```bash
  curl -L https://github.com/spicehq/tableau-connector/releases/latest/download/spiceai.taco -o /opt/tableau/connectors/spiceai.taco
  ```
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3. Restart server: tsm restart

Tableau Desktop

1. Download the latest spiceai.taco file from Releases
2. Copy to the Tableau connectors directory

  ```powershell
  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/spicehq/tableau-connector/releases/latest/download/spiceai.taco" -OutFile "C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\My Tableau Repository\Connectors\spiceai.taco"
  ```
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  **Install Script**

  ```bash
  curl -L https://github.com/spicehq/tableau-connector/releases/latest/download/spiceai.taco -o ~/Documents/My\ Tableau\ Repository/Connectors/spiceai.taco
  ```
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  **Install Script**

  ```bash
  curl -L https://github.com/spicehq/tableau-connector/releases/latest/download/spiceai.taco -o /opt/tableau/connectors/spiceai.taco
  ```
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Configure a Spice connection

1. Open Tableau

2. In the Connect column, under To a Server, select Spice.ai by Spice AI, Inc.

3. Configure a Spice connection to Spice.ai OSS Self-Hosted instance or to Spice Cloud Platform.

4. Click Sign In

Working with Spice datasets

After establishing a connection, Spice datasets appear under their respective schemas, with the default schema being spice.public. When writing queries, use the PostgreSQL dialect, as Spice is built on this standard.