Then do the following:Įnter the name of the server you want to connect to. For a complete list of data connections, select More under To a Server. Start Tableau and under Connect, select Microsoft SQL Server. Make the connection and set up the data source
If the driver is not installed on your computer, Tableau displays a message in the connection dialog box with a link to the Driver Download (Link opens in a new window) page where you can find driver links and installation instructions. You might already have the required driver installed on your computer. This connector requires a driver to talk to the database. (Optional) Initial SQL statement to run every time Tableau connects (Optional) Database name if you want to connect to a contained databaseĪuthentication method: Windows Authentication or user name and passwordĭo you want to set the database isolation level to read uncommitted data? (Optional) Port number if you want to connect to a non-default port Name of the server you want to connect to Before you beginīefore you begin, gather this connection information: Note: Use the Microsoft SQL Server connector to connect to Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly Azure SQL Data Warehouse), or Microsoft Azure SQL Database. This article describes how to connect Tableau to a Microsoft SQL Server database and set up the data source.
