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# Data Overview

## What data can you export from Tableau?

When you connect a Tableau view or dashboard to Coupler.io, the platform exports the underlying data — not the visualization itself. This means you get the raw rows and columns that power your dashboard, with all dimensions and measures intact.

## Available data

Your Tableau export includes:

| Element               | Description                                                                                                    |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Dimensions**        | Categorical data like dates, regions, product names, customer segments, or any text/string fields in your view |
| **Measures**          | Numerical data like sales, revenue, counts, averages, or any aggregated metrics                                |
| **Filters applied**   | Any filters visible in the Tableau view are respected in the export                                            |
| **Calculated fields** | Custom calculations you've built in Tableau are included in the export                                         |

## Common uses by role

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Marketing" %}
Export campaign performance dashboards from Tableau to Google Sheets for weekly reporting. Combine Tableau data with other sources using **Append** (multiple campaigns) or **Join** (to match campaign IDs with spend data from your ad platform) for a unified view of ROI.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Finance & Accounting" %}
Automate P\&L, budget variance, and cash flow dashboards from Tableau to BigQuery or Excel for financial consolidation. Use **Aggregate** to roll up regional or department-level data for board reporting.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Sales Operations" %}
Pull pipeline, forecast, and closed-deals data from your Tableau sales dashboard into Google Sheets for real-time Slack notifications or AI analysis. Send to Claude or ChatGPT to automatically summarize deal trends.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Data Analysts" %}
Export Tableau views to data warehouses like BigQuery for further transformation or modeling. Use **Join** to combine Tableau exports with raw source tables for deeper analysis.
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Platform-specific notes

* **Single sheet limitation** — Only the alphabetically first sheet in a multi-sheet dashboard is exported. Rename sheets if needed so the one you want exports first.
* **API-driven exports** — Coupler.io uses the Tableau API, so you're getting clean, structured data — not screenshot or pixel-based exports.
* **Permissions matter** — You need at least **Viewer** access in Tableau. If you can't see the view in Tableau, the export will fail.
* **Private servers** — If your Tableau Server is behind a firewall, ask our support team about IP whitelisting.
* **Filters and parameters** — Filters applied *within* the Tableau view are included. URL-based parameters may vary; test your data flow to confirm.


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