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Dynamo DB to Tableau integration — real-time data sync

Keep Dynamo DB and Tableau in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Dynamo DB and Tableau

Give Tableau the users, events, and records that live in Dynamo DB in real time, and sync the cohorts and scores Tableau computes back into Dynamo DB where your applications read them.

Tableau is a read-only source: Stacksync reads its data in real time and delivers it into Dynamo DB, so Dynamo DB always reflects the current state of Tableau — without exports, scripts, or schedulers.

A database holds the rows your business runs on: the users, events, orders, and records that every service reads and writes. Tableau is where people make sense of them, as dashboards, funnels, cohorts, and metrics. Moving the data from Dynamo DB into Tableau usually means a hand-built extract or a change-data-capture pipeline that breaks the moment a column is renamed, and reporting that always trails last night's load.

Common use cases

  • 01 Mirror the Projects and Workbooks content hierarchy into an internal catalog so teams discover dashboards from a central index.
  • 02 Track Extract Refresh Tasks and DatasourceRefreshFailed webhook events to raise alerts in a database or ticketing system when refreshes fail.
  • 03 Replace ad-hoc export scripts with continuous sync driven by DynamoDB Streams.
  • 04 Stream item changes from DynamoDB application tables into a Postgres or warehouse copy for SQL analytics.

Common sync patterns

Where Tableau tracks product events: behavior onto stored records

Signup, usage, and lifecycle events captured in Tableau sync into Dynamo DB as rows, so applications and internal tools can read behavioral data next to the records they already keep.

Where Tableau builds cohorts or scores: results your services can read

Segments, cohorts, or scores computed in Tableau sync back into Dynamo DB, where the services that read from the database act on them at query speed without calling the analytics API.

Analytics on live operational data, minus the pipeline

The users, events, orders, and records stored in Dynamo DB land in Tableau as they change, so dashboards, funnels, and metrics run on current data instead of last night's extract.

What you can sync between Dynamo DB and Tableau

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Dynamo DB objects Tableau objects How this pairing syncs
Partition and Sort Keys The primary key pair used as the match key for bi-directional sync. Published Data Sources Published data sources (.tdsx); their underlying rows are read via the VizQL Data Service, and refresh state is tracked through content webhooks. Partition and Sort Keys is specific to Dynamo DB and Published Data Sources to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Global Secondary Indexes Alternate access paths used when sync queries filter on non-key attributes. Workbooks Workbook content and metadata read via the REST and Metadata APIs; create, update, and delete events fire webhooks for change detection. Global Secondary Indexes is specific to Dynamo DB and Workbooks to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
DynamoDB Streams Ordered item-level change records consumed for incremental sync. Views Worksheets and dashboards inside workbooks; their data and crosstab export as CSV via the REST query-view-data endpoint. DynamoDB Streams is specific to Dynamo DB and Views to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Global Tables Multi-region replicas relevant when syncs must read from a specific region. Projects Folders that organize content and set permissions; listed via REST to mirror the site's content hierarchy into a catalog. Global Tables is specific to Dynamo DB and Projects to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tables The top-level containers a sync targets; each table is addressed independently. Users Site users with site roles and group membership; read via REST for access reviews and to reconcile identities against an HR or IdP source. Tables is specific to Dynamo DB and Users to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Items Schemaless records keyed by partition (and optional sort) key, mapped to rows or SaaS objects in syncs. Databases and Tables External assets indexed by Tableau Catalog; queried via the Metadata API GraphQL endpoint for lineage and impact analysis. Items is specific to Dynamo DB and Databases and Tables to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Dynamo DB and Tableau

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

Dynamo DB Tableau Sub-second propagation

DetectionChanges in Dynamo DB are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Item-level change streams via DynamoDB Streams or Kinesis Data Streams integration.

DeliveryTableau does not accept inbound record writes, so this direction carries requests rather than records: Tableau's output flows back as field updates on the originating Dynamo DB records.

Tableau Dynamo DB Sub-second propagation

DetectionTableau notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Webhooks fire on workbook and data source create/update/delete and extract refresh events.

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to Dynamo DB as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Dynamo DB: Throughput is governed by the table's provisioned or on-demand capacity mode.
  • Tableau: Tableau Cloud enforces per-site REST rate limits and returns HTTP 429; a PAT allows only one concurrent session and expires after 15 consecutive days of non-use.
What ships with Dynamo DB ⇄ Tableau

Connect Dynamo DB and Tableau for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Dynamo DB–Tableau connection.

Real-time

Real-time sync

Changes in Dynamo DB or Tableau instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Dynamo DB or Tableau data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Dynamo DB or Tableau record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Dynamo DB ⇄ Tableau sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Dynamo DB and Tableau.

How the Dynamo DB and Tableau connectors work

Dynamo DB

Integration surface
Proprietary JSON-over-HTTPS API accessed through AWS SDKs; PartiQL supported for SQL-like queries
Authentication
AWS IAM credentials with SigV4 request signing
Change detection
Item-level change streams via DynamoDB Streams or Kinesis Data Streams integration
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Throughput is governed by the table's provisioned or on-demand capacity mode

Tableau

Integration surface
REST API, Metadata API (GraphQL), and VizQL Data Service
Authentication
Sign-in via Personal Access Token (PAT) or username/password returns a credentials token sent as the X-Tableau-Auth header; Connected Apps issue JWTs for OAuth-style access. One active session per PAT.
Change detection
Webhooks fire on workbook and data source create/update/delete and extract refresh events; otherwise content and metadata are polled via REST list endpoints (updatedAt) and the Metadata API.
Capabilities
read · webhooks
Rate limits
Tableau Cloud enforces per-site REST rate limits and returns HTTP 429; a PAT allows only one concurrent session and expires after 15 consecutive days of non-use.
How it works

How to connect Dynamo DB to Tableau — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Dynamo DB and Tableau with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Dynamo DB connected
    Tableau connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Dynamo DB and Tableau objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Dynamo DB ⇄ Tableau
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Dynamo DB Tableau
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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