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Exasol to Tableau integration — real-time data sync

Keep Exasol 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 Exasol and Tableau

Flow Tableau data into Exasol in real time — no exports, no schedulers, no custom scripts.

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

Tableau is where teams explore, visualize, and report; Exasol is the store of record that holds the raw tables and full history behind those views. The two overlap wherever the same events, users, and metrics matter to both, and when the bridge between them is a nightly export or a hand-built extract, dashboards lag the warehouse and analysts spend the morning arguing over whose number is right.

Common use cases

  • 01 Track Extract Refresh Tasks and DatasourceRefreshFailed webhook events to raise alerts in a database or ticketing system when refreshes fail.
  • 02 Read site Users and their site roles for periodic access reviews and to reconcile Tableau accounts against an HR or IdP source of record.
  • 03 Keep dimension tables such as customers and products aligned with the systems of record.
  • 04 Load CRM and ERP records into Exasol tables on a schedule so analysts query fresh operational data.

Common sync patterns

One number both sides agree on

Metrics and aggregates stay aligned between the two systems, so a figure shown in Tableau matches the Exasol table it was built from instead of drifting between refreshes.

Where Exasol holds the source tables: live data in the reporting layer

Records maintained in Exasol flow into Tableau as they change, so dashboards and reports read current rows rather than an overnight extract.

Where Tableau produces segments or scores: results back to the warehouse

Cohorts, segments, and computed metrics defined in Tableau write to Exasol as tables the rest of the stack can query and join.

What you can sync between Exasol 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.

Exasol objects Tableau objects How this pairing syncs
Views Read-only query surfaces often used as curated sources for reverse ETL. Views Worksheets and dashboards inside workbooks; their data and crosstab export as CSV via the REST query-view-data endpoint. Same entity on both sides — records pair one-to-one and field-level changes reconcile in the writable direction.
Virtual schemas Federated views over external sources; useful for deciding what needs physical replication. Extract Refresh Tasks Scheduled extract refreshes; status and history read via REST, with DatasourceRefreshSucceeded and Failed events delivered by webhooks. Virtual schemas is specific to Exasol and Extract Refresh Tasks to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
UDF scripts In-database functions that can transform synced data after load. Fields and Columns Columns and calculated fields with their descriptions, exposed by the Metadata API; read to populate a data catalog with governed definitions. UDF scripts is specific to Exasol and Fields and Columns to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Users and roles Grant read/write access for the dedicated integration account. 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. Users and roles is specific to Exasol and Published Data Sources to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Schemas Namespaces that group the tables a sync reads from or writes into. Workbooks Workbook content and metadata read via the REST and Metadata APIs; create, update, and delete events fire webhooks for change detection. Schemas is specific to Exasol and Workbooks to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tables Primary sync target; columnar relational tables written with standard SQL. Projects Folders that organize content and set permissions; listed via REST to mirror the site's content hierarchy into a catalog. Tables is specific to Exasol and Projects to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Exasol 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.

Exasol Tableau Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Exasol for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Polling with timestamp or key columns.

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 Exasol records.

Tableau Exasol 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 Exasol as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Exasol: No API quota; concurrency is bounded by cluster resources and session limits.
  • 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 Exasol ⇄ Tableau

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

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

Real-time

Real-time sync

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

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Exasol 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 Exasol or Tableau record.

Observability

Monitoring

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

Trading partners

EDI

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

How the Exasol and Tableau connectors work

Exasol

Integration surface
SQL over JDBC/ODBC drivers and a WebSocket-based client protocol
Authentication
Database credentials (username and password)
Change detection
Polling with timestamp or key columns; Exasol does not expose a transaction-log change feed to clients
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
No API quota; concurrency is bounded by cluster resources and session limits

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 Exasol 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 Exasol 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
    Exasol connected
    Tableau connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Exasol 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 · Exasol ⇄ 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
    Exasol Tableau
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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