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Plex ERP to Tableau integration — real-time data sync

Keep Plex ERP 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 Plex ERP and Tableau

Put Plex ERP's records into Tableau as live data for reporting and dashboards, without nightly exports, and send the segments and metrics Tableau computes back where Plex ERP can use them.

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

ERP data is some of the most requested data for analysis and some of the hardest to pull: the record types are many, the APIs are strict, and export jobs break on every upgrade. Whether Plex ERP carries financials, operations, workforce data, or all three, those numbers belong in Tableau, next to the product, behavioral, and web data the team already measures.

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 customers, parts, and pricing aligned between Plex and the CRM the sales team uses.
  • 04 Push sales orders captured in e-commerce or EDI systems into Plex for scheduling and fulfillment.

Common sync patterns

Where Plex ERP runs operations: inventory and fulfillment metrics

Operational records from Plex ERP become measurable in Tableau, joinable with the rest of what the company tracks for supply and fulfillment reporting.

Where Plex ERP is the HR system of record: workforce and cost analysis

Worker and organization data from Plex ERP syncs into Tableau for headcount, cost, and utilization reporting alongside other company data.

Write-back where Plex ERP exposes writable fields: segments and scores return

Segments, scores, or metrics computed in Tableau sync onto the matching records in Plex ERP, so operations act on what the analysis found.

What you can sync between Plex ERP 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.

Plex ERP objects Tableau objects How this pairing syncs
Inventory On-hand balances and locations replicated for visibility outside the plant system Fields and Columns Columns and calculated fields with their descriptions, exposed by the Metadata API; read to populate a data catalog with governed definitions. Inventory is specific to Plex ERP and Fields and Columns to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Production jobs Shop-floor work records combining ERP and MES data for output reporting 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. Production jobs is specific to Plex ERP and Published Data Sources to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Sales orders Demand records written in from e-commerce or EDI channels and read out for fulfillment status Workbooks Workbook content and metadata read via the REST and Metadata APIs; create, update, and delete events fire webhooks for change detection. Sales orders is specific to Plex ERP and Workbooks to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Purchase orders Procurement records mirrored to accounting and planning systems Views Worksheets and dashboards inside workbooks; their data and crosstab export as CSV via the REST query-view-data endpoint. Purchase orders is specific to Plex ERP and Views to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Customers Account records kept consistent with the sales team's CRM Projects Folders that organize content and set permissions; listed via REST to mirror the site's content hierarchy into a catalog. Customers is specific to Plex ERP and Projects to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Suppliers Vendor records aligned with procurement and AP tools 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. Suppliers is specific to Plex ERP and Users to Tableau — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Plex ERP 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.

Plex ERP Tableau Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Plex ERP for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Polling.

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 Plex ERP records.

Tableau Plex ERP 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 written to Plex ERP through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Plex ERP: Subject to the platform's API rate 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 Plex ERP ⇄ Tableau

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

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

Real-time

Real-time sync

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

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Plex ERP 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 Plex ERP or Tableau record.

Observability

Monitoring

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

Trading partners

EDI

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

How the Plex ERP and Tableau connectors work

Plex ERP

Integration surface
REST APIs plus legacy SOAP web services
Authentication
API keys issued through the Plex Developer Portal
Change detection
polling; no general-purpose change webhooks
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
subject to the platform's API rate 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 Plex ERP 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 Plex ERP 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
    Plex ERP connected
    Tableau connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

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

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

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