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Connecting Cube to Tableau tutorial

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Post Details
Company
Date Published
Author
Tamar Barlev
Word Count
541
Language
English
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Summary

Cube has launched its SQL API, which enhances compatibility with BI tools and data notebooks, allowing consistent, performant, and secure data access across various applications within a company. The API makes Cube definitions universally accessible, ensuring seamless integration with any BI tool that connects via SQL. A tutorial demonstrates how to connect Tableau Online to Cube Cloud using the SQL API, providing a step-by-step guide from creating a Cube Cloud project and defining custom measures or dimensions, to configuring Tableau with Cube's SQL connection details. This integration allows for the creation of visualizations in Tableau using measures and dimensions defined in Cube, making data accessible to both business users and app developers. The API is part of Cube's ongoing efforts to expand support for more BI applications, encouraging users to explore its capabilities further.