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# Connect Tableau Cloud for auto-updates

The Tableau Cloud connector lets a Key Result or Initiative update itself from a published Tableau data source — a measure such as total revenue or order count, with the filters you describe. The setup flow (Update mode › Set up auto update, then a short chat) is the same for every connector and is described in [Set up automatic updates from a connector](/connectivity/connectors/set-up-automatic-updates-from-a-connector.md). This article covers only what is specific to Tableau Cloud.

## Before you connect Tableau Cloud

* A Rhythms Admin has enabled **Tableau Cloud** under **Settings › Workspace › Connectors**.
* **Your Tableau site administrator has enabled Personal Access Tokens** (one-time). In Tableau Cloud, go to **Settings › General**, find **Personal Access Tokens**, toggle **Enable** and click **Save**.
* You have a Tableau account on the site that holds the data source.

## How Tableau authentication works

Rhythms signs in to Tableau with a **Personal Access Token** that you create.

1. In Tableau Cloud, click your profile icon › **My Account Settings**, scroll to **Personal Access Tokens**, click **Create new token**, name it (for example "Rhythms") and click **Create**. Copy both the token name and the secret — the secret is shown once.
2. In Rhythms, open **My connectors › Tableau Cloud › Connect** (or the card in the setup chat) and enter the **Server URL** (the base of your Tableau address, for example `https://prod.online.tableau.com`), the **Site Name** (the identifier shown at the top of Tableau's left sidebar, not its display name), the **Token Name** and the **Token Secret**.

Each person connects with their own token, so Rhythms sees only what your Tableau permissions allow.

## What you can track from Tableau

* A measure from a published data source — sum, count, average — with dimension filters (region, product, team), date filters (last 30 days, current quarter) and top-N filters
* A ratio or percentage you describe, for example closed deals divided by all opportunities

Give Rhythms a view, dashboard, workbook or data source name. Views cannot be queried directly, so Rhythms finds the published data source behind the view, lists its fields and queries that source on every sync.

## Limits

* Only published data sources can be queried; a workbook whose data is embedded and not published needs its data source published first.
* When your token expires or is revoked (site admins control token lifetime), the connection shows an error. Create a new token and click **Reconnect** in **My connectors**.

## Example prompts

* "Track total revenue from the Sales Performance workbook, West region only."
* "Count closed deals from the Q4 Pipeline data source for the last 30 days."

## Related articles

* [Set up automatic updates from a connector](/connectivity/connectors/set-up-automatic-updates-from-a-connector.md)
* [Enable Connectors for Your Workspace](/connectivity/manage-connectors-for-your-workspace.md)
* [Connect PowerBI for auto-updates](/connectivity/connectors/connect-powerbi-for-auto-updates.md)
* [Effective Check-ins to Track OKR Progress in Rhythms](/goals-and-okrs/managing-and-tracking-goals/write-and-submit-check-ins.md)


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