Last Modified Date: 08 Jan 2019
Environment
- Tableau Desktop
- MySQL
Answer
Views appear together with tables under the Table heading on the Date Source tab (after logging into the database) in Tableau Desktop. So to connect to a view in MySQL, use the same procedure for connecting to a table. For more information, see the MySQL connector example.Additional Information
More explanations about MySQL views can also be found in the Community Forums, for example:- How to import view instead of a Table in Tableau?
- Need to connect to a VIEW in a database vs. a specific table...possible/how?
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