---
title: "EasySignage Tableau Dashboard App"
description: "Learn how to securely display your Tableau dashboards on EasySignage. Follow our step-by-step guide to integrate and showcase your data with ease."
url: https://easysignage.com/help/apps/digital-signage-tableau/
---

# Tableau Dashboard App

Show a Tableau dashboard on your screens. A **public** dashboard only needs its link. A **secure** dashboard also needs a Tableau **connected app**, so that the screen can sign in to Tableau as a dashboard viewer.

## Public Dashboards

1.  Open the dashboard in Tableau, click **Share** and copy the link.
2.  Open the playlist, then click the layer. See [Playlist Media Management](https://easysignage.com/help/playlists/digital-signage-media/) .
3.  If the layer is empty, the content apps open. If it already has media, click **Add New**.
4.  Click **business Intelligence**, then **Tableau**.

![Tableau in business Intelligence](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/tableau/tableau-apps.webp)

5.  In **Enter URL**, paste the dashboard link. Leave **Public Dashboard** ticked.
6.  Click **Save**, check the dashboard in the preview, then click **Publish changes of this playlist**.

![Tableau window for a public dashboard](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/tableau/tableau-window.webp)

## Secure Dashboards

For a dashboard that needs a sign-in, first create a connected app in Tableau, then add it in the CMS. You need a Tableau Cloud admin account.

### Step 1: Create and enable a connected app in Tableau

1.  Sign in to **Tableau Cloud** as an admin.
2.  Go to **Settings**, then **Connected Apps**.
3.  Click **New Connected App** and choose **Direct Trust**.

![Direct Trust in Tableau](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/tableau/connected-app-direct-trust.webp)

4.  Name the connected app, for example `Digital Signage`, choose its access level, and click **Create**.

![Create Connected App in Tableau](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/tableau/create-connected-app.webp)

5.  Back in the list of connected apps, select the new app, open **Actions** and click **Enable**.

![Enable the connected app](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/tableau/enable-tableau-connected-app.webp)

### Step 2: Get the connected app details

1.  Click the new connected app.
2.  Click **Generate New Secret**. The page shows the secret’s **ID** and **Value**, and the app’s **Client ID**. You copy them in Step 4.

![Connected app details in Tableau](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/tableau/connected-app-copy-details.webp)

### Step 3: Copy the dashboard link

Open the dashboard in Tableau, click **Share**, then **Copy Link**.

![Copy the dashboard link in Tableau](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/tableau/tableau-dashboard-get-dashboard-link.webp)

### Step 4: Add the dashboard in the CMS

1.  Open the playlist and the layer, click **Add New** if needed, then **business Intelligence** and **Tableau**, as for a public dashboard.
2.  In **Enter URL**, paste the dashboard link.
3.  Untick **Public Dashboard**, then click **Add Connected App**.

![Public Dashboard unticked](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/tableau/tableau-secure.webp)

4.  Fill in the connected app details:
    -   **App Name**: any name, so you can recognise it later.
    -   **Secret ID**: in Tableau, open **Actions** next to the secret and click **Copy ID**.
    -   **Secret Value**: in Tableau, open **Actions** and click **Copy Value**.
    -   **Client ID**: in Tableau, click **Copy Client ID**.
    -   **User Email**: the email of the Tableau user who can view the dashboard.
5.  Click **Add**.

![Add Connected App](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/tableau/tableau-add-app.webp)

6.  The connected app now appears in a list under **Connected Apps**, and is selected. If you have added more than one, choose the one for this dashboard. Each account can keep several connected apps, for example from different Tableau sites; the trash icon next to an app deletes it.
7.  Click **Save**, check the dashboard in the preview, then click **Publish changes of this playlist**.

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