> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.refold.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect

> Connect with the Linked Account's Tableau account.

<Note>
  Tableau is an **API Key** based integration and does not require the setup of an app.
</Note>

### Required Credentials of a Linked Account

To successfully connect with the **Tableau** integration, a Linked Account or an end-user will need to provide the following to connect:

1. Base URL
2. Access Token
3. Access Token Name

<Info>
  To understand how a Linked Account can get the above mentioned credentials, refer below.
</Info>

### Getting Credentials of Tableau

To acquire the required credentials and connect a Linked Account, please follow the steps mentioned below:

<img height="200" src="https://mintcdn.com/cobalt-55/z_Cm6DgpvP5zfZT8/images/Tableau/tableau_config.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=z_Cm6DgpvP5zfZT8&q=85&s=e132da3a613c56e14505cbf9a86afed3" alt="Connect a Linked Account" data-path="images/Tableau/tableau_config.png" />

1. Log in to your [Tableau account](https://identity.idp.tableau.com/login) and copy the `Base URL` of your account before `/#` in the URL.
2. Click on the `Settings` icon in the side menu > Go to `General` tab > Scroll down and check that `Enable personal access tokens` is checked.

<img height="200" src="https://mintcdn.com/cobalt-55/z_Cm6DgpvP5zfZT8/images/Tableau/tableau_navigation.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=z_Cm6DgpvP5zfZT8&q=85&s=8bbc797041fb3b4afecbb75b253d55a8" alt="Navigation in Tableau" data-path="images/Tableau/tableau_navigation.png" />

3. Click on **Profile Icon** in the top right corner and select `My Account Settings`.
4. Under `Settings` tab > Scroll to **Personal Access Tokens** section > Provide a `Token Name` and click on `Create Token`.
5. Copy the `Token Name` and Token `Secret` displayed which is the Access Token.

<img height="200" src="https://mintcdn.com/cobalt-55/z_Cm6DgpvP5zfZT8/images/Tableau/tableau_credentials.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=z_Cm6DgpvP5zfZT8&q=85&s=23d30864c6b163f8bfb7b2feff6f230c" alt="Getting Access Token" data-path="images/Tableau/tableau_credentials.png" />

The Linked Account or end-user now have all the credentials required to connect with Tableau.

#### Actions and triggers

In Refold, you can create orchestrations of your use-cases using Tableau actions and triggers. Following are the set of Tableau actions and triggers
supported by Refold.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Actions">
    <AccordionGroup>
      <Accordion title="Refresh Tasks">
        1. **List Extract Refresh Tasks in Site** - Returns a list of extract refresh tasks for the site in Tableau.
        2. **Run Extract Refresh Task** - Runs the specified extract refresh task in Tableau.
      </Accordion>

      <Accordion title="Sites">
        3. **List Sites** - Returns a list of the sites in Tableau.
        4. **Create Site** -Creates a site on Tableau Server.
      </Accordion>

      <Accordion title="View">
        5. **Download View Crosstab in Excel** - Downloads view crosstab in Excel in Tableau.
        6. **Search View** - Returns all the views for the specified site in Tableau.
      </Accordion>

      <Accordion title="Workbook">
        7. **Search Workbook** - Returns the workbooks on a site in Tableau.
      </Accordion>

      <Accordion title="Others">
        8. **HTTP Request** - Make HTTP API calls to any Tableau documented REST APIs.
      </Accordion>
    </AccordionGroup>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Triggers">
    There are no triggers in this application.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>