Fast, scalable analytics
with Tableau and Starburst

Overcome common challenges data engineers and analysts face by providing
a seamless workflow from data access to visualization.
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Tableau is a leading visual analytics platform that helps people see, understand, and act on data. It empowers users to explore, manage, and share insights quickly and intuitively, fostering a data-driven culture. With its user-friendly interface, Tableau enables everyone from analysts to executives to visualize complex data and uncover actionable insights.

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Focus on insights instead of infrastructure

Combine the strength of Tableau with the flexibility, scalability, and performance of Starburst to elevate your analytical workflows and accelerate insight delivery.

Performant Lakehouse Analytics

Connecting Tableau to your open lakehouse, powered by Starburst, provides optimal price performance and a solution that will scale with your business.

Reusable Insights

Starburst data products are trusted data sets that are secure, curated, and portable and can be used in any Tableau visualization.

Faster Dashboards

Starburst’s outstanding scalability and performance keeps Tableau users in the “flow” so they can deliver insights faster.

Flexible Deployments

Starburst can be deployed wherever you use Tableau (on premises, hybrid, cloud, multi-region) to optimize analytical workflows.

Reduce Maintenance Overhead

Simplified Metadata Management
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  • Reduce challenges with metadata management

Accurate and reliable insights in Tableau visualizations depend on current and consistent metadata. However, maintaining up-to-date metadata across multiple sources is often time-consuming and error-prone. This can lead to inaccurate results or broken visualizations, ultimately eroding trust in Tableau-generated insights.
Starburst offers a solution by providing Tableau users with a unified connection to all their data sources. Through this unified connection, Starburst eliminates the need for multiple data copies, significantly reducing the risk of metadata inconsistencies and the associated maintenance overhead. This approach greatly enhances the stability of existing visualizations, minimizing the likelihood of breakages and ensuring continued usability.

Centralized Security
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  • Reduce challenges with metadata management

Accurate and reliable insights in Tableau visualizations depend on current and consistent metadata. However, maintaining up-to-date metadata across multiple sources is often time-consuming and error-prone. This can lead to inaccurate results or broken visualizations, ultimately eroding trust in Tableau-generated insights.
Starburst offers a solution by providing Tableau users with a unified connection to all their data sources. Through this unified connection, Starburst eliminates the need for multiple data copies, significantly reducing the risk of metadata inconsistencies and the associated maintenance overhead. This approach greatly enhances the stability of existing visualizations, minimizing the likelihood of breakages and ensuring continued usability.

  • Streamline access controls in Tableau

Implementing data access controls in Tableau often involves embedding security measures directly into visualizations. This approach becomes particularly challenging when integrating data from multiple sources, as security controls may vary across different systems. Embedding these controls within Tableau itself can lead to increased maintenance efforts and potential inconsistencies.

A more efficient alternative is to centralize data access management through a platform like Starburst. This approach consolidates security policies, significantly reducing maintenance overhead and ensuring uniform access controls across all connected data sources. By centralizing security management, organizations can achieve more consistent and reliable data governance while simplifying the overall administration process.

  • Minimize data movement and disruptions to data access

Modern data ecosystems rapidly adapt to meet user demands by integrating new data sources for improved performance and cost efficiency, while phasing out inactive or costly sources. These changes necessitate updates to Tableau visualizations, which can lead to temporary access disruptions and increased storage costs due to multiple data copies.

Starburst simplifies this process by providing a centralized access point for data, offering several key benefits:

– Consistency: Tableau users maintain a single, stable connection for their visualizations.

– Reduced Maintenance: As data migrates, the Starburst connection remains unchanged, minimizing the need for updates.

– Efficiency: Starburst eliminates the need for data duplication by enabling high-performance access to data wherever it is located.

By utilizing Starburst, organizations can ensure seamless access and consistent performance in their evolving data ecosystems.

Tableau + Starburst

Learn more about the powerful synergy of Tableau and Starburst and how it can transform your business.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do more with Tableau by connecting it to your Starburst Galaxy and/or Starburst Enterprise clusters.

What is the price of the Starburst connector for Tableau?

The Starburst connector for Tableau is free to use for all Starburst Enterprise and Starburst Galaxy users.

Which Tableau solutions does Starburst have a connector for?

The Starburst connector is available for Tableau Desktop, Prep Builder, and Server (2020.4 and newer) as well as for Tableau Cloud.

How do I download the Starburst connector for Tableau Desktop, Prep Builder, and Server if I do not see it in the list of connectors in Tableau?

Instructions for downloading and installing the Starburst connector can be found in the connectors section of the Tableau extension gallery as well as on the Starburst documentation page that corresponds to the Tableau solution you are using (Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, Tableau Server).

Which authentication methods are supported by the Starburst connector for Tableau?

The Starburst connector for Tableau supports a variety of authentication methods (username/password, JWT, OAuth 2.0, Kerberos). For more details, please refer to the Product support matrix for Tableau in the Starburst documentation.

Does the Starburst connector for Tableau use ODBC or JDBC?

The Starburst connector for Tableau uses JDBC, which is the preferred connection method. If you would like to connect Tableau to Starburst using ODBC, refer to the “ODBC driver connection” section of the Starburst documentation page that corresponds to the Tableau solution you are using (Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder).

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