Connecting from Tableau Desktop
Supported Tableau Desktop Versions
The Windows version of Tableau Desktop Professional Edition is required to connect to Open Data Blend Analytics.
Installing the Analysis Services Client Libraries
We recommend installing the latest version of the Analysis Services OLE DB Provider (MSOLAP). This is available here.
Connecting to the Open Data Blend Analytics Server
In the Connect pane under the 'To a Server' section, click 'Microsoft Analysis Services'.

You will be prompted for the connection details.

Enter the following details then click 'Sign In':
Server: link://analytics.opendatablend.io
Username: Enter a blank space.
Password: Enter a blank space.
You will be prompted to sign into your account. Use your Analytics User details and follow the additional prompts to complete the login.

On the data source page, select 'Open Data Blend Analytics' for the database and 'Model' for the cube. Then click 'Sheet 1'.

Now you can analyse the data.

This is what the Open Data Blend Analytics experience looks like in Tableau Desktop.

Using Tableau Desktop for Data Analysis
Guidance on how to analyse data in Tableau Desktop is beyond the scope of this documentation.
You may find the following helpful:
Open Data Blend Starter Files
We have created a set of Open Data Blend Starters which are files with a pre-configured connection to Open Data Blend Analytics. You can find the starter for Tableau Desktop here.
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