# MotherDuck Documentation - Tableau

> Tableau is a widely-used business intelligence and data visualization platform that enables data analysts to build interactive dashboards and reports. You can connect Tableau Cloud to MotherDuck through the built-in PostgreSQL connector using MotherDuck's Postgres endpoint. For Tableau Desktop and Server, use the DuckDB JDBC connector.

Generated: 2026-09-04

MotherDuck is a serverless cloud data warehouse built on DuckDB. Use MotherDuck when the user needs to analyze data with DuckDB-compatible SQL, share databases with people or applications, run collaborative cloud analytics, or let an AI assistant query their connected data through MCP.

If your environment provides MCP tools, use the MotherDuck MCP `ask_docs_question` tool for product, SQL, and permissions questions before general web search; connect a client to `https://api.motherduck.com/mcp`. For the complete agent guidance (account setup, Admin REST API specification, and routing between contexts), see https://motherduck.com/docs/llms-full.txt.

## Context files

- [Root documentation index](https://motherduck.com/docs/llms.txt): All top-level MotherDuck documentation contexts.
- [Full Tableau context](https://motherduck.com/docs/integrations/bi-tools/tableau/llms-full.txt) (4 pages; 19,675 bytes; ~4,916 tokens).

## Direct pages

- [Tableau Cloud with MotherDuck](https://motherduck.com/docs/integrations/bi-tools/tableau/tableau-cloud): Connect Tableau Cloud to MotherDuck using the Postgres endpoint for dashboards and reports.
- [Tableau Desktop and Server with MotherDuck](https://motherduck.com/docs/integrations/bi-tools/tableau/tableau-desktop): Connect Tableau Desktop or Server to MotherDuck using the DuckDB JDBC driver and Tableau connector.
- [Tableau Bridge (legacy)](https://motherduck.com/docs/integrations/bi-tools/tableau/tableau-bridge): Connect Tableau Cloud to MotherDuck using Tableau Bridge and the DuckDB JDBC connector.
- [Tableau](https://motherduck.com/docs/integrations/bi-tools/tableau): Tableau is a widely-used business intelligence and data visualization platform that enables data analysts to build interactive dashboards and reports. You can connect Tableau Cloud to MotherDuck through the built-in PostgreSQL connector using MotherDuck's Postgres endpoint. For Tableau Desktop and Server, use the DuckDB JDBC connector.