Work Smarter with the Tableau Add-on for Google Workspace

The way enterprises work with data has changed rapidly with the rise of AI, but the process of getting to that data from everyday workflows hasn't kept up. Teams lose precious time navigating between tools, manually exporting data, copy-pasting, and reformatting, only to restart the entire process once the numbers change.

This cycle quietly consumes hours that should go toward analysis and decisions. Aligning on a strategy can be challenging, but accessing the data to justify it shouldn’t be. 

That is why we introduced the Tableau Add-on for Google Workspace, making it effortless for any user to embed dashboards and Pulse metrics directly into Google Slides and Docs. But we were just getting started.

To streamline analytics workflows, the Tableau Add-on in Google Sheets brings Tableau data into the universal grid interface. With this expansion, teams that depend on spreadsheets for analysis and modeling can seamlessly connect to their trusted data in the format they are most familiar with.

"Data should flow freely to where decisions are made — and that's exactly what the Tableau Add-on for Google Workspace delivers. By bringing Tableau's trusted analytics directly into Google Sheets, Slides, and Docs, we're eliminating the gap between data and decision-making. This is the kind of seamless collaboration our joint customers have been demanding, and we're proud to deepen our partnership with Salesforce to make it a reality." 

— Sam Sharaf, Global Product Solutions Lead, Google

Tableau Add-on in Google Sheets

For organizations that use Tableau for analytics and Google Workspace for collaboration, the Tableau Add-on in Google Sheets closes the gap between your trusted data and the work that depends on it. Instead of downloading, copy-pasting, and reformatting, you can connect directly to any Tableau view or Published Data Source, query the exact data needed, and pull it directly into your spreadsheet, where you perform analysis. Then, you can refresh the import instantly, ensuring all linked reports and models are running on the latest numbers.

• Query with precision: Use the built-in Query Builder to select specific fields, filters, and aggregations from any Published Data Source, so your sheet contains the precise data you need, nothing more.
• Maximum freshness, minimum effort: Refresh all or select data on demand with a single click, so you can spend more time building the insights and less time pulling data.
• A two-way connection: Import Tableau data into Sheets for analysis and modeling, then export it back to Tableau Cloud for robust exploration and visualization capabilities.