Summary

This post shows you how to get a Tableau Cloud or Tableau Server dashboard's embed link and embed the dashboard in PowerPoint by loading its link in Web Viewer 2.0.

Tableau Cloud, and Tableau Server by default, only embed private dashboards inside other apps when the URL includes :embed=y. A regular link copied from Tableau does not load on its own. To load the embed link:

Open the dashboard in Tableau, select Share, and select Copy Link (or copy the dashboard URL from your browser's address bar).
Insert Web Viewer 2.0 on your slide.
Select www, paste the dashboard link into URL, and select Load.
Select Load embed link in the Load this dashboard's embed link card, then sign in to Tableau if prompted.

Copy the dashboard's link

Open the dashboard in Tableau, select Share (1), and select Copy Link (2).

Tableau Cloud dashboard with Share marked 1 and Copy Link in the Share View dialog marked 2

You can also copy the dashboard's URL directly from your browser's address bar.

Tableau Cloud dashboard in Edge with the dashboard's link highlighted in the address bar

Insert Web Viewer 2.0 on your slide

Select the slide, then open Home > Add-ins.

Home and Add-ins marked 1 and 2 in PowerPoint for Mac

Enter Web Viewer 2.0 in the search box (1). Under More search results, select Add beside the matching result (2).

PowerPoint's quick Add-ins menu with Web Viewer 2.0 entered in search, marked 1, and its Add button marked 2

Complete any installation prompts. For other Office versions or organization-managed installation, see the full installation guide.

Load the embed link

Select www (1), paste the dashboard's link into URL (2), and select Load (3).

Web Viewer 2.0 www button, URL field, and Load button marked 1, 2, and 3

In the Load this dashboard's embed link card, select Load embed link.

Web Viewer 2.0 card titled Load this dashboard's embed link, with Load embed link highlighted

If Tableau prompts you to sign in, follow how to sign in to Tableau in PowerPoint.

Open a dashboard instead of a workbook

Links to workbooks, projects, or Tableau's home page cannot be embedded directly. When you load one, Web Viewer 2.0 shows the Open a dashboard in Tableau card.

Web Viewer 2.0 card titled Open a dashboard in Tableau, with a copy its link link

In Tableau, open the workbook, select the dashboard you want to embed under Views, and copy that dashboard's link.

Tableau Cloud workbook page listing its dashboards under Views

Build the embed link manually for other apps

To embed the dashboard in another app without Web Viewer 2.0, append :embed=y to the URL from Copy Link:

If the URL has no ?, append ?:embed=y.
If the URL already has a ? (such as a filtered view), append &:embed=y.

For example:

https://10ax.online.tableau.com/t/yoursite/views/Superstore/Overview?:embed=y

On Tableau Server, an admin can also allow dashboards to embed from their regular browser link.

For help with Web Viewer 2.0, contact support.

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