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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Connecting from Thoughtspot |
| 3 | +permalink: /config/downstream/thoughtspot |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +You can connect to Cube from [Thoughtspot][thoughtspot] using the [Cube SQL |
| 7 | +API][ref-sql-api]. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Enable Cube SQL API |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +<InfoBox> |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Don't have a Cube project yet? [Learn how to get started |
| 14 | +here][ref-getting-started]. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +</InfoBox> |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +### <--{"id" : "Enable Cube SQL API"}--> Cube Cloud |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +Click **How to connect your BI tool** link on the Overview page, navigate to the |
| 21 | +SQL API tab and enable it. Once enabled, you should see the screen like the one |
| 22 | +below with your connection credentials: |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +<div style="text-align: center"> |
| 25 | + <img |
| 26 | + src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cube-js/cube.js/master/docs/content/cube-sql-api-modal.png" |
| 27 | + style="border: none" |
| 28 | + width="80%" |
| 29 | + /> |
| 30 | +</div> |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +### <--{"id" : "Enable Cube SQL API"}--> Self-hosted Cube |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +You need to set the following environment variables to enable the Cube SQL API. |
| 35 | +These credentials will be required to connect to Cube from Tableau later. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +```bash |
| 38 | +CUBEJS_PG_SQL_PORT=5432 |
| 39 | +CUBEJS_SQL_USER=myusername |
| 40 | +CUBEJS_SQL_PASSWORD=mypassword |
| 41 | +``` |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +## Connecting from Thoughtspot |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +Thoughtspot connects to Cube as a Redshift database. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +In Thoughtspot, go to the Setup tab, then click **Connect now** to add a new |
| 48 | +data source: |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +<div style="text-align: center"> |
| 51 | + <img |
| 52 | + src="https://ucarecdn.com/85bd8325-efd9-4cae-a463-e9b025a667cc/" |
| 53 | + style="border: none" |
| 54 | + width="80%" |
| 55 | + /> |
| 56 | +</div> |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +Enter a name for the data source, choose **Amazon Redshift** as the data |
| 59 | +warehouse and click **Continue** in the header: |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +<div style="text-align: center"> |
| 62 | + <img |
| 63 | + src="https://ucarecdn.com/36aad090-b8c8-4e2b-8684-dc83ce2578c3/" |
| 64 | + style="border: none" |
| 65 | + width="80%" |
| 66 | + /> |
| 67 | +</div> |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +Enter credentials from the previous step and click **Continue**: |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +<div style="text-align: center"> |
| 72 | + <img |
| 73 | + src="https://ucarecdn.com/bddba9ac-1e24-4651-9086-75f1d0c3c811/" |
| 74 | + style="border: none" |
| 75 | + width="80%" |
| 76 | + /> |
| 77 | +</div> |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +Select columns from the desired cubes and click **Create Connection** on the |
| 80 | +next screen: |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +<div style="text-align: center"> |
| 83 | + <img |
| 84 | + src="https://ucarecdn.com/95692c63-e620-42a5-9355-b4df27d6b3c4/" |
| 85 | + style="border: none" |
| 86 | + width="80%" |
| 87 | + /> |
| 88 | +</div> |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +## Querying data |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +Your cubes will be exposed as tables, where both your measures and dimensions |
| 93 | +are columns. |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +[ref-getting-started]: /cloud/getting-started |
| 96 | +[ref-sql-api]: /backend/sql |
| 97 | +[ref-connecting-from-tableau]: |
| 98 | + https://cubedev-blog-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/dc025b24-674f-4f32-ac44-421d546ee676.GIF |
| 99 | +[ref-querying-from-tableau]: |
| 100 | + https://cubedev-blog-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ea73a998-e2ce-4814-863e-425b4d35860c.gif |
| 101 | +[thoughtspot]: https://www.thoughtspot.com/ |
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