Similar to Power BI, the Fusion Signage Tableau integration allows you to display Tableau dashboards and projects seamlessly on your digital signage screens. This enables real-time sharing of data, insights, and dashboards with employees, customers, or stakeholders directly through your displays.
With this integration, you can:
Show live Tableau projects on your screens.
Present real-time data for current insights.
Schedule and tag projects for targeted display times.
Manage your projects like any other media item – simply add them to playlists and deploy.
Pre-requisites
Fusion Signage Pro Licence.
Application version minimums:
Android: 2.6.2
Tizen: 2.4.1
WebOS: 2.3.5
BrightSign: 2.4.0
Windows: 2.4.0
Please note – publishing a report if your app version is below these will ignore the project, as it cannot render properly.
Important setup notes
Only one connection between Fusion Signage and Tableau is possible.
Only reports accessible to the user who established the connection will be available within Fusion Signage.
Once connected, all users in your Fusion Signage account will have access to these reports.
How to set up
Step 1 – create a Connected App in Tableau
Log into your Tableau account.
Go to Settings → Connected Apps → New Connected App.
Select Direct Trust.
Name the app (e.g. 'Fusion Signage').
Set Access Level.
All projects = access to all workbooks and dashboards.
Specific project = choose one from the dropdown.
Multiple projects = select several dashboards.
Choose domain access.
All domains = unrestricted embedded content.
Specific domains = limit access – see Tableau documentation for formatting details.
Click Create.
Click Generate New Secret and note down the following:
Secret ID
Secret Value
Client ID
Return to the Connected Apps page, click the three dots next to your app, and select Enable.
Step 2 – connect Fusion Signage to Tableau
Log into your Fusion Signage account.
Navigate to Settings → Integrations → Tableau.
Click Configure Integration.
Fill in the Create Tableau Settings.
Login Email – your Tableau login email.
Site ID – extracted from your Tableau URL (e.g., after
/t/), for example:Site ID: fusionsignage
Client ID – from step 8.
Secret ID – from step 8.
Secret Value – from step 8.
Base URL – we also find this on your Tableau URL, for example:
Click Submit.
Step 3 – add Tableau projects to Fusion Signage
Return to the Manage page.
Select or create a folder for your projects (organisational use).
Click Add → Tableau.
Choose your Tableau report from the dropdown list.
Select the specific page from the report you'd like to display. Add additional pages as needed for different views.
The project now appears in your folder.
Deploy and display
Create a new playlist or open an existing one.
Click Add → Media and select your Tableau project(s).
Use tagging and scheduling rules to target each screen or region.
Click Publish to send the report to your display screens.
Filtering your projects
You can customise the data displayed on each screen by applying filters, ensuring only relevant information appears for each location or region.
Navigate to the Deploy page.
Select the screen name from your list of devices.
Click Configure Screen.
In the Tableau Filters section, click Add and select the data parameters needed for that specific screen.
Add multiple filters as necessary to narrow down data to the relevant region or category.
Click Save to apply these filters to the selected screen.
Removing the Tableau integration
Go to Deploy → Integrations.
Click Delete next to the Tableau integration.
To fully remove access, you can also delete the application from your Tableau Connected Apps.
Log in to your Tableau account via https://portal.azure.com.
Navigate to Microsoft Entra ID → Enterprise Applications.
Search for Fusion Signage Tableau Application.
Click Properties and then Delete at the top.
FAQs
FAQs
Q: What happens if my screen goes offline?
When a project is deployed to the screen, a screenshot snapshot of the project is cached locally on the device.
This cached screenshot is updated each time the project refreshes with new data.
If the device loses connectivity, it will continue displaying the most recent cached screenshot.
No new data or updates will appear until the device is brought back online.