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To use a WDC in Tableau Desktop, complete the following steps:

1. On the start page, in the **Connect** pane, click **More Servers... > Web Data Connector**.

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1. Enter the URL of a WDC and press Enter.

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   **Important**: Make sure that you enter the URL of a WDC, and not the URL of the data that you're trying to connect to. For example, if you want to connect to Facebook data, you might enter `www.example.com/myFacebookWDC.html`.

1. Tableau loads the WDC page where you can enter any input required by your WDC.

1. Tableau calls your WDC code, downloads data, and displays it in the **Data Source** pane.

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