Guides
Installing the JDBC Driver
Tableau provides documentation on how to [install a JDBC driver](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-gb/jdbc_tableau.htm)
for Tableau to use.  
> Tableau (both Desktop and Server versions) need to be restarted any time you add or modify drivers.  
#### Driver Links {#docs:guides:data_viewers:tableau::driver-links}  
The link here is for a recent version of the JDBC driver that is compatible with Tableau.
If you wish to connect to a database file,
you will need to make sure the file was created with a file-compatible version of DuckDB.
Also, check that there is only one version of the driver installed as there are multiple filenames in use.  
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Download the [JAR file](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/duckdb/duckdb_jdbc/{{ site.currentjavaversion }}/duckdb_jdbc-{{ site.currentjavaversion }}.jar).
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* macOS: Copy it to `~/Library/Tableau/Drivers/`
* Windows: Copy it to `C:\Program Files\Tableau\Drivers`
* Linux: Copy it to `/opt/tableau/tableau_driver/jdbc`.