Embedding Tableau into Google Slides

Google Slides is another widely used presentation tool and, due to its web-based nature, a convenient one. Just like in PowerPoint, you can insert images, audio, and video but unfortunately no web page or a Tableau dashboard.

At the time of writing, I could not find a workaround either. However, if you don’t want to switch between applications, Google Slides can be embedded into Tableau, so the other way around. This limits the tools at least to one!

Let’s give it a try:

You do need a Google account to do this.

1. Open Google Slides, https://docs.google.com/presentation, and click on Blank to open a new presentation.

   Type something like:

   

   Figure 10.21: Google Slides

2. Fill a second page:

Figure 10.22: Test slides

3. Click on File | Share | Publish to web.
4. Change the dropdown Auto-advance slides to every minute. Then click on Publish:

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