Exporting data

Last, but not least, we may want to export our data. We have seen before that a right-click on a symbol in the flow pane offers the possibility to preview the data in Tableau Desktop:

1. If you want a flow to run according to a schedule or save it to a location, it's best to use Add | Output:

   Figure 3.54: Output

2. After you do this, the following screen will appear:

   

   Figure 3.55: Save to file

3. The user now has the option to save the data to a file, and also to save it in Hyper file format as .hyper, as .xlsx (new in Tableau 2021.1), or as a .csv file.
4. Another option is to publish the newly generated data source directly to Tableau Server and make it available for other users. For this option, select Publish as a data source instead of Save to File from the dropdown.
5. A third option to save Prep output was been added in Tableau 2020.3: writing the resulting data to an external database. If you want to do so...