Download Data Source From Tableau Online ((hot)) Guide

If permissions are "Locked to the Project," you cannot change them at the individual data source level without help from a Site Administrator. Summary of File Types File Extension .tds Connection information only (server address, port, etc.). .tdsx Connection info + the actual data extract (Hyper/Excel). .hyper

You must have the Download capability for the data source and a site role of at least Explorer . 4. Extracting Embedded Data Sources

If the "Download" option is greyed out or missing, check the following:

If you only need the raw data behind a specific visualization rather than the entire connection file, you can use the button on a dashboard.

GET /api/api-version/sites/site-id/datasources/datasource-id/content