# How to export data for analysis?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-data-for-analysis/43395
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 28, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-data-for-analysis/43395 "2016-04-28T20:40:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@mfiga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mfiga)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-data-for-analysis/43395/1 "2016-04-28T20:40:44Z")
Is there a way to connect Discourse data to Tableau? Or download discourse data so we can cross reference it with our association data and analyze it?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-data-for-analysis/43395/2 "2016-04-28T20:49:49Z")
Yes, if you visit Admin, Backups you can download the complete database in Postgres format. Or you can use the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin, which is available on the business and enterprise hosting plans.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-data-for-analysis/43395/3 "2018-07-04T16:26:42Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [External Data Analysis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-data-analysis/91576)
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-export-data-for-analysis/43395/4 "2018-07-04T16:31:04Z")