# Tableau Omnibox in data connection Window | New in Tableau 2023.2

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2023-08-17
- **Format:** Video · 3 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation, Tool strategy
- **Tools:** Tableau (cloud, data modelling, omnibox)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-omnibox-in-data-connection-window-new-in-tableau-2023-2
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmsIjqcOqgM

I walk through the Omnibox in Tableau Cloud, the contextual search box that suggests recent items and remembers previous searches. I then show what's new in Tableau 2023.2: the Omnibox now appears in the connect dialog when setting up a new workbook, in both Cloud and Desktop.

## Key takeaways

- The Omnibox is Tableau's contextual search interface that surfaces recently accessed items and remembers previous searches
- In Tableau 2023.2 the Omnibox is now part of the Connect window dialog in both Cloud and Desktop
- When connecting to a new data source you can type into the search area and double-click a result to connect immediately
- The Omnibox supports filters, including filtering by certified data sets
- You can narrow searches by context such as data sources, virtual connections, databases and tables

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-omnibox-in-data-connection-window-new-in-tableau-2023-2

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