# Custom Portal integration

This guide is written for customers that embed a SuperTables in a custom portal and want to utilize the powerful features of SuperTables from the portal interface like exporting to Excel.

## Example video

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## Step 1: Tableau Desktop

First create a dashboard with a SuperTables with the following settings:

A string **parameter** called: stateparameter

A string **parameter** called: switcher

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#### General Settings

Use the following settings in **SuperTables**

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#### Appearance

-> Use a parameter to switch between layouts

select the switcher **parameter** as a parameter in the dropdown.

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## Step 2: Set up the custom portal code

Download our example file to create a basic looking portal with custom buttons.

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Update the following values in the html file:

* the **src** value in \<tableau-viz> to the url of you workbook

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* **stateParameterName** to the name of the parameter name you use for the state parameter
* **switchParameterName** to the name of the parameter name you use for the layout switcher.
* **extensionURL** to the url where SuperTables is hosted.

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## Step 3: The result

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