# Signing in with a Personal Access Token

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After opening VizSlides for the first time, you will be prompted to log in with your Personal Acces Token. This is created within your Tableau environment. For more information, you can look at the following Tableau support page: <https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/security_personal_access_tokens.htm>

After setting up your Personal Access Token within Tableau, select whether your Tableau environment is hosted locally, or on Tableau Cloud, and then enter the site name.

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Next, enter the Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud URL, along with the token name and token value generated in Tableau. Once submitted, VizSlides uses the PAT to authenticate securely without requiring your Tableau username and password.

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Finally, choose a password, so that your PAT is securely stored, encrypted with your personal password, and then press 'Setup PAT'

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