Setting up an incremental refresh on Tableau server is very easy. If you are wondering why you should set up an incremental refresh, have a read through this blog by Luke.
First of all you will need to use a data source that has either a Unique row ID or a time stamp field
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In Tableau, right click on your Data Source and Select Extract Data
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In the box that pops up, tick Incremental refresh and select the column that has either you Row ID or time stamp in it.
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Press extract, and that is it!