Tableau integration

BI/Analytics: workbooks, views, data sources, users, sites, jobs

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Overview

Tableau is the BI + analytics platform from Salesforce. The Automize Tableau connector covers workbooks, views, data sources, users, sites, jobs.

  • Regions: Tableau Cloud (multi-region) or Tableau Server (self-hosted).
  • Plans: Per-user enterprise.

Setting up the connection

Auth type: Bearer Token.

  1. Tableau → My Account → Personal Access Tokens → Create.
  2. In Automize → Settings → Connectors → Tableau. Paste token name + secret + server URL + site.

Find your credentials at https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/security_auth_pat.htm.


Rate limits

Per-site.


Data model

BI primitives:

    Site ─┬─ Projects (folders)
          ├─ Workbooks ─── Views (sheets)
          ├─ Data Sources
          ├─ Users + Groups
          └─ Jobs (extract refreshes)

Available operations

8 operations available. Click any row to jump to its detail.

OperationCategoryWhat it does
Get WorkbookGeneralGet workbook details
List Data SourcesGeneralList data sources
List JobsGeneralList background jobs
List SitesGeneralList all sites on the server
List UsersGeneralList users on a site
List ViewsGeneralList all views on a site
List WorkbooksGeneralList all workbooks on a site
Refresh Data SourceGeneralTrigger a data source refresh

Operations

Get Workbook

Get workbook details

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
Site Id site_idYestext
Workbook Id workbook_idYestext

List Data Sources

List data sources

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
Site Id site_idYestext

List Jobs

List background jobs

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
Site Id site_idYestext

Tips

  • Background jobs (refreshes, encrypts).

List Sites

List all sites on the server

No input parameters.


List Users

List users on a site

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
Site Id site_idYestext

List Views

List all views on a site

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
Site Id site_idYestext

List Workbooks

List all workbooks on a site

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
Site Id site_idYestext

Tips

  • Filter by project, owner.

Refresh Data Source

Trigger a data source refresh

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
Site Id site_idYestext
Datasource Id datasource_idYestext

FAQ

Tableau Cloud vs Server vs Public?
Cloud: SaaS. Server: self-hosted. Public: free hobbyist. Connector targets Cloud + Server.

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