Platform Automation

REST API & Tableau Server Client Library

Part of Tableau Server and Tableau Online, the REST API enables programmatic access to work with your content, users, sites and more.

Use Cases:

• Automating tasks like managing users, groups, sites
• Updating workbooks or datasources
• Integrating Tableau content with a custom app or portal

Level of Support:  Tableau-supported

REST API Resources:

• Help
• Samples on GitHub

Tableau Server Client Library Resources:

• Help
• Samples on GitHub
• Project on GitHub

TabMigrate

Migrate workbooks from one Tableau Server environment or project to another.

Use Cases: TabMigrate is a lightweight tool for moving Tableau content between multiple Tableau Server environments, such as test and production. It can also be used to provision sites with workbooks and data sources from a local file system.

Level of Support: Community-supported

Resources:

• Project on GitHub

Tabadmin

Perform certain administrative tasks and change Tableau Server configuration settings with this scriptable, command-line utility. Ships with Tableau Server.

Use Cases: Add users, backup the server, start or stop the server, get logs, and more.

Level of Support: Tableau-supported

Resources:

• Help

Tabcmd

Use this command-line utility to create scripts to automate administrative and content management tasks on Tableau Server or Tableau Online.

Use Cases: Create and delete users, projects, and groups, upload content, refresh datasources and more.

Level of Support: Tableau-supported

Resources:

• Help