Tableau
Tableau is a visual analytics platform transforming the way we use data to solve problems—empowering people and organizations to make the most of their data.
Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.
API Evangelist profiles Tableau the way a machine reads it — 350 machine-readable artifacts across 25 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Tableau scores 67.2/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 60/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Tableau
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Tableau. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 25
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Tableau Metadata API
GraphQL-based API for querying metadata about Tableau content, data sources, and lineage information.
Tableau Hyper API
API for creating, reading, and updating Hyper files, which are the data files that power Tableau extracts.
Tableau Embedding API
JavaScript API for embedding Tableau visualizations in web applications with advanced interaction capabilities.
Tableau Document API
Python library for programmatically updating Tableau workbook and data source files.
Tableau Server Client (Python)
Python library that wraps the Tableau REST API for easier programmatic access.
Tableau Extensions API
The Tableau Extensions API allows developers to create dashboard extensions and viz extensions that users can interact with directly in Tableau, enabling integration with other ...
Tableau Web Data Connector
The Tableau Web Data Connector (WDC) provides an SDK for building connectors to any data accessible over HTTP, allowing users to bring external data into Tableau for analysis an...
Tableau Connector SDK
SDK for developing custom Tableau connectors using ODBC or JDBC drivers, including documentation, example files, a test harness, and a packaging tool for distribution.
Tableau Analytics Extensions API
The Analytics Extensions API allows integration of external analytics engines such as Python, R, MATLAB, and data science platforms with Tableau calculations for advanced analyt...
Tableau Webhooks
Tableau Webhooks enable event-driven automation by sending HTTP POST notifications to specified URLs when events occur on Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.
Tableau VizQL Data Service
The VizQL Data Service provides a programmatic HTTP interface to query published data sources outside of Tableau visualizations, enabling headless data access from any application.
Tableau Pulse API
The Tableau Pulse API enables programmatic creation, management, and querying of Tableau Pulse metrics and subscriptions, as well as embedding Pulse insights into web applications.
Tableau Authentication API
Sign in and sign out of Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud. You must sign in to obtain an authentication token before calling other methods.
Tableau Data Sources API
Publish, query, update, delete, and download data sources. Data sources define the connection to data and can be shared across multiple workbooks.
Tableau Favorites API
Add and remove content items from a user's list of favorites, including workbooks, views, data sources, projects, and flows.
Tableau Groups API
Create, update, delete, and query groups. Groups are collections of users that simplify permission management.
Tableau Jobs API
Query and cancel background jobs on a site, including extract refreshes, subscriptions, and flow runs.
Tableau Permissions API
Query and set permissions on content items including workbooks, data sources, projects, views, and flows.
Tableau Projects API
Create, update, delete, and query projects. Projects are containers for organizing workbooks, data sources, and other content on a site.
Tableau Schedules API
Create, update, delete, and query schedules for extract refreshes and subscriptions on Tableau Server.
Tableau Sites API
Manage sites on Tableau Server. A site is a collection of users, groups, projects, workbooks, data sources, and other resources.
Tableau Subscriptions API
Create, update, delete, and query subscriptions. Subscriptions deliver snapshots of views to users on a schedule.
Tableau Users API
Add, update, remove, and query users on a site. Users are individuals who can sign in to Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.
Tableau Views API
Query views and download view images or data. Views are the individual sheets, dashboards, or stories within a workbook.
Tableau Workbooks API
Publish, query, update, delete, and download workbooks. Workbooks contain one or more views (sheets, dashboards, or stories) and can connect to one or more data sources.
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Open Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Tableau REST API
OPEN COLLECTIONMCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
MCP Server
MCP SERVERGraphQL 1
Where a provider ships GraphQL, the schema is the contract. We profile it alongside the REST surface so the whole interface is legible in one place.
GraphQL schemas published by this provider.
Tableau GraphQL API
The Tableau Metadata API is a GraphQL-based API introduced in Tableau 2019.3 that enables querying of metadata about Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud content, data assets, and d...
GRAPHQLPricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Tableau Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Tableau Finops
FINOPSFeatures 10
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Data Source Management
Publish, query, update, delete, and download data sources that define connections to data shared across workbooks.
Workbook Management
Publish, query, update, delete, and download workbooks containing views, dashboards, and stories.
Site Administration
Create, configure, and manage Tableau Server and Cloud sites with full lifecycle control.
User and Group Management
Add, update, and remove users and groups with role-based access control for content permissions.
Permission Management
Query and set granular permissions on workbooks, data sources, projects, views, and flows.
Schedule and Subscription Management
Create and manage schedules for extract refreshes and subscriptions for automated content delivery.
Embedded Analytics
Embed Tableau visualizations in web applications with interactive filtering and full API control.
Metadata and Lineage
Query metadata about content, data sources, and data lineage using the GraphQL-based Metadata API.
Custom Connectors
Build custom connectors using ODBC or JDBC drivers to bring any data source into Tableau.
Webhooks
Enable event-driven automation with HTTP POST notifications when events occur on Tableau Server or Cloud.
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Semantic Vocabularies 2
JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Tableau Context
JSON-LDTableau Rest Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.
Tableau API Rules
SPECTRALTableau API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 116
Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
AddFavoriteRequest
JSON SCHEMAAddPermissionsRequest
JSON SCHEMAAddUserRequest
JSON SCHEMAConnection
JSON SCHEMAConnectionListResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateGroupRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateProjectRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateSiteRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateSubscriptionRequest
JSON SCHEMADataSource
JSON SCHEMADataSourceListResponse
JSON SCHEMADataSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMAErrorResponse
JSON SCHEMAFavoritesResponse
JSON SCHEMAGroup
JSON SCHEMAGroupListResponse
JSON SCHEMAGroupResponse
JSON SCHEMAJob
JSON SCHEMAJobListResponse
JSON SCHEMAJobResponse
JSON SCHEMAPagination
JSON SCHEMAPermission
JSON SCHEMAPermissionListResponse
JSON SCHEMAProject
JSON SCHEMAProjectListResponse
JSON SCHEMAProjectResponse
JSON SCHEMAPublishWorkbookRequest
JSON SCHEMAAddFavoriteRequest
JSON SCHEMAAddPermissionsRequest
JSON SCHEMAAddUserRequest
JSON SCHEMAConnectionListResponse
JSON SCHEMAConnection
JSON SCHEMACreateGroupRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateProjectRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateSiteRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateSubscriptionRequest
JSON SCHEMADataSourceListResponse
JSON SCHEMADataSourceResponse
JSON SCHEMADataSource
JSON SCHEMAErrorResponse
JSON SCHEMAFavoritesResponse
JSON SCHEMAGroupListResponse
JSON SCHEMAGroupResponse
JSON SCHEMAGroup
JSON SCHEMAJobListResponse
JSON SCHEMAJobResponse
JSON SCHEMAJob
JSON SCHEMAPagination
JSON SCHEMAPermissionListResponse
JSON SCHEMAPermission
JSON SCHEMAProjectListResponse
JSON SCHEMAProjectResponse
JSON SCHEMAProject
JSON SCHEMAPublishWorkbookRequest
JSON SCHEMARevisionListResponse
JSON SCHEMARevision
JSON SCHEMAScheduleListResponse
JSON SCHEMASchedule
JSON SCHEMASignInRequest
JSON SCHEMASignInResponse
JSON SCHEMASiteListResponse
JSON SCHEMASiteResponse
JSON SCHEMASite
JSON SCHEMASubscriptionListResponse
JSON SCHEMASubscriptionResponse
JSON SCHEMASubscription
JSON SCHEMATagListRequest
JSON SCHEMATagListResponse
JSON SCHEMATag
JSON SCHEMAUpdateDataSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateGroupRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateProjectRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateSiteRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateSubscriptionRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateUserRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateWorkbookRequest
JSON SCHEMAUserListResponse
JSON SCHEMAUserResponse
JSON SCHEMAUser
JSON SCHEMAViewListResponse
JSON SCHEMAViewResponse
JSON SCHEMAView
JSON SCHEMAWorkbookListResponse
JSON SCHEMAWorkbookResponse
JSON SCHEMAWorkbook
JSON SCHEMARevision
JSON SCHEMARevisionListResponse
JSON SCHEMASchedule
JSON SCHEMAScheduleListResponse
JSON SCHEMASignInRequest
JSON SCHEMASignInResponse
JSON SCHEMASite
JSON SCHEMASiteListResponse
JSON SCHEMASiteResponse
JSON SCHEMASubscription
JSON SCHEMASubscriptionListResponse
JSON SCHEMASubscriptionResponse
JSON SCHEMATag
JSON SCHEMATagListRequest
JSON SCHEMATagListResponse
JSON SCHEMAUpdateDataSourceRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateGroupRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateProjectRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateSiteRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateSubscriptionRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateUserRequest
JSON SCHEMAUpdateWorkbookRequest
JSON SCHEMAUser
JSON SCHEMAUserListResponse
JSON SCHEMAUserResponse
JSON SCHEMAView
JSON SCHEMAViewListResponse
JSON SCHEMAViewResponse
JSON SCHEMATableau Workbook
JSON SCHEMAWorkbookListResponse
JSON SCHEMAWorkbookResponse
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JSON Structure 59
JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Tableau Rest Add Favorite Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Add Permissions Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Add User Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Connection List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Connection Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Create Group Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Create Project Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Create Site Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Create Subscription Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Data Source List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Data Source Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Data Source Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Error Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Favorites Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Group List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Group Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Group Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Job List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Job Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Job Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Pagination Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Permission List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Permission Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Project List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Project Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Project Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Publish Workbook Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Revision List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Revision Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Schedule List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Schedule Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Sign In Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Sign In Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Site List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Site Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Site Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Subscription List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Subscription Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Subscription Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Tag List Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Tag List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Tag Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Update Data Source Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Update Group Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Update Project Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Update Site Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Update Subscription Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Update User Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Update Workbook Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest User List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest User Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest User Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest View List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest View Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest View Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Workbook List Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Workbook Response Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Rest Workbook Structure
JSON STRUCTURETableau Structure
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Examples 117
Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Tableau Addfavorites Example
EXAMPLETableau Creategroup Example
EXAMPLETableau Createsite Example
EXAMPLETableau Getfavorites Example
EXAMPLETableau Getusers Example
EXAMPLETableau Querygroups Example
EXAMPLETableau Queryjob Example
EXAMPLETableau Queryjobs Example
EXAMPLETableau Querysite Example
EXAMPLETableau Querysites Example
EXAMPLETableau Queryuser Example
EXAMPLETableau Queryviewpdf Example
EXAMPLETableau Rest Group Example
EXAMPLETableau Rest Job Example
EXAMPLETableau Rest Project Example
EXAMPLETableau Rest Site Example
EXAMPLETableau Rest Tag Example
EXAMPLETableau Rest User Example
EXAMPLETableau Rest View Example
EXAMPLETableau Signin Example
EXAMPLETableau Switchsite Example
EXAMPLETableau Updategroup Example
EXAMPLETableau Updatesite Example
EXAMPLETableau Updateuser Example
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 5
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Enterprise Reporting
Automate the creation and distribution of business reports and dashboards across organizations.
Embedded Analytics
Embed interactive visualizations and analytics directly into customer-facing applications.
Data Governance
Track data lineage, manage permissions, and enforce data policies across the analytics platform.
Self-Service Analytics
Enable business users to explore data and create visualizations without IT involvement.
Content Migration
Programmatically migrate workbooks, data sources, and configurations between Tableau environments.
Integrations 5
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Salesforce
Native integration with Salesforce CRM for unified analytics across sales, service, and marketing data.
Slack
Share Tableau visualizations and receive metric alerts directly in Slack channels.
Python and R
Extend Tableau calculations with Python and R scripts through the Analytics Extensions API.
Snowflake
Optimized connector for Snowflake data warehouse with live query and extract support.
Google BigQuery
Connect to Google BigQuery for large-scale data analytics and visualization.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Tableau — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 1
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 2
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
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