Tableau MCP connector
Tableau is an analytics and business intelligence platform for data visualization and reporting. The Tableau MCP connector allows AI agents to retrieve server and site information, manage users and workbooks, and access views and datasources across your Tableau environment. It also supports querying site details, listing workbooks and views, and retrieving datasource metadata for analysis and monitoring.
Authentication type
- API Key - Requires a static API key to be configured before the agent can connect to the service.
Uses
Use the Tableau MCP connector to perform the following actions:
- Monitor Tableau server health and user activity across your organization
- Discover which workbooks and datasources drive decisions in your business
- Automate user provisioning and group management in Tableau
- Track extract refresh schedules and background job performance
- Identify active subscriptions and configure webhook notifications
- Audit view access and datasource dependencies for compliance
- Trigger automated alerts when extract refreshes fail or complete
Example prompts
Use the following example prompts to invoke Tableau MCP connector tools from your AI assistant or Boomi Connect workflow:
Show me all workbooks published to Tableau in the last week.List every user in Tableau and their assigned groups.How many background jobs are currently running on our Tableau server?What datasources are used by our sales dashboard in Tableau?Get me a list of all extract refresh tasks scheduled in Tableau.Find all webhooks configured in Tableau that send alerts.Show me which views are most accessed in our Tableau site.List all projects in Tableau and tell me who has access to them.What subscriptions do users have set up in Tableau right now?Show me all active flows running on the Tableau server.
Tableau MCP connector tools
The Tableau MCP connector provides the following tools. Each tool maps to a specific action you can invoke from your AI agent or automation.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| getServerInfo | Retrieves configuration and status information about the Tableau server. |
| getSite | Retrieves details about a specific site on the Tableau server. |
| listUsers | Retrieves all users assigned to a site. |
| getUser | Retrieves information about a specific user. |
| listWorkbooks | Retrieves all workbooks available on a site. |
| getWorkbook | Retrieves details about a specific workbook. |
| listViews | Retrieves all views available on a site. |
| getView | Retrieves details about a specific view. |
| listDatasources | Retrieves all data sources available on a site. |
| getDatasource | Retrieves details about a specific data source. |
| listProjects | Retrieves all projects available on a site. |
| listGroups | Retrieves all groups available on a site. |
| listFlows | Retrieves all flows available on a site. |
| listJobs | Retrieves all background jobs running on a site. |
| listExtractRefreshTasks | Retrieves all scheduled extract refresh tasks on a site. |
| listWebhooks | Retrieves all webhooks configured on a site. |
| listSubscriptions | Retrieves all subscriptions created on a site. |
