Tableau MCP connector
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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 explore workbooks and views. It also supports accessing datasources, giving agents visibility into how data is organized and consumed across a Tableau site.
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:
- Track workbook and view usage across Tableau sites
- Audit user access and group membership on Tableau sites
- Monitor extract refresh tasks and background jobs for failures
- Discover datasources and projects to plan data governance
- Review subscription and webhook setups for reporting automation
- Inspect Tableau server and site configuration details
- Identify Tableau flows powering data preparation pipelines
- Surface published views and dashboards for stakeholder reporting
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 on our Tableau site.Which users have access to the Sales dashboard in Tableau.List all failed background jobs in Tableau from today.Find every datasource connected to the Finance project in Tableau.Who are the members of the Marketing group in Tableau.Show me all extract refresh tasks scheduled for this week in Tableau.List all views inside the Quarterly Report workbook in Tableau.What webhooks are configured on our Tableau site?Show me all subscriptions set up for the Executive dashboard in Tableau.Get details about our Tableau server version and configuration.
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 | Get server info |
| getSite | Get site details |
| listUsers | List site users |
| getUser | Get a user |
| listWorkbooks | List workbooks |
| getWorkbook | Get a workbook |
| listViews | List views |
| getView | Get a view |
| listDatasources | List datasources |
| getDatasource | Get a datasource |
| listProjects | List projects |
| listGroups | List groups |
| listFlows | List flows |
| listJobs | List background jobs |
| listExtractRefreshTasks | List extract refresh tasks |
| listWebhooks | List webhooks |
| listSubscriptions | List subscriptions |
