Authentication

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Authentication

Server URL

This parameter represents the URL to the endpoint of the server.

 

Technical Name

server_url

Category

Authentication

Type

String

Default Value

n/a

Example Values

https://XXXX.online.tableau.com

 

Personal Access Token Name

This parameter contains one of two required tokens.

 

Technical Name

personal_access_token_name

Category

Authentication

Type

String

Default Value

n/a

Example Values

{empty}

 

To use the API, it is necessary that an admin user creates both, a Personal Access Token Name and a Personal Access Token Secret as described here. Personal access tokens will expire if they are not used after 15 consecutive days. If they are used more frequently than every 15 days, an access token will expire after 1 year. After a year, it is necessary to create a new token. The connector will log the expiration date and time of tokens.

 

Personal Access Token Secret

This parameter contains one of two required tokens.

 

Technical Name

personal_access_token_secret

Category

Authentication

Type

String

Default Value

n/a

Example Values

{empty}

 

To use the API, it is necessary that an admin user creates both, a Personal Access Token Name and a Personal Access Token Secret as described here. Personal access tokens will expire if they are not used after 15 consecutive days. If they are used more frequently than every 15 days, an access token will expire after 1 year. After a year, it is necessary to create a new token. The connector will log the expiration date and time of tokens.

 

Content URL

This parameter contains the sites content URL.

 

Technical Name

content_url

Category

Authentication

Type

String

Default Value

n/a

Example Values

{empty}

 

The content URL is the subpath of a sites's full URL. In the server environment it is referred to as the Site ID. When manually signing in to the Tableau Server or the Tableau Online, the Content URL is the value that appears in the Browser address bar.

Examples for the Content URL "MarketingTeam":

Tableau Online: https://10ay.online.tableau.com/#/site/MarketingTeam/workbooks

Tableau Server: http://MyServer/#/site/MarketingTeam/projects