Tableau REST API

Name: Tableau REST API
Brand: Tableau REST API
Availability: InStock

✓ Official Vendor SpecIdentity AuthDirectory ServicesapiKey136 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Programmatically sign in to tableau server, sign out. Covers 136 operations with apiKey authentication.

Use for: I need to sign in to tableau server, I want to sign out, Search for switch to another site, Find all server info (no auth required)

Not supported: Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for identity and authentication only.

Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud REST API for managing workbooks, data sources, users, groups, permissions, and server administration. The API exposes 136 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.

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Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the Tableau REST API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Tableau REST API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Ftableau.com%2Ftableau" | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Ftableau.com%2Ftableau" | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Tableau REST API.

Switch to another site

Get server info (no auth required)

Create site

List sites

Use Cases

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Automated Authentication Management

Automate authentication operations by combining multiple Tableau REST API endpoints. Agents can sign out and then switch to another site in a single workflow.

Call POST /auth/signout to sign out, then verify the result

AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Tableau REST API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.

Search Jentic for 'sign in to tableau server', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

Key Endpoints

136 endpoints — tableau server and tableau cloud rest api for managing workbooks, data sources, users, groups, permissions, and server administration.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

POST

/auth/signin

POST

/auth/signout

Sign out

POST

/auth/switchSite

Switch to another site

GET

/serverinfo

Get server info (no auth required)

POST

/sites

Create site

GET

/sites

List sites

GET

/sites/{site-id}

Get site

PUT

/sites/{site-id}

Update site

POST

/auth/signin

POST

/auth/signout

Sign out

POST

/auth/switchSite

Switch to another site

GET

/serverinfo

Get server info (no auth required)

POST

/sites

Create site

GET

/sites

List sites

GET

/sites/{site-id}

Get site

PUT

/sites/{site-id}

Update site

Why Jentic?

What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.

Setup

Wiring the Tableau REST API by hand means signing in to obtain an X-Tableau-Auth token, resolving the correct Tableau Server or Cloud host into the {server} URL variable, and re-authenticating as tokens expire. Through Jentic you install once, import the Tableau REST API from the API Directory, store the token once, and your agent calls it.

Permission scoping

Tableau puts the site id in the URL path (/sites/{site-id}), so a rule can pin your agent to one site: it can read or update that site and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so sign-out or site changes are not included unless you add them.

Credential isolation

Your Tableau auth token is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'sign in to Tableau' or 'list sites', and Jentic returns the matching Tableau operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

FAQs

Specific to using Tableau REST API through Jentic.

What authentication does the Tableau REST API use?

The Tableau REST API uses an API key passed in the `X-Tableau-Auth` header. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

Can I sign in to tableau server with the Tableau REST API?

Yes. Use the POST /auth/signin endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

What are the rate limits for the Tableau REST API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

How do I sign in to tableau server through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'sign in to tableau server'. Jentic returns the matching Tableau REST API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

How many endpoints does the Tableau REST API have?

The Tableau REST API exposes 136 endpoints covering authentication, sites, projects operations.

Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Tableau REST API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Tableau operations and credentials the agent may use. Tableau carries the site id in the URL path (/sites/{site-id}), so you can pin the agent to a single site and let it only read or update that one site. You also pick the exact operations it can call, so sign-out, site creation, or switching sites stay off-limits unless you explicitly allow them.

Tableau REST API

Connect the Tableau REST API to your agent

Capabilities

Use Cases

Start building with Tableau REST API

Key Endpoints

Why Jentic?

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