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Configuring Tableau

Tableau MCP works with both Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud data with these prerequisites:

  • Only published data sources are supported.
  • VDS (VizQL Data Service) must be enabled (Tableau Server users may need to enable it).
  • VDS requires that the user also have API Access permission enabled.
  • Metadata API must be enabled (Tableau Server users may need to enable it).
  • You may need to enable Tableau Pulse on your Tableau Cloud site to use the Pulse tools (Tableau Server is unable to use Tableau Pulse).