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Get Workbook

Retrieves information on a workbook, including information about the views contained in the workbook and their usage statistics.

Related tools: Download Workbook, List Workbooks

APIs called​

Required arguments​

workbookId​

The ID of the workbook, potentially retrieved by the List Workbooks tool.

Example: 222ea993-9391-4910-a167-56b3d19b4e3b

Example result​

{
  "id": "222ea993-9391-4910-a167-56b3d19b4e3b",
  "name": "Superstore",
  "webpageUrl": "https://10ax.online.tableau.com/#/site/mcp-test/workbooks/1412200",
  "contentUrl": "Superstore",
  "project": {
    "name": "Samples",
    "id": "cbec32db-a4a2-4308-b5f0-4fc67322f359"
  },
  "showTabs": true,
  "defaultViewId": "9460abfe-a6b2-49d1-b998-39e1ebcc55ce",
  "tags": {},
  "views": {
    "view": [
      {
        "id": "9460abfe-a6b2-49d1-b998-39e1ebcc55ce",
        "name": "Overview",
        "createdAt": "2025-09-02T23:25:58Z",
        "updatedAt": "2025-09-02T23:25:58Z",
        "tags": {},
        "usage": {
          "totalViewCount": 165
        }
      }
  }
}