Integration

Tableau integration

Business intelligence and data visualization platform API. Manage workbooks, datasources, views, and users. Publish content, refresh extracts, and query metadata. Essential for BI automation, dashboard management, and data governance.

Connect Tableau How integrations work

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Say what should happen.
The workflow builds itself.

When this happens, do that in Tableau.Built from the 13 Tableau tools below, on the connection you add once.

Common Tableau use cases

error detection
thumbnails
data refresh
view catalog
workbook view
authentication
job monitoring
content cleanup
user management
poll refresh job

What you can do with Tableau

Each of these is one operation on one endpoint, available both as a workflow step and as a tool an AI agent can call on its own. Nothing bundles several operations into one action, so what a run did stays readable afterwards.

Most endpoints run on the free plan. A few, mainly the ones that publish on your behalf, need a paid plan.

Workbook, 4 operations

delete_workbookDelete workbookDELETEDeletes a workbook from the server.
get_workbookGet workbookGETRetrieves detailed information about a specific workbook.
list_workbooksList workbooksGETLists all workbooks available on a Tableau site.
publish_workbookPublish workbookPOSTPublishes a workbook file to Tableau Server/Cloud.

Datasource, 2 operations

list_datasourcesList datasourcesGETLists all published datasources on a site.
refresh_datasourceRefresh datasourcePOSTTriggers an extract refresh for a datasource.

Job, 2 operations

get_jobGet jobGETRetrieves the status and details of a specific background job.
list_jobsList jobsGETLists background jobs like extracts and subscriptions.

View, 2 operations

get_view_imageGet view imageGETRetrieves a PNG image snapshot of a view.
list_viewsList viewsGETLists all views (sheets/dashboards) on a site.

Auth, 1 operation

sign_inSign inPOSTAuthenticates and returns a session token for API access.

Project, 1 operation

list_projectsList projectsGETLists all projects (folders) on a site.

User, 1 operation

list_usersList usersGETLists all users on a Tableau site.

Tableau API rate limits

10,000 requests per hour

Rate limits vary by Tableau Cloud tier

These are the limits Tableau documents, not ones LiveContext measured. They can change and often depend on your plan, so check the Tableau documentation for current values.

Use Tableau from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Connect Tableau in LiveContext, create an API key in Settings, then add the LiveContext MCP server to your client. Its Tableau operations become tools the client can call, next to every other integration you connected.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http livecontext https://livecontext.ai/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.livecontext]
url = "https://livecontext.ai/mcp"

[mcp_servers.livecontext.http_headers]
"X-API-Key" = "YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other JSON configs

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livecontext": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://livecontext.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Set up the MCP server step by step

How to connect Tableau

Create your workspace
Sign up free. Nothing to install.
Connect Tableau once
Add your Tableau connection in Settings. Every tool from this integration reuses it, and secrets are encrypted at rest and visible only to you.
Describe the job in chat
The workflow builds itself in front of you and picks the endpoints it needs. Drag the steps yourself on the canvas whenever you would rather be explicit.

Tableau integration FAQ

What can you do with the Tableau integration?

LiveContext exposes 13 operations on Tableau, covering workbook, datasource, job and view. Common uses include error detection, thumbnails and data refresh.

What are the Tableau API rate limits?

Tableau documents 10,000 requests per hour. Rate limits vary by Tableau Cloud tier Limits are set by Tableau and can depend on your plan.