Tableau REST API
62
AI ReadinessAI-Aware (B-)62/100
Official vendor OpenAPI document · agent-readyIdentity 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.
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.
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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" | sh2
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 instanceJentic 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.
Sign in to Tableau Server
Switch to another site
Get server info (no auth required)
Create site
List sites
Use Cases
Patterns agents use Tableau REST API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Identity and Authentication Operations
Use the Tableau REST API to perform identity auth operations programmatically. The API provides 136 endpoints covering core functionality including sign in to tableau server, sign out, switch to another site.
Call POST /auth/signin to sign in to tableau server
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
Sign in to Tableau Server
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
Sign in to Tableau Server
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
Jentic AI Readiness Score
This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.
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Tableau REST API
- AI-Aware (B-)62/100
99
Foundational Compliance63
Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility50
AI-Readiness & Agent Experience73
Agent Usability50
Security58
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99
Foundational Compliance
Base layer of spec validity and structural soundness.
Grade: A+Signals: 4
94%
Lint Results
Aggregated quality score from linter diagnostics, weighted by severity.
100%
Resolution Completeness
Percentage of `$ref` references that resolve successfully.
100%
Specification Validity
Checks whether the API description parses successfully and conforms to its declared specification (e.g., OpenAPI).
100%
Structural Integrity
Structural correctness score based on schema issues using logarithmic dampening.
63
Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility
Clarity, completeness, and ingestion readiness for developers and tooling.
Grade: B-Signals: 4
0%
Example Density
How richly the API is illustrated with examples.
100%
Example Validity
Percentage of examples that conform to their schemas.
50%
Response Coverage
Percentage of operations with complete response definitions (success, client error, server error).
100%
Tooling Readiness
Health of API ingestion, bundling, and resolution within Jentic pipelines.
50
AI-Readiness & Agent Experience
Semantic breadth, depth, and agent comprehension for AI systems.
Grade: D+Signals: 4
40%
Description Coverage
Coverage of descriptions across API elements.
0%
Error Standardization
Coverage of RFC 9457 Problem Details for error responses.
100%
OperationId Quality
Coverage, uniqueness, and casing consistency of operationIds for AI inference.
60%
Summary Coverage
Coverage of summaries across operations/tags/info.
73
Agent Usability
Functional utility, complexity comfort, and AI orchestration readiness.
Grade: A-Signals: 1
73%
Complexity Comfort
Agent comfort level based on API operational and structural complexity.
50
Security
Trust, risk posture, and security compliance.
Grade: C-Signals: 1
50%
Authentication Strength
Average quality of security schemes based on authentication method strength (weakest link for OAuth2).
58
AI Discoverability
Findability, semantic richness, and reasoning readiness.
Grade: C+Signals: 1
58%
Descriptive Richness
Clarity and depth of descriptions across API elements.
Score it yourself
Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required.
npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>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.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
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.
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