Integration
Connect Tableau and Yext
When New Data Source fires in Tableau, your agent runs Create User in Yext, or New Entity in Yext to Run Extract Refresh Task in Tableau. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Tableau and Yext to do together?
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Connect your AI client
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.
Set it up in your client
Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)Claude, web and desktop
Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Cursor
Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app
Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Any other MCP client
Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Example flows
What Tableau and Yext can do together
From Tableau to Yext
When New Data Source in Tableau
then Create User in Yext
From Yext to Tableau
Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.
Everything your agent can do with Tableau and Yext
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 29 actions
- List extract refresh tasks
Triggers when a new scheduled extract refresh task is added to your Tableau site.
- New Data Source
Triggers when a new data source is published to your Tableau site.
- New Job
Triggers when a new background job (such as an extract refresh) matching your filter appears on your Tableau site.
- New Project
Triggers when a new project is created on your Tableau site.
- New User
Triggers when a new user is added to your Tableau site.
- New Workbook
Triggers when a new workbook is published to your Tableau site.
- Add User to Site
Adds a user to your Tableau site with the given site role.
- Create Project
Creates a project on your Tableau site, optionally nested under a parent project.
- Create Workbook Refresh
Starts an extract refresh for a workbook and returns the refresh job.
- Delete Data Source
Deletes a published data source from your Tableau site.
- Delete Project
Deletes a project and the content inside it from your Tableau site.
- Delete Workbook
Deletes a workbook from your Tableau site.
- Find View
Finds a view (sheet or dashboard) on your Tableau site by its exact name.
- Find Workbook
Finds a workbook on your Tableau site by its exact name.
- Get Data Source
Returns one published data source's details.
- Get Job
Returns the status and progress of a background job such as an extract refresh.
- Get User
Returns one user on your Tableau site, including their site role and last sign-in.
- Get Workbook
Returns one workbook's details, including its project, owner and link.
- Refresh Data Source
Starts an extract refresh for a data source and returns the refresh job.
- Remove User from Site
Removes a user from your Tableau site.
- Run Extract Refresh Task
Runs a scheduled extract refresh task immediately and returns the started job.
- Update Project
Updates a project's name, description or parent project.
- Update User
Updates a site user's display name, email or site role.
- Update Workbook
Updates a workbook's name, description, project or owner.
- New Entity
Triggers when a new entity, such as a location, is added to your Yext Knowledge Graph.
- New Review
Triggers when a new review of one of your locations arrives in Yext.
- Create User
Creates a user in your Yext account.
- Delete Entity
Deletes an entity from your Yext Knowledge Graph.
- Delete User
Deletes a user from your Yext account.
- Get Entity
Returns one Yext entity, such as a location, with all its fields.
- Get Review
Returns one review with its rating, content and replies.
- List Entities
Returns up to 50 entities (locations, events, FAQs and more) from your Yext Knowledge Graph, optionally limited to certain entity types.
- List Folders
Returns the folders that organize your Yext entities.
- List Reviews
Returns up to 50 reviews of your locations, with their average rating.
- List Users
Returns up to 100 users of your Yext account.
- Reply to Review
Posts a reply on a review, publicly or privately.
- Update Entity
Updates the name, description or phone of an existing Yext entity; blank fields are left unchanged.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Tableau and Yext, answered
What can start an automation from Tableau?
Any of Tableau's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Data Source, New Job, New Project and New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Yext when something happens in Tableau?
Any of Yext's 11 actions, including Create User, Update Entity, Get Entity and Get Review. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Yext to Tableau?
Yes. When something happens in Yext, your agent can act in Tableau too. This page covers both directions: Yext's triggers and Tableau's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Tableau or Yext?
No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.
Can my AI client use Tableau and Yext without building an automation?
Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both.
What happens when something fails?
Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.