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Tableau integrations

Connect Tableau to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. Tableau is a data visualization and business intelligence platform that enables users to transform raw data into interactive visual reports and dashboards.

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6 triggers18 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

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One 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.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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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.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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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.

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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.

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What your agent can do with Tableau

Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 18 actions

  • Trigger
    List extract refresh tasks

    Triggers when a new scheduled extract refresh task is added to your Tableau site.

  • Trigger
    New Data Source

    Triggers when a new data source is published to your Tableau site.

  • Trigger
    New Job

    Triggers when a new background job (such as an extract refresh) matching your filter appears on your Tableau site.

  • Trigger
    New Project

    Triggers when a new project is created on your Tableau site.

  • Trigger
    New User

    Triggers when a new user is added to your Tableau site.

  • Trigger
    New Workbook

    Triggers when a new workbook is published to your Tableau site.

  • Action
    Add User to Site

    Adds a user to your Tableau site with the given site role.

  • Action
    Create Project

    Creates a project on your Tableau site, optionally nested under a parent project.

  • Action
    Create Workbook Refresh

    Starts an extract refresh for a workbook and returns the refresh job.

  • Action
    Delete Data Source

    Deletes a published data source from your Tableau site.

  • Action
    Delete Project

    Deletes a project and the content inside it from your Tableau site.

  • Action
    Delete Workbook

    Deletes a workbook from your Tableau site.

  • Action
    Find View

    Finds a view (sheet or dashboard) on your Tableau site by its exact name.

  • Action
    Find Workbook

    Finds a workbook on your Tableau site by its exact name.

  • Action
    Get Data Source

    Returns one published data source's details.

  • Action
    Get Job

    Returns the status and progress of a background job such as an extract refresh.

  • Action
    Get User

    Returns one user on your Tableau site, including their site role and last sign-in.

  • Action
    Get Workbook

    Returns one workbook's details, including its project, owner and link.

  • Action
    Refresh Data Source

    Starts an extract refresh for a data source and returns the refresh job.

  • Action
    Remove User from Site

    Removes a user from your Tableau site.

  • Action
    Run Extract Refresh Task

    Runs a scheduled extract refresh task immediately and returns the started job.

  • Action
    Update Project

    Updates a project's name, description or parent project.

  • Action
    Update User

    Updates a site user's display name, email or site role.

  • Action
    Update Workbook

    Updates a workbook's name, description, project or owner.

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Tableau, answered

Is there a Tableau MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Tableau. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run Tableau actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use Tableau. Nothing to install.

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 Tableau?

Any of Tableau's 18 actions, including Create Project, Create Workbook Refresh, Update Project and Update User. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use Tableau directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with Tableau two ways. Ask it to do something in Tableau 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 on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the Tableau API?

No. APIANT connects to the Tableau API for you, with a token. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the Tableau triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the Tableau API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can Tableau connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Tableau with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

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.