Hosting

Remote hosted on Tableau Cloud or local/self-hosted

Transport

HTTP (remote hosted); stdio (local)

Endpoint

https://mcp.tableau.com

Authentication

Hosted Tableau Cloud service uses OAuth. Local/server deployments support configured authentication methods including OAuth, PAT, UAT, Direct Trust, or passthrough; method and prerequisites vary. OAuth is recommended for production multi-user HTTP deployments.

Requirements

• Tableau Cloud or Tableau Server account and site
• API access permission for the user/data source
• Node.js 18+ for the documented npx local setup
• For Tableau Server OAuth, version 2025.3 or newer; features may be gated by Tableau SKU

Setup steps

1. For Tableau Cloud hosted setup, configure the remote MCP endpoint https://mcp.tableau.com in a supported client and complete Tableau OAuth sign-in.
2. For local stdio setup, run npx -y @tableau/mcp-server@latest and provide the documented SERVER, SITE_NAME, PAT_NAME, and PAT_VALUE environment variables when using PAT authentication.
3. Keep credentials in the client's secret/environment store. For production multi-user HTTP deployments, follow Tableau's OAuth deployment guide rather than using a shared PAT.
4. Reload the client and verify with a documented read-only request such as listing data sources.

The official tool reference documents these 33 tools. Exposed tools vary by site configuration, SKU entitlements, and user permissions; hosted access is Tableau Cloud only.

• list-datasources

  List published data sources on a Tableau site.

  01
• list-workbooks

  List workbooks on a Tableau site.

  02
• list-projects

  List projects on a Tableau site.

  03
• list-views

  List views on a Tableau site.

  04
• list-custom-views

  List custom views for a workbook.

  05
• list-flows

  List Tableau Prep flows on a site.

  06
• get-datasource-metadata

  Fetch data-source metadata including relationships, fields, roles, types, calculations, and parameters.

  07
• get-workbook

  Retrieve a workbook's information.

  08
• download-workbook

  Download workbook content as TWB or TWBX.

  09
• get-flow

  Retrieve a Prep flow's information, outputs, and recent runs.

  10
• list-flow-runs

  Retrieve Prep flow run history.

  11
• list-flow-tasks

  List scheduled Prep flow run tasks.

  12
• describe-flow

  Summarize a Prep flow's inputs, outputs, steps, lineage, and connections.

  13
• get-flow-task

  Retrieve one scheduled flow task by ID.

  14
• run-flow

  Opt-in mutating action that runs a Prep flow.

  15
• run-flow-task

  Opt-in mutating action that runs a scheduled flow task.

  16
• cancel-flow-run

  Request cancellation of a queued or running flow.

  17
• delete-content

  Admin-only two-phase delete of supported Tableau content.

  18
• get-view-data

  Retrieve data for a specified workbook view.

  19
• get-view-image

  Retrieve an image for a specified view.

  20
• get-custom-view-data

  Retrieve CSV data for a saved custom view.

  21
• get-custom-view-image

  Retrieve an image for a saved custom view.

  22
• query-datasource

  Query a published data source through VizQL Data Service.

  23
• list-all-pulse-metric-definitions

  List Pulse metric definitions for a site.

  24
• list-pulse-metric-definitions-from-definition-ids

  Retrieve Pulse metric definition objects by IDs.

  25
• list-pulse-metrics-from-metric-definition-id

  List Pulse metrics under a metric definition.

  26
• list-pulse-metrics-from-metric-ids

  Retrieve Pulse metric metadata by IDs.

  27
• list-pulse-metric-subscriptions

  List Pulse subscriptions for the current user.

  28
• generate-pulse-metric-value-insight-bundle

  Generate an insight bundle for a Pulse metric value.

  29
• generate-pulse-insight-brief

  Generate a Pulse Insight Brief; Tableau+ only.

  30
• search-content

  Search content on a Tableau site.

  31
• list-extract-refresh-tasks

  Admin-only list of extract refresh tasks.

  32
• update-cloud-extract-refresh-task

  Admin-only, confirmation-gated update of a Cloud extract refresh schedule.

  33

• Some tools are SKU-gated; generate-pulse-insight-brief is Tableau+ only.
• Write/destructive flow tools are opt-in; delete-content is admin-only and two-phase.
• Hosted auth is scoped to the connected Tableau site; multi-site users may need to disconnect and reconnect to target the correct site.
• PATs can expire after 15 days of inactivity and cannot be used concurrently across clients.
• Tableau Server OAuth requires version 2025.3 or later.

• official tool reference

  Reviewed current publisher or maintainer documentation for the tool inventory, availability, endpoint, or configuration.

• official documentation

  Reviewed current publisher or maintainer documentation for the tool inventory, availability, endpoint, or configuration.

Documentation checked 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z. Connection has not been runtime tested.