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F Risk Grade Tableau MCP Server · worst category: Destructive

TABLEAU MCP SERVER TOOLS

30 tools from the Tableau MCP Server MCP Server, categorised by risk level.

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READ 24 tools
Read get-datasource-metadata This tool retrieves metadata for a specified datasource by taking the basic, high level, metadata results f... Read get-oauth-token Returns the OAuth Bearer token (Tableau JWT) used to authenticate the current session. This tool provides ... Read get-stale-content-report Builds a deterministic report of stale Tableau Cloud content (workbooks and published datasources) by query... Read get-view Retrieves information about the specified view, including upstream datasources, workbook information, proje... Read get-workbook Retrieves information about the specified workbook, including information about the views contained in the ... Read list-all-pulse-metric-definitions Retrieves a list of all published Pulse Metric Definitions using the Tableau REST API. Use this tool when ... Read list-custom-views Retrieves a list of custom views for a Tableau workbook including their metadata such as name, owner, and t... Read list-datasources Retrieves a list of published data sources from a specified Tableau site using the Tableau REST API. Suppor... Read list-extract-refresh-tasks Retrieves a list of extract refresh tasks for the Tableau site. Each task describes a scheduled refresh for... Read list-instances List all running Tableau Desktop instances. Returns available instances with session IDs that can be used i... Read list-jobs Retrieves a list of background jobs for the Tableau site. Each job represents a background task such as an ... Read list-projects Retrieves a list of projects on a Tableau site including their metadata such as name, description, parent p... Read list-pulse-metric-definitions-from-definition-ids Retrieves a list of specific Pulse Metric Definitions using the Tableau REST API from a list of metric defi... Read list-pulse-metrics-from-metric-definition-id Retrieves a list of published Pulse Metrics from a Pulse Metric Definition using the Tableau REST API. Use... Read list-pulse-metrics-from-metric-ids Retrieves a list of published Pulse Metrics from a list of metric IDs using the Tableau REST API. Use this... Read list-users Retrieves a list of users on the Tableau site. Each user includes profile information such as site role, em... Read list-views Retrieves a list of views on a Tableau site including their metadata such as name, owner, and the workbook ... Read list-workbooks Retrieves a list of workbooks on a Tableau site including their metadata such as name, description, and inf... Read query-admin-insights-job-performance Queries the Admin Insights Read query-admin-insights-site-content Queries the Admin Insights Read query-admin-insights-ts-events Queries the Admin Insights Read search-content This tool searches across all supported content types for objects relevant to the search expression specifi... Read generate-pulse-insight-brief Generate a concise insight brief for Pulse Metrics using Tableau REST API. This endpoint provides AI-powere... Read generate-pulse-metric-value-insight-bundle Generate an insight bundle for the current aggregated value for Pulse Metric using Tableau REST API. You n...
WRITE 1 tools
Write update-cloud-extract-refresh-task Updates the schedule of an extract refresh task on Tableau Cloud. Use this to change how often an extract r...
DESTRUCTIVE 5 tools
Destructive delete-datasource Permanently deletes a published data source from the current Tableau site. Restricted to Tableau site admin... Destructive delete-extract-refresh-task Deletes an extract refresh task from the Tableau site. This permanently removes the scheduled extract refre... Destructive delete-workbook Permanently deletes a workbook from the current Tableau Cloud site. Restricted to Tableau site administrato... Destructive reset-consent Resets saved OAuth consent for the current user on the Tableau authorization server. After resetting conse... Destructive revoke-access-token Revokes the access token used to authenticate the current session. After revocation the session is invalid...

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How many tools does the Tableau MCP Server MCP server have? +

The Tableau MCP Server MCP server exposes 30 tools across 3 categories: Read, Write, Destructive.

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Tableau MCP Server tools are categorised as Read (24), Write (1), Destructive (5). Each category has a recommended default policy.

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