Retrieves a list of views on a Tableau site including their metadata such as name, owner, and the workbook they are found in. Supports optional filtering via field:operator:value expressions (e.g., name:eq:Overview) for precise and flexible view discovery. Use this tool when a user requests to li...
AI agents call list-views to retrieve information from Tableau MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs read-only operations to query and retrieve metadata about Tableau views. It returns information without modifying, deleting, or executing any code. The filtering capability is for search/discovery purposes only, not for data manipulation. This is consistent with other Read category tools like 'get-view', 'get-datasource-metadata', and 'get-stale-content-report' on the same server.
From the tool's definition Retrieves a list of views on a Tableau site including their metadata such as name, owner, and the workbook they are found in. Supports optional filtering via field:operator:value expressions for precise and flexible view discovery.
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Retrieves a list of views on a Tableau site including their metadata such as name, owner, and the workbook they are found in. Supports optional filtering via field:operator:value expressions (e.g., name:eq:Overview) for precise and flexible view discovery. Use this tool when a user requests to list, search, or filter Tableau views on a site. Supported Filter Fields and Operators | Field | Operators | |---------------------|----------------------| | caption | eq, in | | contentUrl | eq, in | | createdAt | eq, gt, gte, lt, lte | | favoritesTotal | eq, gt, gte, lt, lte | | fields | eq, in | | hitsTotal | eq, gt, gte, lt, lte | | name | eq, in | | ownerDomain | eq, in | | ownerEmail | eq, in | | ownerName | eq, in | | projectName | eq, in | | sheetNumber | eq, gt, gte, lt, lte | | sheetType | eq, in | | tags | eq, in | | title | eq, in | | updatedAt | eq, gt, gte, lt, lte | | viewUrlname | eq, in | | workbookDescription | eq, in | | workbookName | eq, in | ${genericFilterDescription} Example Usage: - List all views on a site - List views with the name. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tableau MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Tableau MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list-views: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Tableau MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list-views is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the list-views rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for list-views. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
list-views is provided by the Tableau MCP Server MCP server (tableau/tableau-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.