Why we need this ?
For quite some time tabcmd has been Tableau’s swiss-army-knife for all kinds of tasks (external extracts, publishing, etc). Last couple of years a new tool has emerged - Tableau Rest API - which is continuously beefed up by Tableau.
Generate Personal Access Token in your Tableau profile
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ssh-connect to “analytics” server
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Run “~analytics/TigerETL3/runEtlShell.sh“
Establish new session to Tableau REST API
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import analytics.tiger.agents.TableauRestAPI._
val session = signin("https://tableau.broadinstitute.org/api/3.6","myToken") |
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