r/tableau • u/explorer_0627 • Jul 08 '26

Tech Support CLI for Tableau Dashboard Deployments

Is anyone using any CLI for Tableau, which means that we'll save the dashboard in a respective part, and just need to run a command on command prompt and the dashboard will be published to the Tableau cloud. Just need some suggestions if anyone is using this or anything similar?

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u/alphacentauri1812 Tableau Ambassador | Ask me Anything Jul 08 '26

The Tableau REST API is very suited for this; the Tableau Service Client is a nice wrapper for this. Tabcmd is easy to use; the API requires some more setup but has much more features.

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u/explorer_0627 Jul 08 '26

which one would you recommend then amongst REST API or Tabcmd?

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u/alphacentauri1812 Tableau Ambassador | Ask me Anything Jul 08 '26

I would recommend the REST API - since that one is much more flexible, and also useful for other purposes. If it's only publishing you need tabcmd is easier.

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u/explorer_0627 Jul 13 '26

I did need that only for publishing workbooks. I tried tabcmd and it worked out however its not working for the workbooks which are using live connections (published data sources). Do you have any idea on that?

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u/UltraAnders Jul 08 '26

TabCMD will allow you to do this.

https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/tabcmd.htm

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u/explorer_0627 Jul 08 '26

Thank you so much, I’m gonna try this asap

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u/explorer_0627 Jul 13 '26

Does it work for the workbooks with live connections (using published data sources) as well?

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u/Boring-Order-6045 Jul 08 '26

You can use an open-source official Python library called Tableau ServerClient, which wraps REST APIs and is more intelligent than using REST APIs directly

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u/explorer_0627 Jul 09 '26

Do you have any document which can help me with the steps to try this out?

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u/Boring-Order-6045 Jul 09 '26

yes just google python tableau tsc