# Tableau

**Type:** Official

**Source Type:** Repository

**Source:** Docker image: `mcp/tableau:latest`

**Description:** Tableau MCP server provides AI assistants with access to Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud. It enables querying workbooks, views, datasources, and projects, as well as running data queries.

**Configuration Parameters:**

* **Tableau Server URL** \* - e.g. `https://my-tableau-server.com` or `https://prod-useast-a.online.tableau.com`.
* **Tableau Site Name** \* - Site name from your URL (after `/site/`). Use the empty default for Tableau Server's default site.
* **Personal Access Token Name** \* - PAT label set when you created the token.
* **Personal Access Token Value** \* (sensitive) - The PAT secret. Tableau only shows it once.

**Setup Steps:**

1. Log in to Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.
2. Open your user avatar → **My Account Settings**.
3. Under **Personal Access Tokens**, enter a token name and click **Create Token**. Copy the **Token Secret**.
4. When creating the connection in Natoma, paste the server URL, site name, token name, and token secret and save.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.natoma.ai/apps/tableau.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.