

- #INSTALL TABLEAU SERVER 2018.1 COMMAND LINE HOW TO#
- #INSTALL TABLEAU SERVER 2018.1 COMMAND LINE PDF#

The batch file must start with a login to the server.
#INSTALL TABLEAU SERVER 2018.1 COMMAND LINE HOW TO#
I will show you how to add some cool windows commands after your Tableau script later so you have an idea about how incorporate both of them into a single script. All of the Tableau-based commands are noted here, and the Windows-based commands are listed out fairly well in Wikipedia. Don’t worry if you are not familiar with writing command line code.
#INSTALL TABLEAU SERVER 2018.1 COMMAND LINE PDF#
Once tabcmd is installed we need to write a batch file in order to automate the pdf download. Using tabcmd to automate our dashboard distribution can seem daunting at first, but let’s break it up into some simple steps in order to make it easy and maybe even a little fun!

While Tabcmd is a robust tool which allows administrators to automate Tableau server in many ways, perhaps the most relevant to business users is the ability to automate the sharing of their dashboards. In November I’ll be speaking at the Tableau Customer Conference in San Diego, CA on the importance of leveraging tabcmd in the server environment. We see it as a tool which users must not only log into in order to view their relevant dashboards, but also interact with to filter the data which is pertinent to them. I have found that we often look at Tableau Server as a self –service tool. After working in Seattle with the wonderful folks at Tableau for the last week I was reminded of the incredible significance of Tableau Server.
