Tableau Server Administration

Tableau Server Overview

• Tableau Product Line
• End-User Abilities

Tableau Server Architecture

• Component Functions
• Server Diagrams

Single Server Installation

• Technical Specifications
• Tableau Server Installation Checklist
• Configuration Options
• Resolutions for Common Installation Issues
• Installing Tableau Server Software

User Experience

• Content Navigation, Searching, and Filtering
• Exploring Server Content Types and Objects
• Updating Account Settings
• Setting the Start Page
• Viewing Version Information
• Renaming a Project
• Adding a Workbook Description

Authorization and Permissions

• Administrator Settings
• Authorization Overview
• Functional Security Model
• Site Roles
• Content Ownership and Permissions
• Permission Rules and Capabilities
• Permissions and the Default Project
• Creating Projects, Local Groups, and a Local User
• Importing Users and Adding Users to Groups
• Granting Permissions to Projects
• Creating a Project Leader
• Publishing and Changing Ownership of a Workbook
• Moving a Workbook
• Site Administration

Data Sources, Extracts, Schedules, and Subscriptions

• Creating, Publishing, and Connecting to a Data Source
• Data Engine and File Store
• Creating and Publishing Extracts
• Backgrounder
• Schedules
• Subscriptions
• Enabling Subscriptions and Alerts

Automating Server Tasks

• Automating and Programming Server Tasks
• Tabadmin
• Tabcmd
• Using the REST API

Monitoring Server

• Viewing Server Status
• Admin Alerts
• Viewing Email Alerts and Admin Views
• Enabling Access to the Repository
• Custom Admin Views
• Licensing Information
• Performance Recording

Upgrading Tableau Server

• Preparing to Upgrade
• Upgrading Software on the Same Machine
• Modifying the Authentication Method
• Importing AD Groups

Log Files Administration

• Overview of Log Files
• Archiving Log Files

Data Security

• Controlling What Users Can See
• User Filters