tableau-toolkit 0.1.21

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Tableau Toolkit

Development Process

Prerequisites

• Git - https://git-scm.com/
• Poetry - https://python-poetry.org/
• Python (3.13) - https://www.python.org/

Get Project

git clone <this repository>

Install Dependencies

poetry install

Black to Standardize Code Formatting

poetry run black tableau_toolkit

Pylint to Improve Code Readability

poetry run pylint tableau_toolkit

Run unit tests

poetry run test

Run cli commands

poetry run tt

Build

poetry build

Publish

poetry config pypi-token.pypi <your-api-token> # do this only your first time

poetry publish --skip-existing

Installer

poetry run postbuild

installer.iss - Load it into 'Inno Setup' application to create Windows installer, then remove/install as needed

• install: double click on installer in output directory
• remove: use add or remove programs from start menu and search for Tableau Toolkit

create_pkg.sh - Run it to create installer for MacOS, then remove/install as needed

• install: double click on pkg file in output directory
• remove: rm /usr/local/bin/tt

create_deb.sh - create deb installer, then remove/install as needed

• install: sudo dpkg -i ./output/filename.deb
• remove: sudo dpkg -r packagename

create_rpm.sh - create rpm installer, then remove/install as needed

• install: sudo rpm -i ./output/filename.rpm
• remove: sudo rpm -e packagename

Usage

Once published, users can install and use

Install

pip install tableau-toolkit

Usage

First Time

If this is the first time using the tableau toolkit, execute the following command to create a config file. This only needs to be done once.

tt init

A file will appear at .tableau_toolkit/.tableau.yaml in your home directory.

Next, Fill in the information in the generated config file. For any field with the comment # provide encoded string, use tt encode <string> to generate the encoded string for the config file

api:
  version: '3.21'
authentication:
  type: personal_access_token
personal_access_token:
  name: api
  secret: # provide encoded string
postgres:
  database: workgroup
  host: localhost
  password: 
  port: 8060
  user: readonly
site:
  content_url: ''
tableau_auth:
  password: # provide encoded string
  username: 
tableau_server:
  url: # url for api access
  public_url: # url for end user access

Ready to Use

Next, execute tt to get a list of commands. Some example commands are listed below

tt get data-alerts --limit 10000000 --columns "object_type,object_name,object_luid,object_owner_username,object_location,object_size,site_name,site_luid,days_since_last_event,snapshot_at" 

tt get extract-refreshes --no-headers --limit 10000000 --columns "object_type,object_name,object_luid,object_owner_username,object_location,object_size,site_name,site_luid,days_since_last_event,snapshot_at" 

tt get subscriptions --no-headers --limit 10000000 --columns "object_type,object_name,object_luid,object_owner_username,object_location,object_size,site_name,site_luid,days_since_last_event,snapshot_at" 

tt get workbooks --no-headers --limit 10000000 --columns "object_type,object_name,object_luid,object_owner_username,object_location,object_size,site_name,site_luid,days_since_last_event,snapshot_at" 

tt get datasources --no-headers --limit 10000000 --columns "object_type,object_name,object_luid,object_owner_username,object_location,object_size,site_name,site_luid,days_since_last_event,snapshot_at" 

tt get views --no-headers --limit 10000000 --columns "object_type,object_name,object_luid,object_owner_username,object_location,object_size,site_name,site_luid,days_since_last_event,snapshot_at" 

tt get users --no-headers --limit 10000000 --columns "object_type,object_name,object_luid,object_owner_username,object_location,object_size,site_name,site_luid,days_since_last_event,snapshot_at"