Resources for Embedding Tableau

SSO

• Trusted Authentication Best Practices
• Blocking the Tableau Server UI when using SAML, OIDC, or Unrestricted Trusted Authentication
• Tableau Authentication Methods Reference
• User Visibility should be set to "Limited" for any Site that is external facing, especially if users from different customers access the same site.
• Users must exist in Tableau Server prior to using any SSO method, use the REST API resources below to add the users to Tableau Server

REST API / Server Management

• Official Tableau Server-Client Python (TSC) library
• tableau_tools Python Library from Tableau Embedded Sales Engineering team
• Wrapping a Web Service around Tableau's REST API using tableau_tools
• Generating Nice Looking Thumbnails
• Tableau REST API Reference Guide
• Tableau Metadata API Reference - many more complex queries can be accomplished in the Metadata API. REST API is necesary for Add, Update and Delete actions.
• Developing And Deploying Tableau Content
• Publishing Extracts From A Template Data Source Using tableau_tools
• Multi-Tenant Data Environments: Templates And Other Solutions
• Tableau Content Migration Tool (CMT)
• Official Tableau Hyper API for programmatically generating Extracts
• Putting Hyper API generated file into TDSX or TWBX file for publishing
• Programmatic Publishing and non-English characters

Embedding Interactive Tableau Content / JavaScript API

• Tableau JS API Tutorial
• Tableau JS API Main Page: Samples and Reference Guide
• Quick Guide to Common Tableau JS API questions
• Embedding Tableau Web Edit Successfully
• Permissions Settings for Private Saving of Web Edit Content

Row Level Security / Data Level Entitlements

• Quick Explanation of Row Level Security in Tableau
• Tableau Whitepaper on Standard Row Level Security
• Why using Tableau Parameters for RLS is not Secure without Additional Work
• Working Example for using a REST API / Web Service as a Data Source in Tableau
• A Possible Method for Attribute Based Entitlements in Tableau
• Passing in a JWT as a Tableau Parameter