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Tableau Groups API

Create, update, delete, and query groups. Groups are collections of users that simplify permission management.

Tableau Groups API is one of 25 APIs that Tableau publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Groups. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, authentication docs, a changelog, a getting-started guide, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.24.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{server}/api/{api-version}.

7 operations 4 paths 9 schemas 2 DELETE2 GET2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.24.0
Base URL
https://[server]/api/[api-version]
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Tableau Groups API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Tableau-Auth (TableauAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • TableauAuth — The authentication token obtained from the Sign In method. Include this token in the X-Tableau-Auth header of all subsequent requests.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 2 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Groups 7

Create, update, delete, and query groups. Groups are collections of users that simplify permission management.

GET
/sites/{site-id}/groups
Tableau Query Groups
queryGroups 5 params → 200
POST
/sites/{site-id}/groups
Tableau Create Group
createGroup 1 param body → 201
PUT
/sites/{site-id}/groups/{group-id}
Tableau Update Group
updateGroup 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/sites/{site-id}/groups/{group-id}
Tableau Delete Group
deleteGroup 2 params → 204
GET
/sites/{site-id}/groups/{group-id}/users
Tableau Get Group Members
getGroupMembers 4 params → 200
POST
/sites/{site-id}/groups/{group-id}/users
Tableau Add User to Group
addUserToGroup 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/sites/{site-id}/groups/{group-id}/users/{user-id}
Tableau Remove User From Group
removeUserFromGroup 3 params → 204

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are User (10 properties), Group (6 properties), Pagination (3 properties), GroupListResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

User
object
10 properties
CreateGroupRequest
object
1 property
Pagination
object
3 properties
GroupListResponse
object
2 properties
UpdateGroupRequest
object
1 property
Group
object
6 properties
UserResponse
object
1 property
GroupResponse
object
1 property
UserListResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tableau-groups-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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