Tableau MCP Server for Claude

Overview

The Tableau MCP Server is the official Model Context Protocol server from Tableau (Salesforce). It gives Claude access to Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud — querying datasources, listing and inspecting workbooks, rendering view images, exploring Pulse metrics, searching content, and running administrative insights. The server supports both Tableau Server (on-premises) and Tableau Cloud. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Key capabilities

• Datasource queries — query Tableau published datasources using natural language; results computed by Tableau's VizQL engine.
• Workbooks & views — list workbooks, get workbook metadata, list and retrieve individual views as data or rendered PNG images.
• Pulse metrics — list metric definitions, subscriptions, and generate Pulse insight briefs.
• Content exploration — search across all Tableau content types.
• Admin insights — query usage events, site content inventories, job performance reports, and get stale content reports.
• Tasks & jobs — list extract refresh tasks and scheduled jobs.
• Desktop integration — list Tableau Desktop instances, list dashboards and worksheets, apply workbooks, and get workbook XML.

Tools (30+)

How it compares

get-view-image returns rendered PNG images of Tableau dashboards directly in Claude — no other BI MCP server provides native screenshot/render access to live dashboards.

Installation

Claude Code

claude mcp add tableau \
  -e SERVER=https://your-tableau-server.com \
  -e SITE_NAME=your_site \
  -e PAT_NAME=your_pat \
  -e PAT_VALUE=your_pat_value \
  -- npx -y @tableau/mcp-server@latest

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tableau": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@tableau/mcp-server@latest"],
      "env": {
        "SERVER": "https://your-tableau-server.com",
        "SITE_NAME": "your_site",
        "PAT_NAME": "your_pat",
        "PAT_VALUE": "your_pat_value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Create a PAT in Tableau: My Account Settings → Personal Access Tokens → Create new token.

Requirements

• Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud with PAT authentication.
• Node.js 22.7.5+.
• An MCP client (Claude Code or Claude Desktop).

Security

• Use a least-privilege PAT scoped to the specific site and operations needed.
• Admin insights tools expose org-wide usage data — restrict to administrators.
• Delete tools are destructive and permanent; confirm before executing.

Source Verification Notes

Verified on 2026-06-18:

• Official GitHub repository tableau/tableau-mcp (Apache-2.0, Tableau Supported) documents the @tableau/mcp-server npm package, SERVER/SITE_NAME/PAT_NAME/PAT_VALUE configuration, Node.js 22.7.5+ requirement, and example prompts including datasource queries, content exploration, and view image rendering.
• Source src/tools/web/toolName.ts enumerates all 34 web tool names including datasource, workbook, view, pulse, content, admin-insights, tasks, and token management tools.
• Official documentation at tableau.github.io/tableau-mcp/ (HTTP 200) is the Tableau-hosted reference.
• Claude Code MCP documentation at code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp describes the stdio connector setup pattern used above.