Tableau · Authentication Profile

Tableau Authentication

Authentication

Tableau secures its APIs with apiKey across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

TableauAuth apiKey
· in: header (X-Tableau-Auth)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/tableau-rest-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: TableauAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: X-Tableau-Auth
  description: The authentication token obtained from the Sign In method. Include this token
    in the X-Tableau-Auth header of all subsequent requests.
  sources:
  - openapi/tableau-rest-api-openapi.yml