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Creating Tableau Projects and child projects with Tableau API and Python Prerequisites: Python on the machine tableauserverclient module API enabled on Tableau server. Permissions to update for the user Projects.csv file . list all groups in a csv file. attached format . Changes to be made in the script for below lines in the script groups = open('<Filepath>/groups.csv') pat='getyourpersonaltoken' server = TSC.Server('http://myserver.tableau.com',use_server_version=True) tokenName = 'mytokenname' Script: import tableauserverclient as TSC import csv Projects = open('filepath/projects.csv') prjt = csv.reader(Projects) projectstobe = list(prjt) sourceprojects =[] createdprjts = [] parentproj_id='' pr_perm = TSC.ProjectItem.ContentPermissions.ManagedByOwner pat = 'personalaccesstoken' server = TSC.Server('http://myserver.tableau.com', use_server_version=True) tokenName = 'mytokenname' ta = TSC.PersonalAccessToke...

 Creating Tableau Groups using Python and API Prerequisites: Python on the machine tableauserverclient module API enabled on Tableau server. Permissions to update for the user Groups.csv file . list all groups in a csv file Changes to be made in the script for below lines in the script groups = open('<Filepath>/groups.csv') pat='getyourpersonaltoken' server = TSC.Server('http://myserver.tableau.com',use_server_version=True) tokenName = 'mytokenname' Script: import tableauserverclient as TSC import csv groups = open('<Filepath>/groups.csv') grp = csv.reader(groups) sourcegroups=[] createdgrps=[] pat='getyourpersonaltoken' server = TSC.Server('http://myserver.tableau.com',use_server_version=True) tokenName = 'mytokenname' ta = TSC.PersonalAccessTokenAuth(token_name=tokenName, personal_access_token=pat) with server.auth.sign_in_with_personal_access_token(ta):    groupslist, pagination_item  = server.groups.get() ...

Synchronize ActiveDirectory groups If you have imported Active directory groups into Tableau Server, You have to periodically sync them to get the users reflected to Tableau Server. Single-site: Click Settings> General.   For Multisite: In the site menu, click Manage All Sites and then click Settings> General. Scroll down the page to Active Directory Synchronization, and then select Synchronize Active Directory groups on a regular schedule. Select the frequency and time of synchronization. Click Save. You can view the results of synchronization jobs in the Background Tasks for Non Extracts administrative view. Queue Active Directory Groups Sync is the task that queues and indicates the number of Sync Active Directory Group tasks to be run. Single-site: Click Status. For Multisite: In the site menu, click Manage All Sites and then click Status. Click the Background Tasks for Non Extracts link. Set the Task filter to include Queue Active Directory Gro...