Is the Tableau MCP server free?

Yes. Activepieces is open source and free to start, and the MCP server is included on every plan, from the free cloud tier to any self-hosted deployment.

How do I connect Tableau to Claude or Cursor?

Connect Tableau in Activepieces, enable the server under Settings → MCP Server, then paste your server URL into your client config. It authenticates over OAuth on first use.

What can my agent do in Tableau?

It can call 5 tools, including Download View, Run Extract Refresh Task, Refresh Workbook, and chain them with steps in other apps inside the same run.

Is it safe to let an agent call Tableau?

Connections use OAuth2 with limited scopes and are stored under 256-bit encryption, with no API to read them back, so an agent gets scoped access rather than your keys.

Tableau MCP server

Business intelligence and analytics platform for data visualization

Tableau is not a separate install. One Activepieces MCP server exposes it alongside 760+ other apps, behind a single URL.

Start building See the Tableau integration

Tools: 5
Works with: Any MCP client
Auth: Custom auth
License: MIT, open source
Updated: August 2026

About the Tableau MCP server

Connect Tableau once in Activepieces and every action it ships becomes a tool your assistant can call, behind the same server URL as the rest of your apps. Your agent reaches Tableau and 760+ other apps over a single connection, on our cloud or a self-hosted install.

Tools

Tableau tools your AI can run

Once connected, your assistant can call any of these Tableau actions by asking in plain language.

Download View
Download a view from a workbook in the specified format
8 fields
Run Extract Refresh Task
Runs the specified extract refresh task and returns job information
1 field
Refresh Workbook
Refreshes the specified workbook immediately
1 field
Find View
Finds a view based on name (URL name)
1 field
Find Workbook
Finds a workbook based on ID or content URL
3 fields

Triggers

Tableau events your agent can watch

These start a run the moment something happens in Tableau, so work gets picked up on its own.

Workbook Event
Triggers when a workbook event occurs (created, updated, or deleted)
1 field
Workbook Refresh Event
Triggers when a workbook refresh event occurs (started, succeeded, or failed)
1 field
Datasource Event
Triggers when a datasource event occurs (created, updated, or deleted)
1 field
Datasource Refresh Event
Triggers when a datasource refresh event occurs (started, succeeded, or failed)
1 field
User Deleted
Triggers when a user is deleted
View Deleted
Triggers when a workbook view is deleted
Label Event
Triggers when a label event occurs (created, updated, or deleted)
1 field
New Job
Triggers when a job matches the specified criteria
2 fields
List Extract Refresh Tasks
Lists extract refresh tasks for the site

Give your assistant Tableau

Connect Tableau once and every tool above is callable from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client, behind the same server URL as 760+ other apps. Free to start.

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Tableau MCP, answered.

No. That is the point of it. One Activepieces server exposes Tableau alongside every other piece you connect, so your client keeps a single connection.