Category: Tutorial
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Unified Access Tokens for Tableau Cloud
What Are Unified Access Tokens for Tableau Cloud? There’s a new player in town in the world of Tableau Cloud API Authentication (which I’ve written about in-depth before here)! Unified Access Tokens (UATs) for Tableau represent a welcome step forward for enterprise customers, providing the ability to bring your crypto keys and rotate/revoke as needed.
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VizQL Data Service for Tableau – A Deep Dive
Introducing VizQL Data Service (again) You might be thinking, “Hey Kyle, didn’t you already write a post about VDS?!” – and you’re correct! When I first wrote about this topic last August, the API was still in beta and was slowly being rolled out only to portions of Tableau Cloud. As of the time of
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Tableau API Authentication: A Deep Dive
If you’ve ever pondered how to get started using Tableau + APIs, this post will cover the all important first step — authentication. You’ve got options, and they’re actually more approachable than you might think! Important Note: The information in this post is current as of December 23rd, 2025. I will update with significant changes