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====== TABLEAU SERVER COMMAND ======
Category: Workflow / App/Cloud\\

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=====Description=====
This action remotely triggers various actions in Tableau Server / Online.  A configured [[connectors:tableau|Tableau Server connector]] or\\  [[connectors:tableauonline|Tableau Online connector]] is required.

Available commands:
  * Run extract refresh task
  * Run flow asynchronously

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=====Action settings=====
^ Setting  ^ Description  ^
|Connector<sup>*</sup>|Select the preconfigured Tableau Server/Online connector.|
|Command|Select the command this action will perform.  Options:  //Run extract refresh task// or //Run flow asynchronously//.  See that tables below for details.|
<sup>*</sup> Setting can be specified using a [[:parameters|parameter]].

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====Run extract refresh task settings====
**Description:**  Runs the specified extract refresh task.
^ Setting  ^ Description  ^
|Refresh|Select the refresh task to run. The drop-down list shows only data source extracts and published workbooks (that connect to data extracts) with a scheduled extract refresh task.|

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====Run flow asynchronously settings====
**Description:** Triggers the specified flow and doesn't wait for the flow to finish.  Note that the action editor allows opening the selected flow on Tableau Server in one click, by pressing the "arrow" button to the right of the flow selection drop-down.
^ Setting  ^ Description  ^
|Flow|Select the flow to run.|

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=====See also=====
  * [[transformations:exporttableau|Export to Tableau]]