Tableau Next MCPs, APIs, and SDKs

Explore the MCPs, APIs, and SDKs that you can use for Tableau Next development.

MCPs

The analytics/tableau-next server exposes Tableau Next’s semantic layer and analytics capabilities to AI agents. It provides tools to discover semantic models (SDMs), retrieve dashboard and visualization metadata, explore metrics and KPIs, and execute natural-language analytical questions via the Analytics Agent. This is the bridge between AI agent conversations and the structured analytical layer that Tableau Next maintains over your data.

APIs

Tableau Next REST API

Create and update visualizations and workspaces.
Get, update, and run subscription digests.
Download asset images and metadata.
Add and update followers for assets and collections of assets and query followed assets and followers for assets.
Get and update user access to assets.

Tableau Semantics Layer APIs (beta)

Run semantic queries.
Create and customize semantic models.
Produce metrics from your semantic layer.

App Template Framework

Create and manage templates, apps, assets, chains, tasks, variables, and rules.

SDKs

Tableau Next Embedding SDK

Use the Tableau Next Embedding SDK to integrate Tableau Next insights into your own web apps. The SDK provides modern, secure methods of authentication so that users can interact with Tableau Next features from your web app.