Hi,
How can we put a “forgot my password” link on the Tableau Server login page or some text that tells people where to go if they forgot their Password?. Expecting a similar behaviour as it is available in tableau Public login page. Kindly share me how can we achieve this.
I too am interested in this capability. Our Tableau Server is tied to Active Directory. We have a separate web based application for changing passwords of the Active Directory/Tableau users. Is it possible to add a clickable "Forgot your password" link on the Tableau Server login page?
I wonder if this is available out of the box in tableau. You might want to put forth as an Idea and make it as feature request in upcoming versions.
Coming to your requirement of forgot password. Am sure you would not need this in case of active directory because its tied to your windows login and there is different way to change passwords depending on organization. Forgot password might be helpful when active directory is not used and instead local authentication is in place. Even with this, you do not want user to change password or retrieve new password since Tableau Server admin is responsible for these tasks. All that I can think is, when use clicks that forgot password link, you are trying t open up email client with tableau server admin group as one of the recipients of mailing list. So that user can send mail and admin can reset password.
I also submitted a Support case describing the issue.
This was Tableau's response:
Thank you for contacting Tableau Technical Support.
The ability to add “Forgot your password” link to the log in page is not a functionality currently built into Tableau Server.
I will be adding you to a feature request that already exists and I shall inform the Product Management team to review for possible inclusion in a future release.
Another option to provide suggestions for product features is to submit an idea through our community: http://community.tableausoftware.com/community/ideas
The most popular Ideas are also monitored by our Product Management team and are often included in a future release.
Mar 24, 2015 2:54 PM
You can "hack" Tableau Server and add the text you want. See Customizing the Tableau Server Login Screen. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the sharing. I think this works fine until Version 8.
But with Tableau 9, the changes are not reflecting.
Mar 25, 2015 2:30 PM
Right, and it won't be reflected. Remember two things, when you upgrade, hacks like this will not be kept.
Secondly, with Tableau Server version 9, the code and interface is different. We (or at least I) have yet to find which files to modify in order to make it work, and I've played around with a few of them too .
Hello Manoj,
Could you please let me know, if you are aware of the process how to add "Forgot Password?" link on Tableau Server 10.4 Login page.
Thanks!
Paulina
For anyone coming across this in the future, this feature has been implemented by Tableau in 10.4.
tabadmin set features.PasswordReset true
Applies only to servers that use local authentication. Set to true to let users reset their passwords with a "Forgot password" option on the sign-in page.
Hi Paulina:
tabadmin set features.PasswordReset true