Hey Harsha,

You can do this with tabcmd get Here is the documentation on it.: tabcmd Commands

Hope this helps!

- Derrick

https://www.interworks.com/blog/daustin

It might help to take a look at the Tabcmd GET command.

Something like:

tabcmd login -s http://servername -t sitename -u username -p password123

tabcmd get "/datasources/DatasourceName.tdsx" -f "C:\FolderName\analysis.tdsx"

should work.

Save it as a .bat file and you can run it on a schedule.

Add a line with something like:

tabcmd publish "C:\FolderName\analysis.tdsx" -n "Sales_Analysis" --replace

This will publish the datasource you just downloaded if you point it at the correct location.

Harsha,

I moved this to the Server Admin forum because this is really in the realm of Tableau Server administration and the folks there are much more familiar with the command line utilities when it comes to this type of stuff.

Please let us know if you find a solution and post it here as it will help others.

Hi All,

I tried to execute the tabcmd commands to get a tdsx, however all I got was a html file.. which am sure is not useful.

tabcmd login -s http://servername -t sitename -u username -p password123

tabcmd get "/datasources/DatasourceName.tdsx" -f "C:\FolderName\analysis.tdsx"

Regards,

Atul B

Hi Experts,

Am I missing some piece here?Harsha Tatikonda

Regards,

Atul B

Please show us the exact code you used (exclude your username and password, of course).

Also, make sure you have permission to download data sources:

Hi Toby,

I have admin rights on Tableau

I did post the code above.

Regards,

Atul B

The code you posted it the exact same code from Ben's post and that makes no sense   Are you saying you have a folder off of your C: drive that's named FolderName and that your server is actually named servername and your data source is named DatasourceName and are going to a site that is named sitename?

By "admin rights" are you saying you have the Tableau Server role of Server Administrator?

Hi Toby,

I did not paste my own 2 lines, as the idea behind it is exactly the same.

Yes, I do have Server administrator rights

tabcmd login -s https://myserver -u username -p mypassword --no-certcheck

tabcmd get "/datasources/name of my ds.tdsx" -f "D:\anyfolder\ds.tdsx"

I did not paste my own 2 lines, as the idea behind it is exactly the same.

When we ask for the exact code that is what we expect.  This is for a reason because many times we've seen the wrong code/syntax being used.  So while the actual server name, username, and password can be xxxx'd out, the rest of the code displayed should be exactly what you are using.

Hi Toby,

tabcmd login -s https://xxxxxx  -u xxxxxxx -p xxxxxxx -t Production --no-certcheck

tabcmd get "/datasources/Ras(PROD).tdsx" -f "D:\Archive\CCT\Ras(PROD).tdsx" --no-certcheck

Atul Bhagwat wrote:

 

Hi Toby,

 

 

tabcmd login -s https://xxxxxx -u xxxxxxx -p xxxxxxx -t Production --no-certcheck

tabcmd get "/datasources/Ras(PROD).tdsx" -f "D:\Archive\CCT\Ras(PROD).tdsx" --no-certcheck

Thanks

1.  Just to make sure, the data source "Ras(PROD)" exists in the Production site, correct?

2.  And you are logging on to the site using the Site ID, not that actual Site Name, correct?

3.  I recommend deleting the parens from your data source name:

tabcmd get "/datasources/RasPROD.tdsx" -f "D:\Archive\CCT\Ras(PROD).tdsx" --no-certcheck

I tested this with one of my data sources that had parens and it failed with them, succeeded with them removed: