Also see the Output and Export wiki, and the Peformance wiki, and maybe even the Dashboards wiki.

http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/url-parameter-report-pdf-format#comment-44996

http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/there-way-expand-columns-width-tabcmd-get-export#comment-44861

http://kb.tableausoftware.com/articles/knowledgebase/using-tabcmd

Different outputs (PDF, etc.)

http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/undocumented-url-parameter-format#comment-44383

Automated printing

http://www.tableausoftware.com/support/forum/topic/tabcmd-printing-cached-view#comment-44458

Scheduling emails (for 7.0 and earlier)

http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/109923

Another email option:

http://community.tableausoftware.com/groups/dev-community/blog/2013/06/13/extending-tabcmd-add-email-sending-functionality

Specify size for tabcmd export

http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/119835

List of a tabadmin commands by Toby Erkson:
http://community.tableausoftware.com/docs/DOC-5141

Custom shapes

http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/116189

Performance

http://reports4u.co.uk/tableau-server-extract-slow-to-refresh/

Exclude filters kill query performance

http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/117702

See also the Performance Wiki.

Extracting and exporting data from the Postgres Database

http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/185965#185965

Show toolbar on top:

Show toolbar on top in embedded view on Tableau Server. add following line to the link [?:embed=y:toolbar=top ]

Embed YouTube video

http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/119828

Adding Google Analytics to Tableau Server

https://www.interworks.com/blogs/bsullins/2013/01/14/adding-google-analytics-your-tableau-server

Embed filters in URL

http://vizwiz.blogspot.com/2012/11/tableau-tip-passing-filters-in-url-to.html

Can embed Tableau parameters into the URL parameters as well.

Aliases and URL parameters

If a dimension or Tableau parameter is using aliases and you embed the dimension or Tableau parameter into a URL, the URL parameter uses the alias, not the underlying value. So, for example, if the integer value 1 has the alias East, East will be passed in the URL. The options are to deal with it on the receiving end or to create a calculated field in the sending workbook that doesn’t have an alias.

Boolean parameters that aren’t aliased use true/false, True or False cause a Tableau Server internal error.

SlideShare from Russell Christopher on URL and Javascript

http://www.slideshare.net/russellchristopher/embedding-with-tableau-server

v8 force rendering in browser or server:

To control whether a viz is rendered by the server or browser, you can add the flag :render=true for browser rendering and :render=false for server rendering to the url. For example, the url to an embedded viz with server rendering might be http://host.com/workbook_name/view_name?:embed=yes&:render=false

VizWiz: Embed a dynamically updating image from Tableau Server into PowerPoint (Windows only)

http://vizwiz.blogspot.com/2012/10/tableau-tip-embedding-dynamically.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&m=1

VizWiz: Passing filters in a URL (to create a dynamic report in PowerPoint)

http://vizwiz.blogspot.com/2012/11/tableau-tip-passing-filters-in-url-to.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&m=1

Some thoughts on update frequency from Russel Christopher:
http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/221992#221992

Javascript API

Tableau game by Michael Kovner:

http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/208782#208782

Animating via using filters/parameter:
http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/222418#222418

Hacking Tableau Server

Tableau Rest API

https://github.com/ratneshsinghparihar/TableauRestAPI

https://tableaurestapi.codeplex.com/

Using Powershell to automate Tableau Server

https://www.interworks.com/blogs/trhymer/2013/07/08/powershell-how-encrypt-and-store-credentials-securely-use-automation-script

https://www.interworks.com/blogs/mroberts/2013/07/09/creating-email-notifications-complete-tableau-extractsGetting started with Powershell: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/adventuresinsql/2010/05/06/where-do-i-start-with-powershell_3F00_/

Web service authentication in C# http://community.tableausoftware.com/docs/DOC-5251

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