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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PDFs in PowerPoint http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00054.htm

PDF as PDF inside PowerPoint

1. From the main menu bar, choose Insert, Object. The Insert Object dialog box appears.
2. In the Insert Object dialog box, click “Create from file” . 
3. Click Browse.
4. Choose the PDF you want to insert. 
5. PowerPoint embeds the PDF and displays an Adobe Acrobat icon. 
6. Right-click the icon and choose Action Settings. The Action Settings dialog box appears. 
7. In the Action Settings dialog box, click “Object action” and choose “Edit”. 
8. Click OK.

A copy of the PDF is now embedded in your PPT file, meaning that you won’t have to worry about links breaking when you move the file to another computer or send it to someone else. Other than that, it behaves similarly to the linked PDFs described above.

Embedding a dashboard in PowerPoint http://vizwiz.blogspot.com/2012/05/tableau-tip-embedding-dashboard-in.html

Embedding a workbook in PowerPoint http://www.clearlyandsimply.com/clearly_and_simply/2012/05/embed-and-open-tableau-workbooks-in-powerpoint.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ClearlyAndSimply+%28Clearly+and+Simply%29

Embed a presentation in a Tableau dashboard http://vizwiz.blogspot.com/2012/05/tableau-tip-embedding-presentation-in.html?m=1

Embedding in HTML (particularly WP) http://www.jeromecukier.net/blog/2012/07/02/embedding-tableau-visualizations-on-the-web/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JeromeCukier+%28Jerome+Cukier%29

Showing page count on viz: Add ?:display_count=y  to the URL

Some ideas on how to simplify export to PDF http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/227636

Link to get PDF:

http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/Elite8-MLBPlayerValue/Elite8-MLBPlayerValue?:format=pdf

Specifiying a size range in the embed code: http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/222664#222664

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