Tableau 8.2 makes its debut

Lets see whats stored in us with Tableau 8.2

Highlights

Tableau 8.2 - Data to the MAC
Story telling
Visual Data Window

Connection Improvements with Google Big Query , Excel ,Text Files ,etc
Performance Improvements to Tableau Server
REST API  

Story Telling 

Lets try to tell stories with our Data

Visual Data Window 

Whats the advantages ?

Better and efficient way of writing the queries

Rest API

With the Tableau Server REST API you can manage and change Tableau Server resources pro grammatically, via HTTP. The API gives you simple access to the functionality behind the data sources, projects, workbooks, site users, and sites on a Tableau server. You can use this access to create your own custom applications or to script interactions with Tableau Server resources.

What are the Possibilities with REST API

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Query Data sources

Create Project , Update Project , Delete Project

Add users to site, Remove users from site, Delete users to site

Create Site, Delete Site , Update Site

Set Favorites ,Delete Favorites

Query Views and Get thumbnail preview

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REST API Samplecode