Monitor Tableau Server Activity
The Tableau Server Repository is an included Postgres database that stores workbook and user metadata. By default, 183 days of audit information will be stored there. Once you Enable External Access to your Tableau Server Repository (Postgres), you can use the 'tableau' or 'readonly' user to query the database over port 8060.
Download the Server Admin View workbooks
Also, check out the Tableau community for custom audit workbooks from other Tableau Server Administrators.
Also, check out the Tableau community for custom audit workbooks from other Tableau Server Administrators.
Monitor Server Performance and Processes
It's common for companies to have server monitoring applications in place like Nagios, Zabbix, or Splunk. The data collected from these tools can be very valuable in monitoring the health of Tableau Server. By monitoring specific processes you can identify bottlenecks and make tweaks to your Tableau Server Deployment for optimal performance.
Check out Tableau's KB article on Monitoring Tableau Server Performance. This details how you can setup a capture of Windows Performance Monitor and includes which processes to monitor.
Check out Tableau's KB article on Monitoring Tableau Server Performance. This details how you can setup a capture of Windows Performance Monitor and includes which processes to monitor.
Alan Smithee's article on the topic, it includes a template to get started on setting up more complex Tableau Server Monitoring Dashboards.
Tableau Server creates a variety of different log files that you can parse. When something unexpected occurs, the log files are the best place to look for what went wrong.
Tableau Server Log File Forensics
Tableau Server creates a variety of different log files that you can parse. When something unexpected occurs, the log files are the best place to look for what went wrong.
