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Connect Tableau to VS Code

Give VS Code governed access to Tableau’s 26 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Tableau to VS Code in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in VS Code then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Add Tableau to Runlayer

    Tableau isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.

    Adding a connector manually
  2. 2

    Connect VS Code to Runlayer

    Runlayer’s CLI installs the Runlayer Plugin natively in VS Code; users can also add it over MCP. With direct tool listing turned on for your deployment, Tableau’s 26 tools show up in VS Code’s own tool list (VS Code 1.103 or newer).

    VS Code setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Tableau

    Sign in the way Tableau requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Tableau from VS Code

    Tableau’s approved tools appear in VS Code. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

26 Tableau tools in VS Code

Runlayer policy decides which of these VS Code users can call.

  • Download workbook

    Downloads workbook content as a TWB (application/xml) or TWBX (application/octet-stream) file.

  • Generate pulse insight brief

    Generate a concise insight brief for Pulse Metrics using Tableau REST API.

  • Generate pulse metric value insight bundle

    Generate an insight bundle for the current aggregated value for Pulse Metric using Tableau REST API.

  • Get custom view data

    Retrieves comma-separated value (CSV) data for a Tableau Custom View (saved/personalized view state), including the user's filters.

  • Get custom view image

    Retrieves an image of the specified custom view in a published viz.

  • Get datasource metadata

    Retrieves metadata for a specified datasource by taking the basic, high level, metadata results from Tableau's VizQL Data Service and enriches them with additional context provided by Tableau's…

  • Get view

    Retrieves information about the specified view, including upstream datasources, workbook information, project details, owner, tags, and usage statistics.

  • Get view data

    Retrieves data for the specified view in a Tableau workbook, including the user's filters.

See all 26 Tableau tools

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in VS Code

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what VS Code exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Tableau call from VS Code passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, VS Code as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Client hooks (available)

    Capture supported prompts, reasoning, local and MCP tool calls, responses, and scanner decisions in real time.

  • Stop a call before it runs (available)

    Runlayer can deny a tool call before VS Code runs it.

  • Block output after it runs (available)

    Runlayer can block a tool’s output before VS Code’s model sees it.

  • Redact output in place (available)

    Runlayer can mask sensitive parts of a tool’s output in VS Code and pass the rest through.

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