Action: Download View

Tableau Operation

The Download View action retrieves a specified view as a file.

Example User Story

I want to download a Tableau view in PDF format so that I can share it with stakeholders.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
viewId	String	Yes
fileFormat	String	No

Related Connections

Tableau

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "download-view",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Download View",
    "description": "Downloads a specific view from Tableau as a file."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "viewId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the view to download."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "fileFormat",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The format of the file to download (e.g., PDF, PNG, CSV).",
        "default": "PDF"
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "fileContent",
      "type": "Binary",
      "selector": ["body"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The binary content of the downloaded file."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "GET",
        "path": "/views/{{viewId}}/file",
        "headers": {
          "Accept": "application/{{fileFormat}}"
        },
        "queryParams": {
          "format": "{{fileFormat}}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}