Query: Find View

Tableau Operation

The Find View query searches for and locates a specific view within a workbook.

Example User Story

I want to retrieve a specific view from Tableau so that I can analyze the data it contains.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
viewID	String	Yes

Related Connections

Tableau

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "find-view",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Find View",
    "description": "Retrieves a specific view from Tableau based on the provided view ID."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "viewID",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The unique identifier of the view to retrieve."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "view",
      "type": "Object",
      "selector": ["view"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The retrieved view object from Tableau."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "GET",
        "path": "/api/3.9/sites/{{siteID}}/views/{{viewID}}",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "Accept": "application/json"
        },
        "queryParams": {},
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "",
          "placeholders": []
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}