tableau/document-api-python

Include Folder information as an attribute in field.py

sj-porter-dev opened this issue · 3 comments

sj-porter-dev commented

As a Tableau Server content creator, I want to be able to document all data sources automatically so that I can quickly create custom documentation for my users.

I need to be able to group up the fields in a data source by folder so that the folder and field hierarchy can be included in the documentation.

sj-porter-dev commented

Ideally, I'd be able to use Python to generate a markdown file which includes documentation on all of the data sources available on Tableau Server. For each data source, I'd be able to list out the folders and the fields within each folder.

This data is included in the .tds xml (see below) but cannot be queried via the tableaudocumentapi package.

<folder name='exampleFolderName' role='dimensions'> <folder-item name='[exampleFieldName]' type='field' /> <folder-item name='exampleHierarchyName' type='drillpath' /> </folder>

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nictigre03 commented

Created an account just to say that we could use this feature as well! Would help greatly in documenting our datasources.

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h1ghpriority commented

This would be very helpful!