Administration
To help your users find the data that's trusted and recommended for their type of analysis, you can certify the data that complies with your organization's data standards. Which site roles have the capability to certify data in Tableau Server? (Select all) *Creator site role and the Project Leader capability *Explorer (Can Publish) site role and the Project Leader capability *Server Administrator *Creator site role
*Creator site role and the Project Leader capability *Explorer (Can Publish) site role and the Project Leader capability *Server Administrator *Creator site role
Which port should be opened on the computer where the PostgreSQL repository is installed, to enable access to it?
8060
Select all the ways in which extracts can be refreshed manually in Tableau Server: *From the command line, using the tabcmd refreshextracts command *In the Tableau Server web UI, on the Schedules page, by clicking Actions > Run Now *From the command line, using the tsm refreshextractsnow command *From the command line, using the tsm refreshextracts command
*From the command line, using the tabcmd refreshextracts command *In the Tableau Server web UI, on the Schedules page, by clicking Actions > Run Now *From the command line, using the tsm refreshextractsnow command *From the command line, using the tsm refreshextracts command
Several cloud-hosted data sources always require extracts. Select all the listed data sources below that have this requirement: *Google Analytics *Open Data Protocol (OData) *Salesforce.com *Snowflake
*Google Analytics *Open Data Protocol (OData) *Salesforce.com *Snowflake
Select all of the relevant metadata that is contained inside a Tableau Server published data source: *Sets and groups *Custom field formatting *Data access and refresh instructions *Connection information (live vs. extract) *Formula Calculation *Custom shapes and logos inside a workbook
*Sets and groups *Custom field formatting *Data access and refresh instructions *Connection information (live vs. extract) *Formula Calculation *Custom shapes and logos inside a workbook
The Tableau Server repository is a PostgreSQL database that stores data about all user interactions, extract refreshes, and more. You can use Tableau Desktop to connect to and query the Tableau Server repository using two built-in users. Select the two user types that allow you to access the database tables and views: *Tableau *Readonly *Viewonly *Tabserver
*Tableau *Readonly *Viewonly *Tabserver
You can configure an embedded Tableau view using which of the following two methods? *URL Parameters for iframe tags *Object parameters for JavaScript tage *Object parameters for iframe tags *Object parameters for PHP tags
*URL Parameters for iframe tags *Object parameters for JavaScript tage *Object parameters for iframe tags *Object parameters for PHP tags
There is a file size limit of 5MB when packaging and sending logs to Tableau Technical Support. Select all the correct alternative methods below to send large log files to Tableau Technical Support: *Use the Customer Portal to upload the log file *Use the TSM web interface to upload the log file *Use the Secure File Transfer Site to upload the log file *Use tabcmd to upload the log file
*Use the Customer Portal to upload the log file *Use the TSM web interface to upload the log file *Use the Secure File Transfer Site to upload the log file *Use tabcmd to upload the log file
In which of the following scenarios will Tableau Server prioritize a particular background job with the highest priority?
A job that is already in process
A Tableau Server admin would like to see how many users signed-in to Tableau Server over the past 24 hours. Which administrative view would contain this information?
Actions by Recent Users
Which tsm configuration set option controls whether Tableau Server collects historical user activity and other information in the repository?
Auditing.enabled
Which Tableau Server administrative view is being described? Displays tasks that succeeded or failed for a particular site; Tasks tracked include: Subscription Notifications, Sync Active Directory Group, Delete Sites
Background Tasks for Non Extracts
Which of the following IS NOT a correct strategy to maximize backup efficiency in Tableau Server?
Co-location the Data Server with the Administration Controller node
Which of the following information IS NOT present in the Backgrounder Dashboard administrative view?
Duration of Tableau Prep flow run jobs
True or False: Before you add URL parameters, you have to add :iid=[#] at the end of the URL, since this creates a view counter for your current browser session
FALSE
True or False: By default, the performance recording capability is already enabled for a site
FALSE
True or False: Data-driven alerts in Tableau Server / Tableau Online can be configured based on dimensional criteria (e.g. send an email alert whenever sales category is equal to Furniture)
FALSE
True or False: If a Tableau data source connection requires a 3rd-party database driver to function, you will still need to install and maintain that driver on your local machine, on top of installing and maintaining it on Tableau Server
FALSE
True or False: In order to create a data-driven alert in a Tableau Server view, the chart / visualization of interest must have a discrete, numeric axis
FALSE
True or False: Schedules that run in parallel run on only one backgrounder process, while a schedule that is run on serial mode run using all available backgrounder processes
FALSE
True or False: Updates to a published data source flow to all connected workbooks, but only when the workbook is published to the server
FALSE
What type of account is required if an organization uses a core-based license on Tableau Server, which allows people to view Tableau dashboards embedded in web pages WITHOUT having to sign-in to the server?
Guest User
Which protocol does the Tableau Server REST API use to manage and change Tableau Server resources programmatically?
HTTP
Fill in the blanks: By default, Tableau Services Manager (TSM) and Tableau Server log events at the _____ level
INFO
Prior to sending Tableau Desktop log files to Tableau Technical Support, an essential first step is to create clean logs. Which option below best describes the correct course of action for this initial step?
In the My Tableau Repository folder, rename the current Logs folder to Logs_Backup. This effectively archives the outdated logs and will force Tableau Desktop to create a new and clean Logs folder
When working with the Tableau Server REST API, which of the following HTTP verb must be used to request this particular action: "Update existing resources, such as updating a user's password, updating permissions, or changing a workbook owner"
PUT
Which of the following options below best describe the correct steps to be undertaken when an organization wants to change its identity store from Local Authentication to Active Directory (or vice versa)?
Perform a full uninstall (including manual deletion of directories) and then reinstall Tableau Server once again
Which Tableau Server administrative view displays how long it takes for views to load and how many sessions are running at a time on the server?
Performance of Views
Windows Performance Monitor (PerfMon), which is included with Windows Server, is used to gather detailed information about the performance of Tableau Server. Which performance counter category is being described in the paragraph below? "The percentage of processing capacity being used by a particular process, and the amount of memory reserved for the process"
Process
Which Tableau API should you use to satisfy the following requirements? Programmatic access to work with content, users, sites, etc; Updating workbooks or data sources; Automating management of users and groups; Integrating Tableau with a custom app or web portal
REST API
Which of the following IS NOT a tool that Tableau provides to help you track and manage licensing and usage in your organization?
REST API
Which Tableau Server administrative view shows you which views are the most expensive in terms of server performance? It also features two key metrics: Average Load Time and Exact Load Time.
Stats for Load Times
Backward Compatibility Scenario (True or False): Suppose Linus publishes a workbook from Tableau Desktop 2018.2 to Tableau Server 2020.1; Steph downloads the workbook from Tableau Server to Tableau Desktop 2020.1 - she does some edits and republishes the workbook back to the server; Charles and Raina, who are both using Tableau Desktop 2018.2, can download the workbook, but cannot open the workbook
TRUE
True or False: If you use Tableau Online instead of an on-prem installation of Tableau Server, all supported drivers are already available to data sources published to your Tableau Online site
TRUE
True or False: Schedules for the same workbook will always run serially, even if you set this option to parallel.
TRUE
True or False: To make API calls with HTTPS, you must configure Tableau Server to use SSL
TRUE
True or False: While configuration secrets are encrypted when stored on disk internally, when these configurations are exported to a backup file, some secrets are written into the file in plain text.
TRUE
Which Tableau Server tool / functionality should be used to perform the following tasks? Initial configuration of Tableau Server after installation; Ongoing configuration management, including editing settings and changing the server topology
TSM
Select the correct Tableau Server monitoring tool that is being described: A "point-and-run" load and performance testing tool specifically designed to work easily with Tableau Server; Used to inform scalability and capacity needs for Tableau Server; Used to establish a baseline for server performance and test deployments before pushing them to production environments
TabJolt
A Tableau Server admin would like to automate the downloading of PDFs for several workbooks, to be distributed across the company. Which Tableau Server tool should be used?
Tabcmd
Which of the following logging levels are listed in DECREASING order in terms of amount of information logged?
Trace, debug, info
Enabling the Guest user for a site can increase the number of potential simultaneous viewers beyond the user list you might be expecting. Which Tableau Server administrative view should you use to monitor this activity?
Traffic to Views
If you later decide that you want to disable remote access to the Tableau Server repository, which command should you run?
Tsm data-access repository-access disable
Which tsm command should you run to show help for all tsm commands?
Tsm help
Select the correct statement that describes how to start a performance recording for a view:
Type :record_performance=yes& at the end of the view URL, immediately before the session ID
When revision history is turned on and then off in Tableau Server, saved revisions are still retained, and new versions overwrite the latest version. What happens when revision history is turned on once again?
Version numbering starts from the last, most recent saved revision
Which Tableau Desktop license management tool allows you to configure Tableau Desktop to automatically deactivate a license after a predetermined period of time? This method is meant to satisfy use cases where non-persistent VMs have to be recycled without deactivating an installed Tableau Desktop license
Virtual Desktop Support
A Tableau Server Creator developed a workbook using Tableau Desktop 2019.2, and published the workbook to Tableau Server 2020.3. The next day, the user cannot find the workbook file on his local machine, and so he downloads the workbook again from Tableau Server 2020.3 to perform some updates. Will he be able to open the workbook using Tableau Desktop 2019.2? (Assume that no one else edited the workbook on Tableau Server, or republished the workbook again)
YES
Select the correct option below that represents the correct URL structure for a Tableau view with the following filter criteria: "Toys in the West region"
http:00.00.00.00/#/xxx/xxx?Region=West&Category=Toys
Which tsm command is being described? "Clears the initial admin user so that you can enter a new one. After running this command, you must rerun tabcmd initialuser to create a new initial admin."
tsm reset