Replacing Field Reference

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by reviewing the document API's current workbook and datasource capabilities for replacing field references, then compare the requested behavior with the linked Tableau guide. Done should mean the API can automate the field-reference replacement across workbooks after a datasource field is renamed.

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Description

enhancement

Thank you for the great API

is it possible to "Replace Field References" in a workbook with document-API .
we have data-source which has more than 100 workbook connected to it and we like to automate "Replace Field References" feature whenever we rename a field in the data-source. replacing field references workbook by workbook is too much work and we like to automate it.

How to Replace References When Your Field Names Change : http://www.vizwiz.com/2017/06/replace-references.html

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