Type 2: Update Data Source Field Description
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- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100
Research direction
Start with the Tableau REST API entry points and the linked Metadata API update_column documentation, then determine whether Tableau exposes a direct Data Source Field Description operation, including calculated fields. Trace how this repository represents REST operations and confirm the expected request and response before adding support; done means descriptions can be updated directly through the library and the behavior is verified against Tableau.
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Description
Summary
It would be very helpful to be able to edit a Data Source Field Description via REST api (and subsequently scp).
Description
With the Metadata API, it is possible to update a Table's Column Description which does get inherited into the Data Source Field Description, however, it would be very helpful to be able to edit the Data Source Field Description directly.
We are trying to fully leverage the Data Management addon and automate the copy of our data dictionaries to Tableau descriptions, but only being able to add these to add the Table Column level is limiting. We can't add descriptions for Calculated Fields, for example.
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- Python
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