Following script can be run as build step in TeamCity to detect workbooks that have been changed recently and publish them automatically to Tableau server. Parent folder of each workbook will be used as project name when publishing. In order to run it, just pass in email notification list and server password – of course you need to configure the params (server url, smtp etc.).

param (
[string]$cmddir = "C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\8.2\extras\Command Line Utility", #location where tabcmd has been installed
[string]$server = "https://tableau:81", #this is url of the Tableau server 
[string]$currentDir = (split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) +"\", #current script location
[string]$notificationEmailList = "test1@test.com,test2@test.com", #send email notifications if successful
[string]$admin = "user", #admin account for the server
[string]$pass = "" #to be passed in as param
)
 
function SendEmail($emailTo,$title,$body)
{ 
   $smtp=new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("my_smtp_server"); $smtp.Send("sentAs@mydomain.com", $emailTo, $title, $body);
}
 
$global:temp_ = "";
 
#login to Tableau
cd  $cmddir
.\tabcmd login -s $server -u $admin -p $pass
 
 get-childitem -Path $currentDir –recurse |  where-object { 
    $_.LastWriteTime -gt (get-date).AddMinutes(-10) -and $_.FullName.EndsWith(".twb")
  } | 
  Foreach-Object {
 
       [string]$projectName = [System.IO.DirectoryInfo]$_.Directory.Name;
        $global:temp_ += [string][System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($_.FullName) + " | ";
 
       #publish or overwrite workbook on the server
       .\tabcmd publish $_.FullName -r $projectName  -o  
  } 
 
 
#more commands
#.\tabcmd publish "workbook.twbx" -r "project name" -n "Workbook Name" --db-user "" --db-password "" -o
 
 
#log out to release the session
.\tabcmd logout
 
if(-not $global:temp_ -eq "")
{
   SendEmail $notificationEmailList "Tableau report published" "Following report(s) has just been successfully published to Tableau Server: $global:temp_"
}

enjoy!

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