Tableau Mobile Deployment Guide

Links to views and metrics open in Tableau Mobile, if deep linking is enabled. When users select links to these types of content, the links either open directly in the app or open in a web browser and automatically redirect to the app.

Note that while links to views (the individual dashboards or sheets within a workbook) open in Tableau Mobile, links to entire workbooks or projects don't open in the app. For an overview of content types in Tableau, see Tour Your Tableau Site.

Disable deep linking to Tableau Mobile

By default, deep linking is enabled. If you disable deep linking, links will open in a web browser instead of Tableau Mobile.

To disable deep linking, enter the following in the command-line interface for Tableau Services Manager:

tsm configuration set -k mobile.deep_linking.on_prem.enabled -v false

For more information see, TSM configuration set options(Link opens in a new window).

Differences in deep linking behaviour

When a user attempts to open a link to a view or metric in Tableau Mobile, the behaviour depends on:

• The version of Tableau linked to
• The type of mobile device used
• The source of the link:
• Copied from the browser’s address bar
  or
• Generated by subscriptions, alerts or the share dialog. For more information about these features, see Create a Subscription to a View or Workbook, Send Data-Driven Alerts or Share Web Content.

Note: Links to content other than views and metrics open in the browser, not Tableau Mobile.