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TS Events functions as a primary audit data source. It contains data about the various events happening on your site, including sign-in, publishing, and accessing views.

Create custom views

If you're a site admin or someone who has been granted access to the Admin Insights project, you can access the Admin Insights data sources directly from Tableau Cloud using Web Authoring or through Tableau Desktop to build custom views. For more information about connecting to Admin Insights data sources, see Use Admin Insights to Create Custom Views.

Example: What are the most popular views?

Use the following steps to create a view that displays the most popular views on the site.

1. Connect to the TS Events data source.

2. From the Data pane, drag Item Name to the Rows shelf and Number of Events to the Columns shelf.

3. From the Data pane, drag Item Type to the Filters shelf, and select the View checkbox.

Do more with your data

Using Tableau Prep, you can join TS Events with other Admin Insights data sources on the following fields to get more visibility into your site. If you're analyzing data from multiple Tableau Cloud sites, you must also join on "Site LUID = Site LUID".

• Join TS Events to TS Users on "Actor User ID = User ID"

• Join TS Events to Site Content on "Item ID = Item ID" and "Item Type = Item Type"

For more information, see Aggregate, Join, or Union Data(Link opens in a new window) in Tableau Prep Help.

Data schema

The following table lists the fields included in the TS Events data source. Each row of data correlates with a single event that occurs on the Tableau Cloud site.

Folder	Field Name	Type	Description
Who Acted	Actor License Role	String	The license role for the user who initiated the event; one of Creator, Explorer or Viewer.
	Actor Site Role	String	The site role for the user who initiated the event
	Actor User Id	Number	The user id of the user who initiated the event.
	Actor User Name	String	The email address of the user who initiated the event
	Target User Id	Number	The user ID of the user who was the target of the event.
What Was Acted Upon	Historical Item Name	String	The name of the Data Source or Workbook the event was performed against, at the time that the event was performed.
	Historical Item Repository Url	String	A unique, url-style path to the Data Source, Workbook, or View that the event was performed against. This value preserves the historical path of an item during the time the event was performed.
	Historical Project Name	String	The name of the Project within which the event took place, as it was named at the time of the event.
	Item Id	Number	The Id of the Data Source, Workbook or View the event was performed against.
	Item LUID	String	The LUID of the data source, workbook, or view the events was performed against.
	Item Type	String	If the event was performed against content, the value is Data Source, Workbook, or View. Item Type will be NULL if the event wasn’t performed against content.
	Item Name	String	Display name of the item included in the subscription. The current name of the Data Source or Workbook the event was performed against.
	Item Owner Email	String	Email address of the item owner. The email of the user who currently owns the View, Datasource or Workbook the event was performed against.
	Item Owner Id	Number	The Id of the user who currently owns the View, Datasource or Workbook the event was performed against.
	Item Repository Url	String	A unique, url-style path to the Data Source, Workbook or View that the event was performed against. This value describes the CURRENT path an item is available at. It will be NULL if the event was not performed against one of the three items listed above, or if the item has since been deleted.
	Project Name	String	The current name of the Project the event took place in, if it was performed against content.
	Site Luid	String	The Luid of the Site on which the event took place
	Site Name	String	The name of the Site on which the event took place
	Workbook Name	String	The name of the Workbook the event was performed against, at the time that the event was performed.
What Action Was Taken	Event Date	Date-time	The date and time that the event in question took place, in UTC.
	Event Date (local)	Date-time	The date and time that the event in question took place, adjusted by the Timezone parameter you've set. Note: For older data, a simple adjustment like this will not be accurate if your timezone uses Daylight Savings.
	Event Id	Number	Unique identifier for the event.
	Event Name	String	The name of the specific event that occurred.
	Event Type	String	Events are grouped together into action types, such as Create, Access, Update and Delete.
-	Admin Insights Published At	Date-time	Date and time the Admin Insights data source was last published in UTC
	Count of Distinct Actors	Calculated field	Measure representing the count of unique actors (users initiating the events).
	Number of Events	Calculated field	Measure representing the total number of events