Using the Tableau Content Migration Tool Command Line Interface
The Tableau Content Migration Tool includes a command line interface, tabcmt.cmd
, located in the installation folder. The default installation folder is %PROGRAMFILES%\Tableau\Tableau Content Migration Tool
(32-bit Windows) or %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Tableau\Tableau Content Migration Tool
(64-bit Windows).
Note: The tabcmt.cmd
utility is not the same as the Content Migration Tool console runner, tabcmt-runner.exe
. The console runner is a separate command line utility used for running migrations from the command line. For information on using the Content Migration Tool console runner, see Using the Tableau Content Migration Tool Console Runner.
Here are the commands that can be used with the tabcmt
command line:
migrate
Opens a migration plan file to the migrate step in the GUI:
tabcmt migrate <plan file>
help
Shows general help about the command line interface and the available commands.
Examples
Show all commands available:
tabcmt help
Show help and usage information for a specific command:
tabcmt help <command>
licence
Deprecated in July 2022.
This command is only applicable for legacy licences. Manages the application licence for the current user.
Examples
Show the current licence information:
tabcmt license
Remove/deactivate the current licence:
edt license remove
Set/activate a serial key or offline licence key:
tabcmt license <key>
Set/activate using a licence file:
tabcmt license <file path> [--passphrase=<password>]
update
Manages the options for application updates.
Examples
Show the current update settings:
tabcmt update
Enable or disable the automatic update notifications:
tabcmt update --disabled=<true|false>
Set the URL to detect/download updates from:
tabcmt update --url=<url>
Enable or disable showing beta updates. Set to false to only show stable release updates.
tabcmt update --beta=<true|false>
version
Shows the current application version information.
tabcmt version
Who can do this
To use the command line interface, you must have all the following:
- Administrator permissions on the Content Migration Tool machine.
- Tableau site user account with an Explorer role or higher.
- View and Download Workbook/Save a Copy permissions on the source site.
- Publishing rights for the destination site.