About Tableau Advanced Management on Tableau Server
Important: As of 16 September 2024, Advanced Management is no longer available as an independent add-on option. Advanced Management capabilities are only available if you previously purchased Advanced Management, or if you purchase certain licence editions – either Tableau Enterprise (for Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud) or Tableau+ (for Tableau Cloud).
Tableau Advanced Management is a collection of features for Tableau Server, which provide enhanced security, manageability and scalability capabilities. The Advanced Management capabilities are available to you if you have Tableau Enterprise.
Note: Tableau Advanced Management includes several Tableau Server features and two separately installed tools: Tableau Content Migration Tool and the Tableau Resource Monitoring Tool. For more information, see the feature table later in this topic.
Advanced Management Licensing Requirements
Advanced Management is licensed on a per Deployment basis, which may be User-Based or Core-Based. A Deployment includes a licensed production Tableau Server installation and two licensed non-production Tableau Server installations that support the production installation. For more information on Deployment, see the EULA Documentation(Link opens in a new window).
Advanced Management can only be activated on a licensed Tableau Server Deployment. This means that your Tableau Server must be first activated with a valid key that is either User-Based or Core-Based, before applying the Advanced Management product key. For more information on how to acquire the Advanced Management capabilities and get the product key, contact your account manager.
When the product key is active and enabled, you can use all the features that are included in Advanced Management.
When the Advanced Management product key is removed or deactivated, you will no longer be able to use the features that require a valid Advanced Management licence. Any associated data will not be deleted. Each feature might have slight differences on what happens when the licence expires. For more information on the individual features use the links in the table below.
The following table lists the features that are included and require a valid Advanced Management licence:
| Feature | Description | Requirements to use the feature | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| About Tableau Resource Monitoring Tool | Provides a comprehensive look at the health of Tableau Server. With the Resource Monitoring Tool you can identify issues that cause slow load times, extract failures and other critical issues and can help you proactively address the issues that impact end user experience. | The installation of Tableau Server that you are monitoring must have an Advanced Management licence. | Available in 2019.3 and later. Linux support was introduced in version 2020.4. |
| About Tableau Content Migration Tool | The Content Migration Tool provides an easy way to copy or migrate content between Tableau Server projects, sites and deployments. You can do this between projects on separate Tableau Server installations (for instance, between a development instance of Tableau Server and a production instance of Tableau Server) or between projects on a single Tableau Server installation. |
| Available in version 2019.3 and later. |
| Activity Log | The Activity Log writes log events to the vizportal logs folder on the local hard drive for further analysis and auditing. | The Tableau Server must have a valid Advanced Management licence. | Available in version 2022.3 and later. |
| Tableau Server External Repository | Allows you to deploy Tableau Server Repository external to Tableau Server. The Tableau Server Repository is a PostgreSQL database that stores data about all user interactions, extract refreshes and more. | The Tableau Server that is using an external repository must have a Advanced Management licence. | Available in version 2019.3 and later. - AWS supported on Tableau Server version 2019.3 and later. - Azure supported on Tableau Server version 2020.4 and later. |
| Workload Management through Node Roles | Using node roles, you can configure where certain types of workloads are processed on your Tableau Server installation. The node roles features allows you to dedicate and scale resources to specific workloads (ex: extract refreshes, subscriptions). | The Tableau Server must have a valid Advanced Management licence. | Available in version 2019.3 and later. |
| Tableau Server Key Management System | Gives you additional functionality to configure Tableau Server to use AWS as the KMS for extract encryption. | Tableau Server must have a valid Advanced Management licence. | Available in version 2019.3 and later. - AWS supported on Tableau Server version 2019.3 and later. - Azure supported on Tableau Server version 2021.1 and later. |
| Tableau Server External File Store | Allows you to use network attached storage(NAS) as your File Store. This removes the need to run File Store locally on your Tableau Server | Tableau Server must have a valid Advanced Management licence. | Available in version 2020.1 and later. |
| Tableau Backgrounder Resource Limits | The Tableau Server Resource Limits Manager tracks backgrounder resource usage in relation to the set resource limits to make sure the resource limits are applied correctly. | Tableau Server must have a valid Advanced Management licence. | Available in version 2022.1 and later. |
| Tableau Server Independent Gateway | Tableau Server Independent Gateway allows you to install a Tableau Server-managed reverse proxy on a separate computer. Install Independent Gateway in your DMZ to provide security for your Server installation and all your data. The Independent Gateway can be used in a variety of configurations and can be scaled to meet your client connection demands. | Tableau Server must have a valid Advanced Management licence. | Available in version 2022.1 and later. |
Activating the Advanced Management product key
The Advanced Management licence is applied to a Tableau Server Installation and can be used for both User-Based and Core-Based installations.
Here is a quick overview of how you can activate Advanced Management on your Tableau Server Installation.
Open TSM in a browser:
https://<tsm-computer-name>:8850
Click Licensing on the Configuration tab. Click Activate Licence.
Enter or paste your Advanced Management product key and click Activate.
On the Register page, enter your registration information and click Register.
Follow the prompts and restart Tableau Server after registration is complete.
Note: If this is a new Tableau Server installation, and you apply an Advanced Management Key before you apply the Tableau Server product key, you will see an error. You may however, continue the installation and apply the Tableau Server product key using the same steps described above.
Open a command prompt as administrator on a node in the Tableau Server cluster.
Run the following command with your Advanced Management product key to activate the licence:
tsm licenses activate -k <server-management-add-on-product key>Note: If this is a new Tableau Server installation, run the command twice, first with the Tableau Server product key and then with an Advanced Management product key.
Apply the changes and restart the Server:
tsm pending-changes apply
Who can do this
Only Server Administrators can activate Advanced Management licence keys.