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Enhancement request: Support field return specifications #1255
Description
Summary
Allow users to specify the fields to be returned by endpoints as documented here: https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_fields.htm
Request Type
Type 1: This behavior is already supported by API endpoints (though buggy in the case of all for some endpoints).
Description
Currently, only the default fields are returned. If more data is needed to populate attributes for a particular item, additional calls have to be made for individual users, workbooks, etc. This results in many unnecessary calls to the same endpoints.
An ancillary issue to this request is that there are (and may continue to be) attributes the API is a able return that the TSC models aren't aware of. There should be a generic way to retrieve values for named fields in the response.
Activity
[-]Enhancement request: Support Field Return Specifications[/-][+]Enhancement request: Support field return specifications[/+]github-actions commentedon Aug 1, 2026
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github-actions commentedon Aug 16, 2026
Closing due to inactivity. If this is still relevant, please reopen or file a new issue.
jacalata commentedon Aug 25, 2026
This is implemented — you can request specific fields via
RequestOptions.fields.add(...)for known fields, or setRequestOptions.all_fields = Trueto request the full set (_all_per the REST API). SeeRequestOptionsintableauserverclient/server/request_options.py. Not every endpoint's response parser handles every field yet, so if you hit a case where a field is returned by REST but not surfaced on the TSC model, that's a distinct issue worth filing separately.