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Support for getting the user's default view #702
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Hi ,
After retrieving specific user's workbooks, is there support for retrieving the user's default view of those workbook(s). It will be great to share an example if it is supported. If it's not is there please share if there is any plan for adding this support?
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bcantoni commentedon Dec 9, 2020
I don't believe the backend REST API supports this yet, so I'll label this one as a backend enhancement request.
jacalata commentedon May 30, 2025
Default view ID is now an attribute when you get a workbook - I'm not sure if that will reflect any user-specific defaults though.
There are also now a couple methods around default views, such as https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref_workbooks_and_views.htm#list_users_with_custom_view_as_default
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github-actions commentedon Oct 25, 2026
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github-actions commentedon Nov 9, 2026
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jacalata commentedon Nov 11, 2026
Two different things can be meant by "default view", and both are in the REST API.
Workbook default view: the Get Workbook and Query Workbooks responses include
defaultViewId. It is one value per workbook and is the same for every user. TSC exposes it asWorkbookItem.default_view_id.A user's default view: when a user sets a custom view as their default, the REST API lists those users through
GET /api/{version}/sites/{site-luid}/customviews/{custom-view-luid}/default/users(API 3.21 and later). This call is limited to site and server administrators. Not yet in TSC. (Sorry, my previous comment had the endpoints wrong, so I deleted it)