Activating a Tableau Server License

Tableau Server requires at least one product key that both activates the server and specifies the number of license levels you can assign to

Requirements

• Product Key.

• TSM (Tableau Services Manager) must be installed on the server hosting Tableau Web Server.

• Authorized User. The account that you use to sign in to TSM must have authorization to make changes on the local computer where Tableau Server is installed.

  • By default, the account that you use to sign in to TSM must be a member of the Administrators group on the Windows computer where Tableau Server is installed.

  • Alternatively, you can specify a Windows group for TSM administration.

  • for more see Tableau’s Sign in to Tableau Services Manager Web UI.

• URL to TSM. https://<URL-for-Tableau-Web-Server>:8850
  Where: <URL-for-Tableau-Web-Server> is your URL to the Tableau Web Server.

  • For example the URL to DataSelf’s bi1 server is https://bi1.dataself.com.
    The URL to TSM therefor is https://bi1.dataself.com:8850

Activate a License with Tableau Services Manager Web UI

1. Enter the URL to TSM in a web browser.

2. Log in.

3. Click Configuration > Licensing

4. Click Activate License.

5. On the Activate page, enter or paste your product key and click Activate Product Key.

   • After your product key is activated, it appears under Activated Product Keys

6. Click Next

Related Tableau Pages

• https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/activate.htm  

• Sign in to Tableau Services Manager Web UI.