Locating the Tabcmd Installer in Tableau

The Tableau Server command line tool (tabcmd) installer file comes with the Tableau Server installation. The installer file is located in the Tableau Server "extras" folder of the Tableau Server directory. The tabcmd file is version and build specific. For more information about installing and using tabcmd, refer to both the Installing Tabcmd and Using Tabcmdarticles.
Note: The tabcmd tool does not have to be installed on the same machine as Tableau Server.

Location

Depending on your machine, you can find the tabcmd installer file in one of the following locations:
  • On a 32-bit machine: C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\[version]\extras
  • On a 64-bit machine: C:\Program Files (x86)\Tableau\Tableau Server\[version]\extras
Note: Replace [version] with the version number of Tableau Server that you are running.

Filename

The name of the tabcmd installer file is TabcmdInstaller.exe