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Skills this practice test covers
- Map Creator, Explorer and Viewer licenses to the site roles that each one allows.
- Choose an identity store and a single sign-on method such as SAML, Kerberos or Trusted Tickets.
- Resolve Allow, Deny and None permissions for a user who belongs to several groups.
- Schedule extract refreshes, manage subscriptions and read the built-in administrative views.
- Back up and restore the server, package its log files and rebuild the search index.
- Plan an upgrade, a clean reinstall or a move of Tableau Server to new hardware.
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Analytics-Admn-201 exam content
5 domains · 30 topics · 163 of 528 questions are written for Analytics-Admn-201
Connecting to and Preparing Data20%32 questions
This domain covers what an administrator must know around installation: client and server components, versions, hardware and software needs, licensing and server processes. Its data topics are the ports and drivers a connection needs, the file, relational and cube source types, and extract versus live connections.
Skills tested
- Name the Tableau Server processes, such as VizQL Server, Backgrounder and Data Server, and what each one does.
- Explain user-based licensing and how each license type maps to site roles.
- Identify the ports and database drivers that a data source connection needs.
- Compare extract connections with live connections, and file, relational and cube data sources.
- Explain why dynamic IP addressing and network latency cause problems for Tableau Server.
Questions by topic
- Minimum Hardware Requirements3
- Server Processes13
- Data Source Identification7
- Infrastructure Network3
- Software Requirements3
- Licensing3
Installation and Configuration26%50 questions
Here candidates install the server and prepare it for users. The domain covers install options, the identity store, single sign-on, SSL, cache settings, sites and projects, adding users, and the permission model.
Skills tested
- Choose between a local identity store and Active Directory, knowing the choice cannot change after installation.
- Compare the SSO methods: Trusted Tickets, SAML, Kerberos and OpenID Connect.
- Set up SSL and pick a cache setting that balances speed against fresh data.
- Import users from Active Directory or a CSV file and give each one a site role.
- Apply security at the site, project, group, user, data source and workbook levels.
Questions by topic
- Identity Store and SSO options4
- SSL setup4
- Permissions12
- Tableau Server Configuration11
- Configure Email alerts / subscriptions1
- Trusted Tickets3
- Adding Users3
- Security2
- Installation7
- Server Processes1
- Software Requirements2
Administration36%59 questions
The largest domain is daily server work. Candidates maintain data connections, schedule extract refreshes, manage subscriptions and users, back up and restore the server, and watch it through status pages, alerts and administrative views.
Skills tested
- Create schedules for extract refreshes, and create, edit and delete subscriptions.
- Back up and restore Tableau Server with tsm maintenance commands, and run a cleanup.
- Read built-in administrative views, and build custom views from the Tableau Server Repository.
- Create a performance recording to find slow queries and slow rendering in a view.
- Certify data sources, and organize content with nested projects and sites.
Official topics
- Core Administrative Tasks
- Server Monitoring and Site Management
- Role Capabilities Comparison
- End-user Abilities
- Content Management
Troubleshooting12%11 questions
This domain covers common repair tasks. Candidates reset passwords, package log files for support, validate site resources with TSM, rebuild the search index, and fix access problems caused by browsers that block third-party cookies.
Skills tested
- Reset the password of a Tableau user or of the Tableau Run-As Service account.
- Package log files with tsm maintenance ziplogs before opening a support request.
- Rebuild the search index when published content is missing from search results.
- Explain why a browser that blocks third-party cookies can break access to Tableau Server.
Questions by topic
- Rebuild the search index3
- Package log files for reporting2
- Reset passwords for a Tableau user3
- Understand requirements of third party cookies in a browser1
- Work with Log Files2
Migration and Upgrade6%11 questions
The smallest domain covers moving between versions and machines. Candidates plan an upgrade, decide when a clean reinstall is needed, migrate the server to new hardware, and check which Tableau versions work together.
Skills tested
- Take a full backup before an upgrade and verify the server after it.
- Explain when and how to perform a clean reinstall.
- Move Tableau Server to new hardware by backing up, installing on the new machine and restoring.
- Check backwards compatibility between Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server versions.
Questions by topic
- Understand the upgrade process4
- Explain how and why to perform a clean reinstall4
- Describe how to migrate to different hardware3
Requirements
- No formal prerequisites: anyone can book the exam.
- Recommended: about six months of hands-on Tableau Server work in a single-machine environment.
- Recommended: experience with both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server.
- Recommended: the Tableau Server Administration (TSA201) course, plus Desktop I: Fundamentals (TTD101) for Desktop basics.
About the Analytics-Admn-201 exam
Analytics-Admn-201 checks that an administrator can plan, install, secure and maintain Tableau Server running on a single machine. Its questions run from server processes, licensing and hardware needs to identity stores, permissions, backups and upgrades. The exam is written for Tableau Server 2022.3, and Salesforce recommends about six months of hands-on work with the product first. Passing earns the Salesforce Certified Tableau Server Administrator credential.
Administration carries the largest weight on the exam and has the most questions in the PlanetCert practice test, from backups and schedules to admin views and tabcmd. The explanations show why an answer is right, for example why a Deny rule overrides an Allow rule for a user in two groups. Flashcard Mode suits the server process names, such as Backgrounder, VizQL Server and Data Engine. Brainy AI Assistant can explain which TSM command fits a task, or which site roles a license type allows.
How to earn the certification
- Earns
- Salesforce Certified Tableau Server AdministratorIntermediate
The credential stays active through Salesforce's annual maintenance on Trailhead.
- After
- Analytics-Arch-201 Tableau Architect
The next step for designing larger deployments. Distributed, multi-node servers belong to that exam, not to this one.
- Analytics-Con-301 Tableau Consultant
Listed as the other next step after this credential in the Tableau track.
- Analytics-Arch-201 Tableau Architect
How to prepare for Analytics-Admn-201
- 1
Build a one-machine test server
Install Tableau Server on a single virtual machine with a local identity store. Open TSM and the web interface, and note which processes run and what each one does.
- 2
Pair each license with its roles
Write out which site roles the Creator, Explorer and Viewer licenses allow. Then import a few users from a CSV file and check the site role each one gets.
- 3
Predict permissions before testing
Give one group Allow and another group Deny on the same capability, then predict what a member of both groups sees. Deny wins, and None neither grants nor denies.
- 4
Spend most hours on Administration
It is the largest domain. Run tsm maintenance backup and restore, schedule an extract refresh, set a subscription, and read the Background Tasks for Extracts view after each change.
- 5
Close with a timed run
Take the Analytics-Admn-201 practice test in Timed Mode, then review every missed question. Ask Brainy AI Assistant to explain any TSM command or permission result that is still unclear.
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Salesforce offers the Tableau Server Administration (TSA201) course through Trailhead Academy, and the Desktop I: Fundamentals (TTD101) course for the Desktop background the exam assumes.
Who Analytics-Admn-201 is for
- System administrators who install and maintain Tableau Server for their organization.
- IT consultants who set up single-machine Tableau Server deployments for clients.
- Tableau Server administrators preparing for the Tableau Architect credential next.
Typical job titles: Tableau Server administrator · Systems administrator · BI platform administrator · IT consultant · Analytics administrator
Analytics-Admn-201 glossary
17 terms from the exam objectives and the vendor's official material, each defined in a sentence.
- Backgrounder
- The server process that runs scheduled jobs, such as extract refreshes, subscriptions and alerts.
- Cache Server
- The process that stores query results, so repeated requests for the same data return faster.
- Clean reinstall
- Removing Tableau Server completely and installing it again from scratch, then restoring a backup.
- Data Engine (Hyper)
- The process that loads extracts and answers queries against them.
- Data Source Certification
- A badge that marks a published data source as trusted, which also raises it in search and recommendations.
- Data-driven alerts
- Email alerts that a user sets on a view, sent when its data crosses a chosen threshold.
- Identity Store
- The user directory Tableau Server checks at sign-in: a local store managed by Tableau, or an external one such as Active Directory.
- Live connection
- A connection that sends each query straight to the source database, so a view always shows current data.
- Nested projects
- Projects placed inside other projects to organize content, where permissions can pass down from the parent.
- Performance recording
- A feature that records how long each step of loading a view takes, so slow queries and rendering can be found.
- Site roles
- Roles such as Creator, Explorer and Viewer that set the most a user can do on a site. The license type limits which roles a user can hold.
- tabcmd
- A command-line client for content tasks, such as publishing workbooks, exporting views and refreshing extracts.
- Tableau Run-As Service account
- The operating system account that Tableau Server's services run under on the host machine.
- Tableau Server Repository
- The database where Tableau Server keeps its users, content and usage data. Custom administrative views read from it.
- Tableau Services Manager (TSM)
- The administration tool, with a web interface and a command line, that configures, starts, stops, backs up and maintains Tableau Server.
- Trusted Tickets
- A sign-in method in which a trusted web server requests a ticket for a user, often so that embedded views open without a second sign-in.
- VizQL Server
- The server process that renders the visualizations users see when they open a view.
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