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Login Prompt When Embedding Tableau Server in portals When embedding the Tableau Server interface in a portal, accessing pages of Tableau Server, such as http://[tableau-server]/views returns a login prompt. This is the same information from Tableau Technote but I am saving for reference as I faced the issues and solved with the steps. Environment Tableau Server Trusted authentication Resolution Tableau's tach note says that this could be due to trusted authentication is for only single view but there could be scenarios in which the browser rejects the tableau URL due to security settings. If the case is with security settings it requires to add tableau web servers to the trusted sites which is also called Whitelisting. Also this tableau requires allow third party cookies setting to be enabled in the browser. To resolve this issue, enable unrestricted tickets. However, before you complete the following steps, see the cautionary note below them. Unrestricted tickets can be enabled b...

Embedding Tableau Server Dashboards into a Website without Prompting for Credentials When embedding a Tableau Server view into a web page, how do I ensure that no prompt for username or password credentials is shown? To ensure no prompt for username or password credentials occurs inside an embedded view, both user credentials and database credentials need to be addressed. Here are all the options discussed but I could see that   using Trusted Authentication is the easiest one. How to enable trusted authentication is given on another article in this blog. Tableau Server User Credentials Tableau Server must be able to authenticate the viewer of an embedded Tableau Server view as a valid Tableau Server user before allowing the user to open the embedded view. This can result in a login screen being presented. There are several options to prevent this: Option 1: Use Guest user access If Tableau Server uses a core-based license, a  Guest User  can be enabled which wou...