Last Modified Date: 28 Dec 2023
Environment
- Tableau Server for Windows 2018.1 and earlier
- Tableau Server for Windows 2018.2 and Later
- Tableau Server for Linux
Answer
Tableau Server For Windows 2018.2 and later
Reset Server Admin account and password
tsm reset
- For more information, see tsm resettabcmd initialuser
- For more information, see initialuser
Tableau Server for Linux
Reset Server Admin account and password
tsm reset
- For more information, see tsm resettabcmd initialuser
- for more information, see initialuser
Additional Information
- If using Active Directory or LDAP for the Tableau identity store, then the account and password you specify must match an account in the directory.
- The username is case sensitive.
- For 2018.2 and later: See the TSM reset commands list for Windows Server
- For Linux versions on Tableau Server please see the TSM reset commands list for Linux Server
Please note: If there is no free Creator seat, one of the existing Creator users will be unlicensed in order to add the new Server Administrator. If using only Core licenses and there is no free Explorer seat, the addition of the Server Administrator will unlicense an Explorer user in order to fulfill the request. The user that is set to unlicensed will be either a user who has never logged in to Tableau Server or the oldest non-active user.
For Tableau Cloud, please view the article How to Reset a Current Site Admin Account for Tableau Cloud
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