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Error "Still creating the Metadata API Store" and querying via GraphQL is never completed


Published: 09 Jan 2023
Last Modified Date: 09 Jan 2023

Issue

When calling GraphQL API against Tableau Server, the following error can display:

"Still creating the Metadata API Store. Results from the query might be incomplete at this time when calling GraphQL API"


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Environment

  • Tableau Server 2021.2 and newer
  • Windows Server 2016

Resolution

The MessageBusEnabled and ActiveMQ flags need to be enabled if not enabled already:

tsm configuration set -k features.MessageBusEnabled -v true
tsm configuration set -k features.ActiveMQ -v true
tsm topology set-process -pr activemqserver -n node1 -c 1
tsm pending-changes apply

Cause

Flags for Message Bus and ActiveMQ are incorrectly set.
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