
For more information, see Activate Tableau Server Using the Authorization-To-Run (ATR) Service. The latest version of the technology is referred to as Server ATR. We refer to the legacy (and still supported) version of licensing technology as FlexNet. The licensing technology is determined during the initial installation of Tableau Server, and cannot be changed after install.
From an administrative perspective, the only configuration difference between the two systems is the file types that are generated and consumed for offline activation.
Upload the offline activation response file to Tableau and download the resulting activation file to activate Tableau Server.īeginning in Tableau Server version 2023.1, the Tableau licensing system supports two underlying licensing technologies.
Generate an offline activation request file. Offline activation of Tableau Server involves the following steps: In these cases you need to do an offline activation. If your computer is not connected to the internet for example, or has a firewall that restricts access outside your intranet. In most cases, you can activate your key directly from Tableau, either during installation, or later, using the Tableau Services Manager (TSM) Licenses page, but there are some circumstances that don't allow you to do this. If you don't have your product key, you can get it from the Tableau There are also times you may need to activate licenses after Tableau Server is installed, for example, if you add capacity to your server, or get a new product key. For offline activations, you should activate the product key listed in the Offline Activation Id field in the Tableau Customer Portal. Doing this activates the server, and specifies the number of license levels you can assign to users.
When you install Tableau Server, you have to activate at least one product key, but we recommend that you activate all Tableau Server licenses found in the Tableau Customer Portal.