I need confidentially so I can’t use any open web tools such as GitHub. Copilot recommended Python so I installed it and ran the script. Got all my folders for each page but then a line that said it couldn’t give be the calculations in the excel sheet. Anyone with experience in this area or any guidance? To manually copy and paste everything in excel is painful and takes a lot of time. Need this for better documentation, any easier way to clean up a workbook and it would be helpful in working either business partners.
#Tableau Desktop & Web Authoring
Your script probably didn't reach into the calculation nodes. .twb files are just XML, so everything is there in plain text.
Save the workbook as .twb (not .twbx), then parse with Python's built-in `xml.etree.ElementTree` — no pip installs, works offline.
- **Calculated fields**: `<column>` tags with a `<calculation>` child. Formula is in the `formula` attribute, name is in `caption`.
- **Parameters**: `<column>` tags with a `param-domain-type` attribute.
- **Action filters**: `<actions>` section inside each `<dashboard>`.
```python
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
tree = ET.parse('workbook.twb')
for col in tree.iter('column'):
calc = col.find('calculation')
if calc is not None and calc.get('formula'):
print(col.get('caption'), '=>', calc.get('formula'))
```
Pair with `openpyxl` to write to Excel tabs. Happy to share a fuller script if useful.
