A client has a published data source in Tableau Server and they want to revert to the previous version of the data source. The solution must minimize…

Tableau Server maintains a revision history for published content, including data sources. The most efficient and least disruptive method to revert to a previous version is to use this built-in functionality. An authorized user can navigate to the data source's revision history, select the desired previous version, and use the "Restore" action. This single-click operation reverts the data source to the selected state while preserving its ID and all existing connections from dependent workbooks, thus minimizing the impact on end-users who will seamlessly connect to the restored version.

A. Restoring a server backup is a disaster recovery action that reverts the entire Tableau Server environment, impacting all users and content, not just a single data source.

B. Deleting and recreating the data source would break all dependent workbooks, requiring them to be manually reconnected, causing significant user disruption and downtime.

C. While downloading and republishing a previous version is technically possible, it is a multi-step, less direct process compared to the built-in "Restore" function, which is designed for this specific task.

1. Tableau Help

"Work with Content Revisions": This official documentation outlines the revision history feature. It states

"For both workbooks and data sources

you can look at the revision history and restore a previous version at any time." The procedure described is to open the revision history and

from the Actions menu for a specific revision

select Restore. This directly supports option D as the intended and most direct method.

2. Tableau Help

"Back Up and Restore": This documentation describes the server-wide backup and restore process (tsm backup and tsm restore). The scope of this operation is the entire repository

file store

and topology

confirming that it is not a suitable solution for reverting a single content item and would have maximum user impact

invalidating option A.