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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Tableau Software, Llc, Seattle, WA (US);
William Pugh, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Alan Raymakers, Seattle, WA (US);
Graeme Riley Britz, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Adam Rosenthal, Seattle, WA (US);
Dmitry Yevgenyevich Ryabkov, Seattle, WA (US);
Harsh Verma, Kirkland, WA (US);
Tableau Software, LLC, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A method includes accessing a graph that links one or more workbooks, one or more data sources, and one or more data objects. The method includes receiving a request from a user to access metadata of a first data object in the graph. The method includes determining whether to grant permission to the user to access the metadata by: (a) identifying a first workbook of the one or more workbooks or a first data source of the one or more data sources that references the first data object; and (b) determining that the user has permission to access either (i) the identified first workbook or (ii) the identified first data source. The method includes, when the user has permission to access (i) the first workbook or (ii) the first data source, providing the user with access to the metadata of the first data object.