What you can do with Rapid BI Catalog
Use Rapid BI Catalog to understand Tableau dependencies before changes, document workbooks at scale, and keep governance artifacts current without manual spreadsheet wrangling.
New here? Our resources hub has plain-language introductions to Tableau impact analysis and metadata management for BI teams — good background before diving into the technical docs below.
How to Use These Docs
- If you are new, start with Why Rapid BI Catalog, then Getting Started and UI Overview.
- If you need to install and license the product, see Installation and Activation.
- If your goal is “what breaks if we change X?”, go straight to Lineage & Impact Analysis.
- If your goal is bulk documentation, go to Processing & Scheduling and Download & Upload Files.
- If you run recurring processing jobs, see Scheduled Jobs and Logs.
- If you administer the platform, see Admin Overview.
- If you connect Rapid BI Catalog to Tableau, see Tableau Setup.
Who This Is For
- Data engineering and BI platform teams managing Tableau change.
- Analytics engineers and dashboard developers who need dependency clarity.
- Data governance, audit, and compliance teams who require repeatable documentation.
- Administrators configuring licensing, users, and Tableau connections.
Deployment Model
Rapid BI Catalog is typically deployed inside your environment (on-premises or private cloud). In practice, that means you control where processing happens and where outputs (documentation files and/or metadata exports) are stored.
Next Steps
Recommended path
- Why Rapid BI Catalog — understand what this tool solves
- Installation & Activation — get up and running
- Getting Started — confirm prerequisites and do your first workflow
- Lineage & Impact Analysis — trace dependencies and answer “what breaks?”
- Processing & Scheduling — automate documentation at scale