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# Get Started with the App Template Framework

## Tableau Next Template Builder

Create a Tableau Next workspace with insights and data assets, generate a template with the template builder to package your workspace as an app, and then deploy your app template across Salesforce orgs.

For more information on using the Tableau Next template builder, see [Build App Templates from Your Tableau Next Workspace (Beta)](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_build_app_template.htm).

## Tools

These are recommended developer tools for working with apps and templates.

### Salesforce CLI - Orchestrator Plugin
The Salesforce CLI plugin for working with orchestrated apps, templates, assets, and services.
To install, run
`sf plugins install @salesforce/plugin-orchestrator@latest`

For reference, see [Salesforce Orchestrator Commands](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/analytics/app-template-framework/guide/orchestrator_commands.md).

### Visual Studio Code
While `orchestrator` commands can be run from the command line, you can also run them from the VS Code command palette.
		
### ATF Connect Rest API
Directly access the `app-framework` Rest APIs to create and manage templates, apps, assets, chains, tasks, variables, and rules.

For reference, see [App Framework Connect REST API](https://https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/analytics/app-template-framework/references/atf-ref)

For information on how to set up authentication for using the APIs, see [Authentication](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/analytics/tableau-next-rest-api/guide/authentication.html) in the Tableau Next REST API developer guide.


## Prerequisites
To work with the App Template Framework, you must have these prerequisites

### Org Requirements
Your org must have Data 360, Semantic Layer, and Tableau Next enabled.

### Licenses and Permission Sets
Links to current licenses and user permission sets are provided. For app template framework development work, it's recommended that your user has user permission sets with admin-level permissions for each feature set.

**Data 360**
  - [Data 360 Licenses](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_dc_editions.htm)
  - [Data 360 Standard Permission Set](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_userpermissions.htm)

**Tableau Semantics**
  - [Tableau Semantics Licenses and Permissions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_sl_licenses_and_permissions.htm)

**Tableau Next**
  - [Tableau Next Permission Sets and Licenses](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_admin_permsets_licenses.htm)

## Architecture

![An overview of the App Template Framework architecture.](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/media/atf/atf_architecture_diagram.png '{"class": "image-lg"}')