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_menu_ Types

SCALAR

# Boolean

Built-in Boolean

## [_link_](#graphql-schema-definition) GraphQL Schema definition

`   - scalar Boolean   `

## [_link_](#require-by) Require by

- [BinField_GraphQL type for a binned continuous measure field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/calculations\_bins.html_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/binfield.doc.html "BinField - GraphQL type for a binned continuous measure field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/calculations_bins.html")

- [BinField\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/binfield_filter.doc.html "BinField_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [CalculatedField_GraphQL type for a calculated field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/calculations\_calculatedfields.html_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/calculatedfield.doc.html "CalculatedField - GraphQL type for a calculated field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/calculations_calculatedfields.html")

- [CalculatedField\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/calculatedfield_filter.doc.html "CalculatedField_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Certifiable_A content item that can be certified_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/certifiable.doc.html "Certifiable - A content item that can be certified")

- [Certifiable\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/certifiable_filter.doc.html "Certifiable_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [CloudFile_A cloud file connection_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/cloudfile.doc.html "CloudFile - A cloud file connection")

- [CloudFile\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/cloudfile_filter.doc.html "CloudFile_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Column_GraphQL type for a table column_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/column.doc.html "Column - GraphQL type for a table column")

- [Column\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/column_filter.doc.html "Column_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [ColumnField_ColumnFields are a type of field which directly connects to a column in some type of table._](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/columnfield.doc.html "ColumnField - ColumnFields are a type of field which directly connects to a column in some type of table.")

- [ColumnField\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/columnfield_filter.doc.html "ColumnField_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [CombinedField_GraphQL type for a combined field. Combined fields concatanate fields together into one string._](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/combinedfield.doc.html "CombinedField - GraphQL type for a combined field. Combined fields concatanate fields together into one string.")

- [CombinedField\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/combinedfield_filter.doc.html "CombinedField_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [CombinedSetField_GraphQL type for a combined set field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sortgroup\_sets\_create.html#Combine_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/combinedsetfield.doc.html "CombinedSetField - GraphQL type for a combined set field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sortgroup_sets_create.html#Combine")

- [CombinedSetField\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/combinedsetfield_filter.doc.html "CombinedSetField_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [CustomSQLTable_A table that represents the result of evaluating a custom SQL query. These "tables" are owned by the Tableau data source (embedded or published) which contains the SQL query, so they only exist within that data source._](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/customsqltable.doc.html "CustomSQLTable - A table that represents the result of evaluating a custom SQL query. These \"tables\" are owned by the Tableau data source (embedded or published) which contains the SQL query, so they only exist within that data source.")

- [CustomSQLTable\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/customsqltable_filter.doc.html "CustomSQLTable_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Database_A database containing tables_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/database.doc.html "Database - A database containing tables")

- [Database\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/database_filter.doc.html "Database_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [DatabaseServer_A database server connection_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/databaseserver.doc.html "DatabaseServer - A database server connection")

- [DatabaseServer\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/databaseserver_filter.doc.html "DatabaseServer_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [DatabaseTable_A table that is contained in a database_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/databasetable.doc.html "DatabaseTable - A table that is contained in a database")

- [DatabaseTable\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/databasetable_filter.doc.html "DatabaseTable_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [DataCloud_A Data Cloud connection \*Available in Tableau Cloud February 2024 / Server 2024.2 and later.\*_](datacloud.doc.html "DataCloud - A Data Cloud connection  
    *Available in Tableau Cloud February 2024 / Server 2024.2 and later.*")

- [DataCloud\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/datacloud_filter.doc.html "DataCloud_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [DataQualityCertification_A data quality certification associated with a content item_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/dataqualitycertification.doc.html "DataQualityCertification - A data quality certification associated with a content item")

- [DataQualityCertification\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/dataqualitycertification_filter.doc.html "DataQualityCertification_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [DataQualityWarning_A data quality warning associated with a content item_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/dataqualitywarning.doc.html "DataQualityWarning - A data quality warning associated with a content item")

- [DataQualityWarning\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/dataqualitywarning_filter.doc.html "DataQualityWarning_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Datasource_Root GraphQL type for embedded and published data sources Data sources are a way to represent how Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server model and connect to data. Data sources can be published separately, as a published data source, or may be contained in a workbook as an embedded data source. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/datasource.htm_](datasource.doc.html "Datasource - Root GraphQL type for embedded and published data sources
    Data sources are a way to represent how Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server model and connect to data. Data sources can be published separately, as a published data source, or may be contained in a workbook as an embedded data source.
    See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/datasource.htm")

- [Datasource\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/datasource_filter.doc.html "Datasource_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [DatasourceField_GraphQL type for a data source field. Data source fields can only exist in embedded data sources which connect to a published data source. A data source field is an embedded data source's 'layered' representation of a field that already exists in the published data source and is mostly a copy of the field in the published data source. Data source fields can get their own descriptions and renames local to the embedded data source, but cannot otherwise be modified in the embedded data source._](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/datasourcefield.doc.html "DatasourceField - GraphQL type for a data source field. Data source fields can only exist in embedded data sources which connect to a published data source. A data source field is an embedded data source's 'layered' representation of a field that already exists in the published data source and is mostly a copy of the field in the published data source. Data source fields can get their own descriptions and renames local to the embedded data source, but cannot otherwise be modified in the embedded data source.")

- [DatasourceField\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/datasourcefield_filter.doc.html "DatasourceField_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [EmbeddedDatasource_A data source embedded in a workbook_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/embeddeddatasource.doc.html "EmbeddedDatasource - A data source embedded in a workbook")

- [EmbeddedDatasource\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/embeddeddatasource_filter.doc.html "EmbeddedDatasource_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Field_Base GraphQL type for a field_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/field.doc.html "Field - Base GraphQL type for a field")

- [Field\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/field_filter.doc.html "Field_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [File_A file connection_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/file.doc.html "File - A file connection")

- [File\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/file_filter.doc.html "File_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Flow_Flows are used to prepare data, which can include aggregation, cleaning, preprocessing, etc._](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/flow.doc.html "Flow - Flows are used to prepare data, which can include aggregation, cleaning, preprocessing, etc.")

- [Flow\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/flow_filter.doc.html "Flow_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [GenericLabel_A label that can be attached to assets. \*Available in Tableau Cloud March 2023 / Server 2023.1 and later.\*_](genericlabel.doc.html "GenericLabel - A label that can be attached to assets.  
    *Available in Tableau Cloud March 2023 / Server 2023.1 and later.*")

- [GenericLabel\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/genericlabel_filter.doc.html "GenericLabel_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [GroupField_GraphQL type for a group field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sortgroup\_groups\_creating.html_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/groupfield.doc.html "GroupField - GraphQL type for a group field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sortgroup_groups_creating.html")

- [GroupField\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/groupfield_filter.doc.html "GroupField_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [HierarchyField_GraphQL type for a hierarchy. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/qs\_hierarchies.html_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/hierarchyfield.doc.html "HierarchyField - GraphQL type for a hierarchy. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/qs_hierarchies.html")

- [HierarchyField\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/hierarchyfield_filter.doc.html "HierarchyField_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Label_A label that can be attached to assets. \*Available in Tableau Cloud March 2023 / Server 2023.1 and later.\*_](label.doc.html "Label - A label that can be attached to assets.  
    *Available in Tableau Cloud March 2023 / Server 2023.1 and later.*")

- [Label\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/label_filter.doc.html "Label_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [PageInfo_Information about pagination in a connection_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/pageinfo.doc.html "PageInfo - Information about pagination in a connection")

- [PublishedDatasource_A Tableau data source that has been published separately to Tableau Server. It can be used by multiple workbooks._](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/publisheddatasource.doc.html "PublishedDatasource - A Tableau data source that has been published separately to Tableau Server. It can be used by multiple workbooks.")

- [PublishedDatasource\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/publisheddatasource_filter.doc.html "PublishedDatasource_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [SetField_GraphQL type for a set field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sortgroup\_sets\_create.html_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/setfield.doc.html "SetField - GraphQL type for a set field. See https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sortgroup_sets_create.html")

- [SetField\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/setfield_filter.doc.html "SetField_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Table_A table containing columns_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/table.doc.html "Table - A table containing columns")

- [VirtualConnection_A virtual connection. \*Available in Tableau Cloud March 2022 / Server 2022.1 and later.\*_](virtualconnection.doc.html "VirtualConnection - A virtual connection.  
    *Available in Tableau Cloud March 2022 / Server 2022.1 and later.*")

- [VirtualConnection\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/virtualconnection_filter.doc.html "VirtualConnection_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [VirtualConnectionTable_A table in a virtual connection. \*Available in Tableau Cloud March 2022 / Server 2022.1 and later.\*_](virtualconnectiontable.doc.html "VirtualConnectionTable - A table in a virtual connection.  
    *Available in Tableau Cloud March 2022 / Server 2022.1 and later.*")

- [VirtualConnectionTable\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/virtualconnectiontable_filter.doc.html "VirtualConnectionTable_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Warnable_A content item that can have data quality warnings_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/warnable.doc.html "Warnable - A content item that can have data quality warnings")

- [Warnable\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/warnable_filter.doc.html "Warnable_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [WebDataConnector_A web data connector_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/webdataconnector.doc.html "WebDataConnector - A web data connector")

- [WebDataConnector\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/webdataconnector_filter.doc.html "WebDataConnector_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [Workbook_Workbooks are used to package up Tableau visualizations (which are called "sheets" in the Metadata API) and data models (which are called "embedded data sources" when they are owned by a workbook)._](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/workbook.doc.html "Workbook - Workbooks are used to package up Tableau visualizations (which are called \"sheets\" in the Metadata API) and data models (which are called \"embedded data sources\" when they are owned by a workbook).")

- [Workbook\_Filter_Filter by GraphQL field and given value_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/workbook_filter.doc.html "Workbook_Filter - Filter by GraphQL field and given value")

- [\_\_Directive_null_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/directive.spec.html "__Directive - ")

- [\_\_EnumValue_null_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/enumvalue.spec.html "__EnumValue - ")

- [\_\_Field_null_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/field.spec.html "__Field - ")

- [\_\_InputValue_null_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/inputvalue.spec.html "__InputValue - ")

- [\_\_Type_null_](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/type.spec.html "__Type - ")