--- schema_version: "1" id: d9c5d71f1ae6deb5a36a084ca82a6f12aa57ded468e4b57740c3928be9b27650 title: Content Exploration Methods collection: tableau version: next locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/tableau/next/en-us/api/rest_api/REST/rest_api_ref_content_exploration.md canonical_url: https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref_content_exploration.htm source_site: help.tableau.com content_type: documentation content_hash: ba17a2876ab274c72059e4efdf41dc98ffb957b3d62c7ca3ce1b07041d2d9c9f description: "Content exploration methods enable you to view:" --- [Skip to main content](#main-content) # Content Exploration Methods Content exploration methods enable you to view: **Search Results:** Explore your Tableau content based on relevance to an provided term and filter expression. **Usage Statistics:** Get the count of the number of times a user has directly or indirectly accessed a specified content item, or a batch of content items. Statistics are available for workbooks, views, data sources, flows and other Tableau resources. The response contains counts for a variety of time periods, ranging from two weeks up to the resource's lifetime. **Suggestions:** Get suggestions for autocompletion as a user types, based on matches of their input. Searches across all supported content types for objects relevant to the specified term. ## Use Postman Our Postman collection of requests enables you to construct, send, and examine HTTP requests to the Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud API without writing initial code. Postman is a free online app used by many developers for prototyping API calls, investigating issues, and generating request code in a variety of languages. Postman: [Content Exploration Methods](https://www.postman.com/salesforce-developers/workspace/salesforce-developers/folder/12721794-cb6815ea-2c84-4561-bde2-8ff6cd0d7692) ## Get Content Suggestions Returns a specified number of suggestions for auto-completion of user input as they type. You can specify content types of suggestions and prioritize recently viewed content. **Version:** Available in API 3.19 ( Tableau Cloud March 2023 / Server 2023.1) and later. [Version Overview](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_versions.htm) **Permissions:** Suggestions will be limited to those objects that the user has permissions to access. [Permissions Overview](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_permissions.htm) **License:** No additional license required. **Access Scope:** \`tableau:content:read\`. [Tableau Cloud](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) | [Tableau Server-Windows](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) | [Tableau Server-Linux](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) GET {server}/api/-/suggestions [view details](#) ## Get content search results Searches across all supported content types for objects relevant to the search expression specified in the querystring of the request URI. **Version:** Available in API 3.16 ( Tableau Cloud June 2022 / Server 2022.3) and later. [Version Overview](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_versions.htm) **Permissions:** Search results will be limited to those objects that the user has permissions to access. [Permissions Overview](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_permissions.htm) **License:** No additional license required. **Access Scope:** \`tableau:content:read\`. [Tableau Cloud](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) | [Tableau Server-Windows](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) | [Tableau Server-Linux](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) GET {server}/api/-/search [view details](#) ## Get batch content usage statistics Gets usage statistics for multiple content items. The batch of can include multiple content types. **Version:** Available in API 3.17 ( Tableau Cloud December 2022) and later. Not available for Tableau Server. [Version Overview](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_versions.htm) **Permissions:** Tableau administrators can get statistics for all content they administer. Other users can get statistics for any content they own or have at least Read permissions for. [Permissions Overview](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_permissions.htm) **License:** No additional license required. **Access Scope:** \`tableau:content:read\`. [Tableau Cloud](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) | [Tableau Server-Windows](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) | [Tableau Server-Linux](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) POST {server}/api/-/content/usage-stats [view details](#) ## Get usage statistics for content item Gets the usage statistics for a Tableau content item, specified by LUID and content type, such as workbook, datasource, or flow. **Version:** Available in API 3.17 ( Tableau Cloud December 2022) and later. Not available for Tableau Server. [Version Overview](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_versions.htm) **Permissions:** Tableau administrators can get statistics for all content they administer. Other users can get statistics for any content they own or have at least Read permissions for. [Permissions Overview](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_concepts_permissions.htm) **License:** No additional license required. **Access Scope:** \`tableau:content:read\`. [Tableau Cloud](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) | [Tableau Server-Windows](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) | [Tableau Server-Linux](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-us/connected_apps_scopes.htm) GET {server}/api/-/content/usage-stats/{type}/{luid} [view details](#)