What is affected when the Administration Agent process fails?

When the Administration Agent process fails, it primarily affects the status of other Tableau Server processes by causing them to display as unavailable. The Administration Agent is responsible for managing and monitoring the status of various server components. When it is not functioning properly, the communication between these processes can be interrupted, leading to their unavailability in the server’s status overview.

This situation does not mean that all data connections become unavailable or that the entire server ceases to function. Other aspects of Tableau Server, including data extraction and user access to existing content, may still operate normally, given that they are supported by other functioning services. While configuration changes could be hindered indirectly, the most immediate and noticeable impact relates to the visibility and monitoring capabilities of the processes managed by the Administration Agent, thereby causing them to appear as unavailable.