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Can't assign description property to workbook item #899

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@dev-mkc19

Describe the bug
Can't assign description property to WorkbookItem as I can with others properties. I noticed that tests skips this property for unknown reasons.

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Details of environment, including:

  • Tableau Server version 2021.2.1 (20212.21.0712.0907) 64-bit Linux
  • Python version 3.6.8
  • TSC library version 0.16.0

To Reproduce
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print(type(wbs[0]))
wbs[0].description = 'new description'

Results
AttributeError: can't set attribute

Activity

  1. linked a pull request that will close this issueAdds description to datasource item #912on Oct 10, 2021
  2. jacalata commented on Nov 10, 2021

    @jacalata
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    This wasn't included in that other CL at all, oops.

  3. jacalata commented on Feb 16, 2023

    @jacalata
    Contributor

    The workbook description needs to be enabled server-side, for some reason.

  4. added a commit that references this issue on Jun 19, 2026
    a488216
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