Browse to or search for published data sources. On Tableau Online, select from the following tabs to connect to data: The tabs that you see on the page depend on the product you have. Sign in to your Tableau site and select Create Workbook on the Home page to open the Connect to Data page. Tableau Server and Tableau Online web authoring For more information, see Create a Data Source or Add a New Connection with Clipboard Data. Tip: You can quickly create a data source in Tableau by copying and pasting data using the clipboard. The following sections discuss the specific information you need to provide for each type of data you want to connect to. With some data connections, you can Run Initial SQL statements, and SSL-enabled servers require that you select the Require SSL check box when you connect. For example, for most data connections, you’ll need to supply a server name and your sign-in information. You supply different information for each data connection that you want to make. After you've connected to data, you can save the connections to have them show up under the Saved data sources section on the Connect pane. For more information, see the list of data connectors (Link opens in a new window) on the Tableau website. The data connectors supported by your copy of Tableau Desktop are determined by the version you purchased. Tableau provides limited support for connections that you create using these options.

If your file or database type is not listed, you might have the option of creating your own connection using Other Databases (JDBC), Other Databases (ODBC), a Web Data Connector, or a Connector Plugin built using the Tableau Connector SDK. If your file or database type is listed under Connect, use this native connector to connect to your data. Click More to see the complete list of data connectors you can use.įor supported files and databases, Tableau provides native connectors that are built for and optimized for those types of data. File types are listed next, then common server types, or servers that you've recently connected to. Under Search for Data, select Tableau Server to find data using Tableau Server or Tableau Online. When you launch Tableau Desktop, the data connectors that are available to you are listed on the Connect pane, which is the left pane on the Start page. For more information, see 'About Virtual Connections and Data Policies' in the Tableau Server (Link opens in a new window) or Tableau Online (Link opens in a new window) help. Starting in 2021.4, Data Management includes virtual connections, a central access point to data. For more information about Tableau Catalog, see 'About Tableau Catalog' in the Tableau Server or Tableau Online Help. When Tableau Catalog is enabled in your environment, in addition to connecting to published data sources, you can connect to databases and tables from Tableau Server on the Connect pane in Tableau Desktop.

Starting in 2019.3, Tableau Catalog is available as part of the Data Management offering for Tableau Server and Tableau Online. Census Bureau information, or to a cloud database source, such as Google Analytics, Amazon Redshift, or Salesforce. Or, you might connect to public domain data available on the web such as U.S. For example, your data might be stored on your computer in a spreadsheet or a text file, or in a big data, relational, or cube (multidimensional) database on a server in your enterprise. Tableau supports connecting to a wide variety of data, stored in a variety of places. Before you can build a view and analyze your data, you must first connect Tableau to your data.

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