# Tableau ## Definition ### [[Nexus - Google Analytics Certificate Course|Google Analytics Certificate]] >[! Definition] >A business intelligence and analytics platform that helps people visualize, understand, and make decisions with data ## Examples ## Related ## Resources ### General Resources [Tableau website](https://www.tableau.com) [Tableau How to](https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/resources) [Viz of the Day](https://public.tableau.com/en-us/gallery/?tab=viz-of-the-day&type=viz-of-the-day) AKA VOTD [Tableau Accessibility FAQ](https://community.tableau.com/s/question/0D54T00000C6nsjSAB/faq-accessibility?_ga=2.189822891.1471813031.1653667812-1362170659.1601475625) [Tableau Public discover feed](https://public.tableau.com/app/discover) [Tableau Public resources/docs](https://public.tableau.com/app/learn/community-resources) [Tableau Google certificate course Gallery](https://public.tableau.com/profile/grow.with.google#!/) [Build your data literacy course](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/trails/build-your-data-literacy) ### Connecting Data Sources: Blending, Joining, Relating - [Set up data sources](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/datasource_prepare.htm) Set up data connections to be sources for the viz in tableau. This is a good first-stop resource. - [Join your data](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/joining_tables.htm) - [Relate your data](https://help.tableau.com/v2020.2/pro/desktop/en-us/datasource_dont_be_scared.htm) Relationships allow you to combine data in tableau in a more flexible manner than doing a sql join. - [How `relationships` differ from `joins`](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/datasource_relationships_learnmorepage.htm) - [Blend your data](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/multiple_connections.htm) : instead of connecting and joining data, you can query and aggregate data from outside sources and then bring into tableau - [Combo multiple date fields](https://kb.tableau.com/articles/howto/combining-start-and-end-dates-into-a-single-axis)