Metabase Up and Running (Code Files)

Metabase is an open source business intelligence tool that helps you use data to answer questions about your business. This book will give you a detailed introduction to using Metabase in your organization to get the most value from your data.

You'll start by installing and setting up Metabase on your local computer. You'll then progress to handling the administration aspect of Metabase by learning how to configure and deploy Metabase, manage accounts, and execute administrative tasks such as adding users and creating permissions and metadata. Complete with examples and detailed instructions, this book shows you how to create different visualizations, charts, and dashboards to gain insights from your data. As you advance, you'll learn how to share the results with peers in your organization and cover production-related aspects such as embedding Metabase and auditing performance. Throughout the book, you'll explore the entire data analytics process?from connecting your data sources, visualizing data, and creating dashboards through to daily reporting.

By the end of this book, you'll be ready to implement Metabase as an integral tool in your organization.

What you will learn

Explore different types of databases and find out how to connect them to Metabase
Deploy and host Metabase securely using Amazon Web Services
Use Metabase's user interface to filter and aggregate data on single and multiple tables
Become a Metabase admin by learning how to add users and create permissions
Answer critical questions for your organization by using the Notebook editor and writing SQL queries
Use the search functionality to search through tables, dashboards, and metrics

This book is for business analysts, data analysts, data scientists, and other professionals who want to become well-versed with business intelligence and analytics using Metabase. This book will also appeal to anyone who wants to understand their data to extract meaningful insights with the help of practical examples. A basic understanding of data handling and processing is necessary to get started with this book.


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