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Metabase Up and Running

By : Tim Abraham
Book Image

Metabase Up and Running

By: Tim Abraham

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Installing and Deploying Metabase
4
Section 2: Setting Up Your Instance and Asking Questions of Your Data
12
Section 3: Advanced Functionality and Paid Features

Connecting to other types of databases in Metabase

Let's get to know all the other types of databases we can connect to in Metabase.

Relational databases

Besides PostgreSQL, which we've already covered extensively, the other relational databases you can connect to with Metabase are as follows.

MySQL

To connect to a MySQL database, choose MySQL from the list of database types in the Database section of the Metabase admin panel. Connecting to MySQL is nearly identical to PostgreSQL. The standard port for MySQL is 3306.

MariaDB

Although not listed in the database types, you can connect to a MariaDB database with Metabase using the MySQL option.

Microsoft SQL Server

To connect to Microsoft SQL Server, choose SQL Server from the list of database types in the Database section of the Metabase admin panel. Connecting to SQL Server is nearly identical to PostgreSQL. The standard ports are 1433 and 1521.

Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora is a relational database...