These are the docs for Metabase v0.43. Check out the docs for the latest version, Metabase v0.55.
Getting started
Troubleshooting and getting help
Tutorials and guides
- Learn Metabase has a ton of articles on how to use Metabase and level up as a data analyst.
Installation and operation
- Installing Metabase
- Setting up Metabase
- How to upgrade Metabase
- Application database
- Backing up Metabase
- Migrating to a production application database
- Running database migrations manually
- A word on Java versions
- How to setup monitoring via JMX
- Serialization: copying one Metabase instance to another
- Supported browsers
Asking questions
Query builder
- Asking questions
- Custom expressions
- List of expressions: aggregations and functions
- Visualizing data
- Using results to ask new questions
- Joining data
SQL and native queries
Alerts
Dashboards
- Creating dashboards
- Dashboard filters
- Interactive dashboards
- Dashboard charts with multiple series
- Setting up dashboard subscriptions
Models
Finding things and keeping organized
People and groups
- Editing your account settings
- Managing people and groups
- Single Sign-on (SSO)
- Password complexity
- Session expiration
Permissions
- Permissions overview
- Data permissions
- Collection permissions
- Application permissions
- Sandboxing data based on user attributes
- SQL snippets folder permissions
Embedding questions and dashboards
- Public links for dashboards and questions
- Embedding Metabase in other applications
- Embedding the entire Metabase app in your own web app
- Embedding example apps
- White labeling charts (branding)
Databases
- Adding data sources
- Encrypting your database connection
- Editing your database metadata
- Creating segments and metrics
- SSH tunneling
- SSL certificate
Configuring Metabase
- Settings
- Slack
- Environment variables
- Handling timezones
- Customizing the Metabase Jetty Webserver
- Default formatting
- Localization
- Caching query results
- Custom map settings
Usage and performance tools
Metabase API
Paid plans
The Enterprise and Pro plans of Metabase offer additional features.
Metabase community
Documentation guides
Metabase Cloud
Privacy
Reference
Read docs for other versions of Metabase.