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ClickHouse

An open-source analytical database management system

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Type

Partner Connector

Built and managed in collaboration between Metabase and partner, available in all editions


Website

clickhouse.com


Support

Technical help from Metabase and ClickHouse available on paid plans

Analyze data in your ClickHouse database

If you’re using ClickHouse, you’re probably working with BIG tables that you need to run fast. Pairing ClickHouse with Metabase lets you query, load charts, and create dashboards that keep pace with your ClickHouse.

  • Analyze vast amounts of data with a querying layer that sits on top of your data warehouse so your reports run as quick as ClickHouse.
  • Metabase lets everyone in your team visualize, query, and run reports without technical skills or needing to ask your data team for help.
Metabase ClickHouse analytics

Easy-to-use data exploration tools for people of all levels

Get a BI tool with friendly UX that lets everyone make sense of your data in ClickHouse.

  • Interactive dashboards that load as fast as ClickHouse does with click-to-explore functionality.
  • Click to drill through on interactive charts and dashboards, zoom in on timelines or areas of interest, and break out for more context on a specific area.
  • Ask questions with nothing more than clicks in the Query Builder—no SQL required (or use the SQL editor if that’s more your style).
  • Set up models and metrics to give less technical teammates metadata-rich starting points, with trickier stuff like joins taken care of.

Give data access with granularity

Keep everyone in their own lane.

  • Granular permissions for viewing and querying data, so people can see (and do) what they need to and nothing else.
  • Map permissions to user groups and attributes with SSO.
  • Detailed usage analytics lets you see who did what when.

Lots of options for sharing charts and dashboards with your team—or your customers

With as much interactivity and room to pull threads (or as little) as you want.

  • Customer-facing analytics is just a snippet away. Embed all of Metabase in your app, or just a dashboard.
  • Export charts and dashboards to PDF, CSV, or share via a public link.
  • Set up subscriptions for regularly scheduled updates. Even to people without a Metabase login.
  • Get alerts when things change unexpectedly.

Keep your data in ClickHouse

Metabase runs queries directly in ClickHouse, so your reports are always up-to-date.

Metabase features with ClickHouse


Available with all data sources

  • Unlimited queries, charts, and dashboards
  • Send dashboards and reports via email and Slack
  • Connect to multiple data sources and integrations
  • Single sign on via SAML, LDAP, or JWT
  • Interactive embedding with white label customization
  • Granular row- and column level permissions

Bonus features with ClickHouse


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Keep everything in your own cluster

Self-host Metabase and ClickHouse to keep everything on your terms. Get your token and go. Both are open source, with optional cloud hosting.

Frequently asked questions

What’s the best business intelligence tool to connect to ClickHouse?

ClickHouse plays well with several reputable BI tools. Metabase is the most effective way to let everyone in the team start working with data. * Because of sophisticated but easy-to-use data tools like the query builder, which lets people ask questions without SQL, Metabase has a low learning curve. Simple drill-through, zoom-in, and breakout functionality lets people learn more from data with just a few clicks.

You can set up and connect Metabase to ClickHouse in about 5 minutes and begin querying immediately, with drill-through functionality automatically generated and ready for people to start uncovering insights. Metabase is also open source and affordable, with plans and pricing that scales with you.

How does Metabase connect to ClickHouse?

You can connect to ClickHouse when you’re setting up a new Metabase instance, or add a database connection any time in your admin settings:

To add a database connection, click on the gear icon in the top right, and navigate to Admin settings > Databases > Add a database.

For the full details on connecting Metabase to ClickHouse, check out ClickHouse's documentation.

Can I use permissions from the ClickHouse database in Metabase?

Yes! Permissions set up in your ClickHouse database can be impersonated in Metabase (This is currently only possible for ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, Redshift, and Snowflake databases).

Learn more about impersonated permissions in our documentation.

How can you visualize tables in ClickHouse?

Metabase fits with ClickHouse as a querying and visualization layer on top of your data. With Metabase you can query data in ClickHouse - with or without SQL - to create a broad range of data visualizations and types and tell a story with interactive dashboards. Viewers can filter and drill-through to get what’s most relevant, and dig deeper on what’s important to them. Visualizations and dashboards can even be shared or embedded in your app.

How can you query data in ClickHouse?

Metabase makes it possible for everyone in the team to run their own reports, without data skills or relying on someone else to write SQL for them. People used to working in Excel can leverage skills usually reserved for spreadsheets to get the answers they need from data in ClickHouse.

How to create dashboards using ClickHouse?

Metabase lets you bring together charts, visualizations, and questions into interactive dashboards that can be shared with your team and customers.

The automatically generated drill-through menu lets people click on charts to zero in on a particular category or parameter for further analysis; view individual records, or zoom in on a targeted date range. You can also add filters to let people slice the data on what’s most important to them, and add custom-click behaviors to guide data discovery (e.g. send people to a related dashboard).