Getting started overview

Get up and running with Metabase in 30 minutes with video tutorials. Learn to ask questions, build charts, create dashboards, and use the core tools effectively.

Setting up Metabase

Walk through first-time setup. Create your admin account, connect a database, activate your license, and set your usage preferences.

Metabase concepts

A quick overview of the core concepts in Metabase.

Ask a business question

Start exploring your data and finding answers to your business questions using Metabase.

Find data

How to find questions, dashboards, and data sources in Metabase.

Ask a question

Filter, group, and visualize your data in Metabase’s query builder.

Create a dashboard

Learn how to create a dashboard and add questions and cards to it.

Explore dashboards

How to see, download, and explore the data behind dashboards and questions in Metabase.

Filter and limit data

Learn all the ways to filter and limit data in Metabase.

Summarize data

Use Metabase’s summaries to calculate averages, totals, and other metrics.

Add custom columns

Create custom columns in Metabase to calculate new metrics or clean up your data.

Use dashboard filters

How to use filters to make your dashboards more useful and interactive.