v0.40.2 / Users Guide

User Guide

Some basics

• An overview of Metabase
• The basics of databases

Exploring and asking questions

• Basic exploration in Metabase
• Asking questions in Metabase
• Using the notebook editor to ask custom questions
• Writing custom expressions in the notebook editor
• Using the SQL editor
• How to visualize the answers to questions

Sharing results

• Sharing and organizing your saved questions
• Creating dashboards
• Adding filters to dashboards
• Making dashboards interactive
• Creating dashboard charts with multiple series
• Setting up dashboard subscriptions
• Using Pulses for daily emails
• Get answers in Slack with Metabot

More

• Referencing your data model while writing SQL
• Creating SQL Templates
• Using SQL snippets to reuse and share code
• Referencing saved question in queries
• Getting automatic insights with X-rays
• Setting and getting alerts
• Editing your account settings

Let’s get started with an overview of What Metabase does.