Learn

Getting started

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

Metabase concepts 4 min Find data 4 min Ask a question 4 min Create a dashboard 0 min Explore dashboards 3 min Filter and limit data 6 min 4 more

Metabase overview

What Metabase is and how it can help you.

A tour of Metabase 7 min Advanced Metabase features for data analysts 2 min Beyond BI: other problems you can solve with Metabase 4 min

Querying and dashboards

Identifying trends, building reports, setting up alerts, and more.

Create interactive charts 4 min Custom expressions 7 min Joins in Metabase 8 min Combining data from different databases 7 min Multi-level aggregation 2 min Searching in tables 5 min 24 more

Administration

Guidance on running and administering Metabase at scale.

Admin overview 4 min How Metabase works with your database 5 min How to run Metabase in production 10 min Managing people in Metabase 6 min Guide to sharing data 6 min Keeping your analytics organized 8 min 16 more

Embedding

How to share data with people outside your organization.

Strategies for delivering customer-facing analytics 7 min Publishing data visualizations to the web 11 min A Metabase mystery 8 min Multi-tenant self-service analytics 8 min Brand your Metabase 1 min Securing embedded Metabase 8 min

Learn SQL

Learn SQL for data analysis, best practices, and debugging tips.

Introduction 1 min SQL querying tables 6 min SQL filtering by text 7 min SQL filtering by date 11 min Best practices for writing SQL queries 11 min Simplify complex queries with Common Table Expressions (CTEs) 5 min 9 more

Database fundamentals

Learn the basics of data and databases.

A short overview of databases 3 min Data types and metadata 2 min Database table relationships 4 min Measures and dimensions 3 min Analytics engineering for fact tables 18 min Data normalization 7 min 2 more

Strategies for analytics

Working with data in the real world.

Why you should regularly edit your dashboards 4 min Managing your information budget 2 min Don't use "data" as a crutch for lazy thinking 3 min Common data model mistakes made by startups 4 min Ten common analytics mistakes startups make 4 min The five stages of embedding grief 3 min 1 more