Administration

Guidance on running and administering Metabase at scale.

Administration

Permissions

Permissions, groups, data sandboxing, and auditing.

Permissions strategies

How to think about structuring groups and permissions in Metabase.

5 min read

Guide to data permissions

Learn about how Metabase handles data permissions by setting up permissions on the Sample Database included with Metabase.

6 min read

Working with collection permissions

Set up collections with permissions to help people organize and share the work that's relevant to them.

5 min read

Basic sandboxes: setting row-level permissions

Learn how to set row-level permissions based on people's user attributes.

4 min read

Custom sandboxes: limiting access to columns

Learn how to use a saved SQL query to display specific rows and columns to different people.

5 min read

Data sandboxes: personalizing the data that people can see in Metabase

Pair sandboxes with user attributes to customize data for almost any situation.

3 min read

Use Impersonation to get row-level permissions with both GUI and SQL queries

Create roles in your database, and have Metabase impersonate those roles when querying your database.

3 min read

Configuring multi-tenant data permissions

Learn how to restrict customer access to rows, columns, or schemas for secure self-serve analytics.

7 min read

How to keep tabs on your data

Set up alerts on usage analytics to get notified about when people change settings, download data, or make data public.

3 min read

Using LDAP for authentication and access control

Learn about using LDAP to authenticate people and manage their access to data.

3 min read