by Tran Duc Loi (Author)
Chapter 1, Installing Metabase shows you how to install a Metabase using a JAR file, using a Docker container, deploying on Heroku cloud, changing default backend H2 database to Postgres, migrating from the installed H2 to a new Postgres database, adding Oracle & CSV drivers. At the end of this chapter, you will have an up & running Metabase.
Chapter 2, Adding Data Sources introduces how to add various kind of data sources to a
Metabase: CSV files,
MySQL,
Oracle database ...
Chapter 3, Basic Configurations walks through additional configurations needed for the
Metabase. Authentication using
LDAP,
Google Authentication, email,
Slack and some fine tuning configurations to help your
Metabase more secured.
Chapter 4, Users, Groups and Permissions addresses how to adapt a
Metabase to your organization's hierarchy. You will be guide to create users, groups and permissions based on the pre-defined hierarchy. Compounding with
Analytics, Collections and Reports in
Chapter 5, you will know how the whole
Metabase reporting system works.
Chapter 6, Advanced Metabase helps you with some more difficult techniques like: XRAY, native queries, regional maps, pin maps, data models, data hiding, troubleshooting and multi-instance synchronization.
This book expresses my experience working with
Metabase to build complete BI systems for small to medium companies. All the illustrations in the book has been conducted by myself.
Number of Pages: 186
Dimensions: 0.4 x 11 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: August 02, 2021
