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Metabase Up and Running

By : Tim Abraham
Book Image

Metabase Up and Running

By: Tim Abraham

Overview of this book

Metabase is an open source business intelligence tool that helps you use data to answer questions about your business. This book will give you a detailed introduction to using Metabase in your organization to get the most value from your data. You’ll start by installing and setting up Metabase on your local computer. You’ll then progress to handling the administration aspect of Metabase by learning how to configure and deploy Metabase, manage accounts, and execute administrative tasks such as adding users and creating permissions and metadata. Complete with examples and detailed instructions, this book shows you how to create different visualizations, charts, and dashboards to gain insights from your data. As you advance, you’ll learn how to share the results with peers in your organization and cover production-related aspects such as embedding Metabase and auditing performance. Throughout the book, you’ll explore the entire data analytics process—from connecting your data sources, visualizing data, and creating dashboards through to daily reporting. By the end of this book, you’ll be ready to implement Metabase as an integral tool in your organization.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Installing and Deploying Metabase
4
Section 2: Setting Up Your Instance and Asking Questions of Your Data
12
Section 3: Advanced Functionality and Paid Features

Setting up Google sign-in

To set up Google sign-in, first visit https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/sign-in:

  1. Click the link to go to the Credentials page.
  2. If you already have a project created, you'll be taken to the Create Credentials page. If not, you'll have to create a project. Give it a meaningful name like Metabase Sign-In.
  3. Now click the CREATE CREDENTIALS link towards the top of the page.
  4. From the dropdown menu of options, choose OAuth client ID.
  5. On next page, under Application Type, choose Web application.
  6. Choose a Name. This will not be shown to end users, so it can be anything meaningful to you.
  7. Now, under the Authorized JavaScript Origins section, click + ADD URI.
  8. In the URIs field, add the URL for your Metabase Instance.
  9. Click Create at the bottom of the form.

The next screen will present you with your client ID. Copy the client ID and return to Metabase:

  1. From Metabase, go to the admin panel...