What this book covers

Chapter 1, Overview of Metabase, provides an introduction to Metabase, its origin story, and how to install it locally or via Heroku.

Chapter 2, Hosting Metabase on AWS, takes a deep dive into AWS and teaches you the best practices on how to host Metabase on AWS using their Elastic Beanstalk service.

Chapter 3, Setting Up Metabase, shows the reader how to set up a subdomain, host Metabase over HTTPS, allow Metabase to send emails over an SMTP server, set up Google Sign-in, and connect Metabase to Slack.

Chapter 4, Connecting to Databases, explains all the major databases that Metabase works with, and shows the reader how to set up a PostgreSQL database on AWS with sample data.

Chapter 5, Building Your Data Model, showcases Metabase's powerful admin tools that allow you to curate layers of useful metadata on top of the data in your database.

Chapter 6, Creating Questions, shows the reader how to explore data in Metabase and answer questions with or without SQL.

Chapter 7, Creating Visualizations, teaches the reader about every kind of data visualization that can be made in Metabase.

Chapter 8, Building Dashboards, Pulses, and Collections, shows the reader how to create attractive dashboards and reports, while also learning how to keep everything in Metabase well organized.

Chapter 9, Using the SQL Console, gives opinionated advice on when and how to use SQL in Metabase such that it will benefit other non-technical users.

Chapter 10, Advanced Features, Getting Help, and Contributing, showcases some of Metabase's special features and introduces the reader to the Metabase community.