Integrating Metabase with Slack

If your organization uses Slack, you can easily create a Slack bot for Metabase. This lets you ask Metabase questions directly in Slack, as in Figure 3.9:

Figure 3.9 – Asking questions to MetaBot, Metabase's Slack bot

Let's learn how to set this up:

1. Open the admin panel.
2. Under the Settings menu, click Slack.
3. Click the blue Create a Slack Bot User for MetaBot button.
4. This will take you to your Slack instance in a new browser tab, as in Figure 3.10, where you'll give a name to your bot. I recommend using the name metabot.
5. Once you've given your bot a name, click Add bot integration:
   

   Figure 3.10 – Adding the metabot Slack bot

6. After clicking Add bot integration, you will be taken to a new page with an API token. Copy this token and return to Metabase.
7. Once back in Metabase, paste the API token in the Slack API Token field.
8. Slide the metabot toggle to Enabled...