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Show HN: Poli – An easy-to-use, open-source BI alternative

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Post by yuegui » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 3:40 PM UTC

Show HN: Poli – An easy-to-use, open-source BI alternative
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Post by cateye » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 4:39 PM UTC

Would be useful to have some information how this compares with https://www.metabase.com/ or https://meltano.com/

Re: Show HN: Poli – An easy-to-use, open-source BI alternative

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Post by WrtCdEvrydy » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 4:42 PM UTC

cateye wrote: post #2

Would be useful to have some information how this compares with https://www.metabase.com/ or https://meltano.com/

Metabase can't be beaten in terms of looks and functionality but I do like this.

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Post by ccffph » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 5:23 PM UTC

This looks great! I've been searching for something similar for a side project and I think I'll give Poli a try. Thank you.

Re: Show HN: Poli – An easy-to-use, open-source BI alternative

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Post by apahwa » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 5:44 PM UTC

why not use Superset?

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Post by tdhz77 » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 5:49 PM UTC

cateye wrote: post #2

Would be useful to have some information how this compares with https://www.metabase.com/ or https://meltano.com/

I’m still using informixDB so the bring your own jbdc connector maybe what I was looking for in Poli.

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Post by cabaalis » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 6:03 PM UTC

Wow, thanks! I have built many visualizations and dashboards using javascript and d3, and even just a couple of weeks ago was considering creating my own side-project to do just what this software does. I guess I'll be looking for a new project..

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Post by massaman_yams » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 6:07 PM UTC

WrtCdEvrydy wrote: post #3

cateye wrote: post #2

Would be useful to have some information how this compares with https://www.metabase.com/ or https://meltano.com/

Metabase can't be beaten in terms of looks and functionality but I do like this.

Superset's not the best in terms of looks, but it beats Metabase hands down for functionality.

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#9

Post by roywiggins » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 6:09 PM UTC

This looks nice. We have been using http://redash.io for basic reporting dashboards, but this looks promising.

Re: Show HN: Poli – An easy-to-use, open-source BI alternative

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Post by edgarvaldes » Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 6:14 PM UTC

Quite impressive, bookmarked for later use.

What is the story behind Poli?