Apache Superset

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Post by tosh » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 2:36 PM UTC

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by marcinzm » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 3:22 PM UTC

> Superset is fast, lightweight, intuitive, and loaded with options that make it easy for users of all skill sets to explore and visualize their data, from simple line charts to highly detailed geospatial charts.

I tried Superset a few years back, and maybe it's changed since then, but intuitive is about the last thing I'd use to describe it. Things which I could figure out in a few minutes on any other BI tool literally took me hours of searching. It didn't help that they decided to rename core concepts at some point so half the online documentation made no sense anymore. Others at those companies who tried it at the time said similar things.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by cogman10 » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 3:33 PM UTC

This looks like grafana, right? Why would I use this instead of grafana?

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by pachico » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 3:36 PM UTC

cogman10 wrote: post #3

This looks like grafana, right? Why would I use this instead of grafana?

The fundamental difference is that Grafana isn't great at cross referencing data in different data sources. (I love Grafana and I pay for the Cloud version.)

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by rongenre » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 3:37 PM UTC

We use this at my ginormous employer in order to give devs limited access to production data.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by prpl » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 3:38 PM UTC

cogman10 wrote: post #3

This looks like grafana, right? Why would I use this instead of grafana?

You can’t trivially plug grafana in front of any SQL database, and grafana is more about graphing/plotting (usually time series).

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by fayten » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 3:41 PM UTC

marcinzm wrote: post #2

> Superset is fast, lightweight, intuitive, and loaded with options that make it easy for users of all skill sets to explore and visualize their data, from simple line charts to highly detailed geospatial charts. I tried Superset a few years back, and maybe it's changed since then, but intuitive is about the last thing I'd use to describe it. Things which I could figure out in a few minutes on any other BI tool liter…

I also found Superset unintuitive to use and setup as well. I settled on standing up Metabase because it was so simple to get started with trying it since it can be launched as a single jar. The business users loved it and so did I and administration with a Postgres backend instead of the internal h2 database was a breeze.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by xyzzy_plugh » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 3:43 PM UTC

prpl wrote: post #6

cogman10 wrote: post #3

This looks like grafana, right? Why would I use this instead of grafana?

You can’t trivially plug grafana in front of any SQL database, and grafana is more about graphing/plotting (usually time series).

You can actually plug grafana in front of any SQL database, but I'm not sure it's a good idea.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by adlpz » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 3:44 PM UTC

Has anyone tried both this and Metabase? I've used Metabase in a few projects and I find it very nice. This seems more powerful, perhaps?

Is it worth it for BI on small datasets?

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by ldjkfkdsjnv » Mon, Feb 26, 2024, 3:54 PM UTC

I remember using Superset in 2017 or so, was forced to by a manager that would not pay for off the shelf software. I also did a few open source contributions to fix some bugs, it was a disaster. A huge rats nest of python. Might have changed in the last few years, am surprised its still active