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Re: Apache Superset

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Post by stuff4ben »

nekoashide wrote: post #65
smaudet wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"semi-abandoned disasterware" Hmm. I suppose all open source looks that way if it doesn't get regular funding/attention. Apache does house a lot of abandonware. They had some relevance as recently as 6-7 years ago but they've been largely replaced by nginx I think. That being said, I view them like the local soup-kitchen - important to have and maintain, but not where I want to go for a 5-star meal.

Any time I hear "Apache Foundation" my stomach turns as I hesitate to ask my next question. "What we are trying to use from them is built on Java right"

That would be anything hosted by the Eclipse Foundation. Either Java-based or abandonware or sometimes both.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by re5i5tor »

klaussilveira wrote: post #79
adeptima wrote: post #26

Had a very good experience with Superset. Superset allowed us to replace Tableau and not looking back Took me a while figure out how to embed it into my app using Superset Embedded SDK. Superset Embedded SDK - "Embedded SDK allows you to embed dashboards from Superset into your own app, using your app's authentication. Embedding is done by inserting an iframe, containing a Superset page, into the host application." h…

How do you deal with data visibility and permissions? I mean, most tables have data that should only be seen by a specific user or group ID, and that layer is usually handled by the application. It would be awesome to expose the power of Superset for users, but I imagine creating the security layer would be a pain.

I have this question too

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by jerrygenser »

luccasiau wrote: post #23
atlas_hugged wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same for Airflow? I’m not sure I understand what you mean.

They were both made by Airbnb and then open-sourced, which is the similarity I assume they meant

They were also more specifically authored by the same individual!

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by atombender »

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…

Are there better alternatives?

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by sokols »

adlpz wrote: post #9

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?

Metabase is great, I use it with a Oracle Database.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by fuzztester »

fayten wrote: post #7
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.

I just took a look at Metabase.

https://www.metabase.com/demo

Demo is nice.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by fuzztester »

Wow, those Apache guys have so many projects. Of course, they've been at it for years, starting with the Apache web server, then Tomcat, etc., and also, many projects were first developed outside and then handed over to them, for whatever reasons.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by marcinzm »

bushbaba wrote: post #12
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…

It’s more intuitive than the open source alternatives but is not as intuitive as tableau and others.

Metabase is more intuitive. Also, being unintuitive isn't great but not the worst thing. A project not even realizing that (and thinking the exact opposite) is much much worse. Unintuitive can be fixed with PRs over time. Delusional project leadership cannot.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by adeptima »

hughess wrote: post #70
adeptima wrote: post #26

Had a very good experience with Superset. Superset allowed us to replace Tableau and not looking back Took me a while figure out how to embed it into my app using Superset Embedded SDK. Superset Embedded SDK - "Embedded SDK allows you to embed dashboards from Superset into your own app, using your app's authentication. Embedding is done by inserting an iframe, containing a Superset page, into the host application." h…

We use ECharts in our open source BI tool (Evidence) and it's a great library. Has helped us build a declarative syntax for viz which can be version controlled ( https://evidence.dev ) Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35645464 (97 comments)

Looks great!

Reminds me Obsidian DataView but with charts https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview

This whole ideas to have data, visualisations and knowledge base in one private offline place is very appealing

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