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Re: Apache Superset

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Post by c0brac0bra »

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.

Yep, we've really liked Metabase for embedding in our platform.

Re: Apache Superset

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noduerme wrote: post #20

So it's irritating to me that this is ranking #1 on HN (why is it, btw?) I just pulled the trigger on a large data gathering project using Metabase, and feel a bit hampered by the limitations in terms of charts and plugins... but I considered Superset first, and after a lot of thought I decided that almost everything I've ever worked with that was run by the Apache foundation turned out to be semi-abandoned disasterw…

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Re: Apache Superset

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Post by slyall »

pseudosavant wrote: post #104
staticautomatic wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let’s be honest, intuitive is the last word we’d use to describe most Apache projects.

They are doing pretty well that it is even clear what the project is really even about. Good luck figuring that out within 30 seconds of hitting the average Apache project homepage.

There seem to be dozens of Apache "Big Data" projects that all look kinda the same unless you are a Big Data person.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by [deleted] »

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.

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Re: Apache Superset

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Post by peterleiser »

pachico wrote: post #4
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.)

I found that running TrinoDB in a docker container and adding the trino plugin to grafana was very straightforward. TrinoDB feels magical sometimes, except that the SQL syntax they use seemed awkward IIRC. Also, there are inexplicable performance problems with certain queries that require trying subtlety different SQL queries until it snaps out of it.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by andrewshadura »

fuzztester wrote: post #88

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.

And sometimes projects are handed to them to die. The way they (mis)handle OpenOffice is unforgivable.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by jldugger »

jldugger wrote: post #75
cogman10 wrote: post #3

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

They're both washboarding apps, and while I'm sure they each have panel types the other doesn't yet support, I don't think that's intrinsic. The differentiation as I see it, is that Superset is designed to craft SQL queries and visualize the results. The query builder is probably where this shows the most. To make it more concrete -- coworkers tell me Grafana doesn't work so well with Apache Druid, while Superset sup…

*dashboarding, yikes
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