Apache Superset Quick Start Guide

Integrate open source data analytics and build business intelligence on SQL databases with Apache Superset. The quick intuitive nature for data visualization in a web application makes it easy for creating interactive dashboards.Key FeaturesWork with Apache Supersets rich set of data visualizationsCreate interactive dashboards and data storytellingEasily explore dataBook DescriptionApache Superset is a modern open source enterprise-ready business intelligence (BI) web application. With the help of this book you will see how Superset integrates with popular databases like Postgres Google BigQuery Snowflake and MySQL. You will learn to create real time data visualizations and dashboards on modern web browsers for your organization using Superset.First we look at the fundamentals of Superset and then get it up and running. Youll go through the requisite installation configuration and deployment. Then we will discuss different columnar data types analytics and the visualizations available. Youll also see the security tools available to the administrator to keep your data safe.You will learn how to visualize relationships as graphs instead of coordinates on plain orthogonal axes. This will help you when you upload your own entity relationship dataset and analyze the dataset in new different ways. You will also see how to analyze geographical regions by working with location data.Finally we cover a set of tutorials on dashboard designs frequently used by analysts business intelligence professionals and developers.What you will learnGet to grips with the fundamentals of data exploration using SupersetSet up a working instance of Superset on cloud services like Google Compute EngineIntegrate Superset with SQL databasesBuild dashboards with SupersetCalculate statistics in Superset for numerical categorical or text dataUnderstand visualization techniques filtering and grouping by aggregationManage user roles and permissions in SupersetWork with SQL LabWho this book is forThis book is for data analysts BI professionals and developers who want to learn Apache Superset. If you want to create interactive dashboards from SQL databases this book is what you need. Working knowledge of Python will be an advantage but not necessary to understand this book.