Introduction to the course

Dear learner,

Welcome to this course about data visualization. I wanted this course as most of digital analysts are mostly swearing about Google Data Studio, an attractive platform which allows to create nice graphs, tables and charts... write analysis by gathering data from many third party platforms... and of course... giving even more power to Google by giving straight away your brain work to it. Google is not the only one making such solutions Tableau (hosted on Amazon Web Services) and Microsoft BI are also very common used platforms.

With Redash, you can write queries and display the results on sharable dashboards and visualizations. In its built-in SQL editor, you can create reusable code snippets and schedule alerts and data refreshes. This BI tool designed for developers has an easy clickable or drop-and-drag user interface. Redash supports SQL, NoSQL, Big Data and API data sources - query your data from different sources to answer complex questions. Supported data sources and integrations → Redash is a popular Open Source project Customize and add features, no lock-in. As I cannot let that happened, I decided to create my own course about data visualization with Free/Libre and Open Source Solutions. As a result, in this course, I will introduce you to two main platforms which are Metabase and Redash, in order for you to keep the control of your data and host your data results and analysis, wherever you are. Metabase非常注重非技术人员（如产品经理、市场运营人员）在使用这个工具时的体验，让他们能自由地探索数据，回答自己的问题。 而在Superset或是Redash里，非技术人员基本上只能看预先建好的Dashboard，不懂SQL或是数据库结构的他们，很难自己去摸索。. Super impressed with @metabase! We are using it internally for a dashboard and it really offers a great combination of ease of use, flexibility, and speed. Paavo Niskala (@Paavi) December 17, 2019. @metabase is the most impressive piece of software I’ve used in a long time. If you have data you want to understand give it a try.

As I cannot let that happened, I decided to create my own course about data visualization with Free/Libre and Open Source Solutions. As a result, in this course, I will introduce you to two main platforms which are Metabase and Redash, in order for you to keep the control of your data and host your data results and analysis, wherever you are.

The syllabus is available for this course is available here:

• Course syllabus.
  

You can find the slides for the course here:

• Course slides.

I really would like to thank Lukas Winkler for the endless time he gave me by answering any questions I had. Without him this course wouldn't have be released.

Metabase Vs Redash Vs Superset

Metabase Superset Redash

I really hope you will enjoy this course.

Redash Bi