Superset
Priyadarshani Priya
Jun 20, 2023
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CommentsWhat is Superset?
Superset's main goal is to make it easy to slice, dice and visualize data. It empowers users to perform analytics at the speed of thought.
Superset is a tool in the Business Intelligence category of a tech stack.
Key Features
A rich set of visualizations to analyze your data, as well as a flexible way to extend the capabilitiesAn extensible, high granularity security model allowing intricate rules on who can access which features, and integration with major authentication providers (database, OpenID, LDAP, OAuth & REMOTE_USER through Flask AppBuiler)A simple semantic layer, allowing to control how data sources are displayed in the UI, by defining which fields should show up in which dropdown and which aggregation and function (metrics) are made available to the userDeep integration with Druid allows for Caravel to stay blazing fast while slicing and dicing large, realtime datasets
Superset Pros & Cons
Pros of Superset
- ✓Awesome interactive filtering
- ✓Free
- ✓Shareable & editable dashboards
- ✓Wide SQL database support
- ✓Great for data collaborating on data exploration
- ✓Easy to share charts & dasboards
- ✓User & Role Management
Cons of Superset
- ✗Link diff db together "Data Modeling "
- ✗It is difficult to install on the server
- ✗Ugly GUI
Superset Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Superset?
Tableau
Tableau can help anyone see and understand their data. Connect to almost any database, drag and drop to create visualizations, and share with a click.
Power BI
It aims to provide interactive visualizations and business intelligence capabilities with an interface simple enough for end users to create their own reports and dashboards.
Metabase
It is an easy way to generate charts and dashboards, ask simple ad hoc queries without using SQL, and see detailed information about rows in your Database. You can set it up in under 5 minutes, and then give yourself and others a place to ask simple questions and understand the data your application is generating.
