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In this section, we provide guides and references to use the Metabase connector.
Supported Authentication Types:
  • Basic Auth — Connect using a Metabase account email and password. The connector obtains a session token automatically.
  • API Token — Connect using a Metabase API key. Recommended when basic authentication is disabled (e.g., SSO-enforced environments).
Configure and schedule Metabase metadata and profiler workflows from the OpenMetadata UI:

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How to Run the Connector Externally

To run the Ingestion via the UI you’ll need to use the OpenMetadata Ingestion Container, which comes shipped with custom Airflow plugins to handle the workflow deployment. If, instead, you want to manage your workflows externally on your preferred orchestrator, you can check the following docs to run the Ingestion Framework anywhere.

External Schedulers

Get more information about running the Ingestion Framework Externally

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Requirements

The Metabase account or API key used to connect must have view access to all dashboards and charts you want to ingest. To ingest owner information, the account must also have visibility of Metabase user profiles. This is available to admin accounts and accounts in groups with the appropriate permissions. Note: We have tested Metabase with Versions 0.42.4 and 0.43.4.

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Python Requirements

We have support for Python versions 3.9-3.11
To run the Metabase ingestion, you will need to install: 
pip3 install "openmetadata-ingestion[metabase]"

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Metadata Ingestion

All connectors are defined as JSON Schemas. Here you can find the structure to create a connection to Metabase. In order to create and run a Metadata Ingestion workflow, we will follow the steps to create a YAML configuration able to connect to the source, process the Entities if needed, and reach the OpenMetadata server. The workflow is modeled around the following JSON Schema

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1. Define the YAML Config

This is a sample config for Metabase:

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2. Run with the CLI

First, we will need to save the YAML file. Afterward, and with all requirements installed, we can run: 
metadata ingest -c <path-to-yaml>
Note that from connector to connector, this recipe will always be the same. By updating the YAML configuration, you will be able to extract metadata from different sources.