Release 65 - Superset Dashboards
- Surya M
Overview
Superset is a data visualization and business intelligence platform. It provides an easy-to-use interface for creating data visualizations and performing complex data analysis. With Superset, users can quickly and easily explore their data, build insightful dashboards, and share their findings with others.
Superset is a great tool for data exploration, visualization, and analysis. It is easy to use, yet powerful enough to handle complex datasets. It provides many features, from basic charts to advanced analytics.
This document will cover the following topics:
Getting Started with Superset
Location of Dashboards
Different Features in a Dashboard
Customizing your charts
Getting Started with Superset
The output reports and Overview summary reports within the UI will not need any logi
For accessing the BI dashboards, you will be provided with a login URL link and Credentials
Login URL: http://orgname-ms.increff.com
Credentials: Please connect with your account manager
Location of Dashboards
As soon as Login into superset the bi-dashboards will be visible on the landing page and you can access them by clicking on the dashboards
Different Features in a Dashboard
The Dashboards remain the same predominantly but certain options have changed
The menu bar:
This input will contain the option to manually refresh the dashboard to the latest Monday’s data in case it hasn’t been refreshed yet
An option to download the whole view including all the charts and filters visible in the current screenspace as an image
The dashboard bar: In this bar, the different sub-dashboards in this dashboard will be available and the user can navigate between them by clicking on them
Filters: The filters are moved to the side with an option to hide them when not required. A few things to note here are
Every filter may not apply to all the charts in the view, and while hovering over or selecting the filter, the charts for which that filter is applicable will be highlighted in a blue tint and shadow
Date range filters in some dashboards will have a custom date selector in which the type of date range the user wants to use can be selected and customized
Filters Out of Scope: The filters under this header are for the other sub-dashboards and should not be used for this current sub-dashboard
Apply Filter: Filters after selecting have to be applied using this button for them to take effect, without applying the charts will not be updated
Chart Menu bar: The chart menu bar is similar in function to the Dashboard menu bar but only for that particular chart, using this, the user can
View a particular chart of interest in full-screen
Download the content of that Chart in tabular format in .csv, .xlsx formats in Excel or as an image
Customizing your charts
As of now, this feature is disabled for all users. Please reach out to your account manager regarding customizing a dashboard/chart
Why Superset
Superset provides 4 major features for allowing your teams to create and automate their own data-related requirements.
Ad Hoc Reporting
Ad hoc reporting will be provided as a separate feature in the MS line of products, enabling users of various departments to access and analyze data in a flexible and customized manner that meets their specific needs and requirements. Excel Pivot-like functionality.
Superset complements role-based flow in the UI
In Superset, we can create separate credentials for every user in the client organization and give them access to what is relevant for them based on their function.
Superset is Flexible
The open-source nature of Apache Superset provides the ability to customize and extend the platform to meet specific needs.
Explore Data through SQL Queries
The team can make use of this feature to explore and create charts on the fly.