Metabase - Data sandbox Data sandbox

Set strong boundaries around your data

Show people what they need and nothing else. Get selective about data access with row- and column-level permissions for groups of people based on attributes you choose.

Keep everyone in their own lane

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Basic sandbox

Restrict rows for groups of people based on attributes you set. Create filtered views of a table so people only see what they need to, and nothing they don’t.

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Custom sandbox

Restrict rows and columns for groups of people. You can display the results of a saved SQL question instead of the original table.

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Set attributes

Assign attributes manually or take a shortcut and do it programmatically with SSO or SAML for quick setup and easy maintenance.

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For internal and customer-facing analytics

Apply group attributes with basic or custom sandboxes for people within your company, or interactive embedding for secure multi-tenant analytics.

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Connection impersonation

Give a group access to the SQL editor while restricting the group's access to data based on a specific database role, centralizing permissions on the DB.

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Display edited columns

Show an edited or truncated version of the data. For example, instead of making email addresses available to everyone, you could just show display names.

Learn more about setting up row-level permissions

How to use drill-throughs on dashboards
and charts

1
Make sure users have an attribute to be grouped on (check out prerequisites for basic sandboxes)
2
Go to Admin settings > Permissions.
3
Select the database and table that you want to sandbox.
4
Find the group that you want to put in the sandbox.
5
Click on the dropdown under Data access for that group.