Segments, Metrics

A new version of Metabase is out! See our release notes below.

Features / Enhancements

• Segments - the ability to store and reuse filter definitions
• Metrics - the ability to store and reuse aggregation definitions
• Improved support for table namespaces (schemas) in databases that use them such as Postgres/Redshift
• Druid driver
• Performance improvements in database introspection process plus the ability to optionally completely disable the more resource intensive database analysis work
• Interactive tutorial that trains users on how to work with the Query Builder
• Expand the limits on Pulses so more charts can be included
• More instrumentation on frontend features
• SQL Server now supports SSL connections
• Provide detailed error messages on Query Builder when query fails
• Support for many more timezones across the world
• Ability to easily migrate from H2 application database to Postgres/MySQL

Bug Fixes

• Fix for Firefox where strict javascript validation was causing app failure
• Fix bug where “[Unknown Field]” would show up in automatic title creation sometimes
• Fix issue where dots in SQL database table names was causing an error
• Fix for utf-8 encoding issue on Pulse images
• Fix bug where add to dashboard modal was only listing dashboards created by the user
• Fix error where SQL Server columns using varchar(max) were breaking queries
• Fix for error in queries that returned a binary column
• Don’t show stddev aggregation option on databases that don’t support it
• Fix for rendering bug on pivot tables
• Fix bug where a row count larger than MAX_INT would create an error updating table metadata
• Fix chart rendering for bar charts grouped by time quarterly
• Fix issue where pulses fail to render some SQL cards

Full list of issues

You can download the new version of Metabase at metabase.com/start.