Highlights of what we’re cooking

Actively being built

Custom SMTP configuration in Metabase Cloud

Bring your own server to have full control over headers.

Database Routing

Segregate data between tenants across schemas or even hosts. Route based on user attributes and layer on row-level security or connection impersionation.

Google Sheets as a source

Live sync sheets to your Metabase Cloud Storage and query them as regular tables.

New, simpler iframe-based embedding

Easier to get going, but with more customization and much more performant.

Upgraded status indication

Mark deprecated items, flag unhealthy data assets, set expiration dates, add comments and more.

Better search

Faster, higher quality results.

Date/time granularity parameters for SQL queries

To reduce query duplication.

Dynamic goals

Define goals using other questions.

Filter UX improvements

Faster and smoother filtering experience when working directly with tables (as in not in the query builder).

Fine-grained notification timing controls

Configure alerts and subscriptions to run every minute, once a month, or any custom schedule with a cron expression.

Percent of total in table visualizations

No complex querying needed.

Picker improvements

Faster, better search, more intuitive.

Redesigned custom expressions editor

Smoother, easier, more reliable.

Revamped table visualizations

More customizable (column width, word wrap, zebra-striping), more powerful (column totals/averages) and more scrollable (in dashboards!).

Separate left and right split y-axis settings

In line, bar, scatter and other charts.

Planned for the next release or two

AI-backed Metabot

Natural language querying, SQL fixes, result summaries and quicker actions throughout.

AI-backed querying in embedding

Natural language querying for embedding users.

Content localization

Customize item titles, column names and more in different languages.

Editable notification templates

Custom email and HTTP formats for alerts, subscriptions, webhooks, and more.

Mandatory filters and partition support

Ensure all GUI queries use a given filter in order to support sharded tables or enforce smaller queries.

Tenant-based user management

Group your embedding users by their the organizations they belong to, set permissions, seed collections, and overall streamline configuration with robust data segregation.

Better control over auto-refresh

Pre-configured, more granular increments, better UI.

Data source swapping

For individual GUI questions.

Enhanced pivot tables

Faster and more customizable.

Filters in the body of dashboard

Get them close to what they’re filtering.

Improved data picker

Lighter, faster source picker in the query builder.

Model improvements

Faster UX, foreign key mapping, custom filter values.

New Chart Type: Boxplot

Also known as a box-and-whisker plot.

Parameters in snippets

Ability to include parameters in SQL snippets.

Relative date expressions in SQL

More flexible filters.

Revamped Browse Data

Better than a catalog.

Revamped PDF generation

Server-side generated PDFs for download and in subscriptions.

SQL Editor improvements

Better ergonomics for day-to-day querying.

Coming in the next 6 months or so

Dashboard drafts and approvals

In-product review and change management for dashboards.

Data warehouse cost insights

Know how much your queries cost, optimize (or kill) expensive queries.

Granular sync controls

Configure regular sync behavior at the schema level.

More fine-grained permissions

Query only via models, Edit collections.

Productized REST API

Stable versioning, revamped documentation, and more.

More dashboard improvements

Events in dashboards, drag cards from the sidebar, reduce manual resizing of elements, zoomed in card view, dashboard templates, and more.

More granular permissions

Create/edit/use only models or metrics and more.

New visualization UI

Series from different DBs, more customization, more intuitive controls.

Parameterization controls in query builder queries

Define what can be parameterized, for control and query reuse.

Pluggable charts

Bring your own chart type with a little Javascript.

Revamped timezone support

More control over timezone display and filtering across questions, dashboards and embeds.

Static card parameters

Hardcode parameters for individual questions in dashboards.

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Keep in mind these are non-exhaustive plans and subject to change. Plans are always clearer for the near future than far out. Features may not be available in all plans.

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