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# User Guide

**This guide will teach you:**

*   [An overview of Metabase](01-what-is-metabase.md)
*   [The basics of database terminology](02-database-basics.md)
*   [Basic exploration in Metabase](03-basic-exploration.md)
*   [Asking questions in Metabase](04-asking-questions.md)
*   [How to visualize the answers to questions](05-visualizing-results.md)
*   [Sharing and organizing your saved questions](06-sharing-answers.md)
*   [Creating dashboards](07-dashboards.md)
*   [Adding filters to dashboards](08-dashboard-filters.md)
*   [Creating charts with multiple series](09-multi-series-charting.md)
*   [Using Pulses for daily emails](10-pulses.md)
*   [Get answers in Slack with Metabot](11-metabot.md)
*   [Some helpful tips on building your data model](12-data-model-reference.md)
*   [Creating SQL Templates](13-sql-parameters.md)
*   [Viewing X-ray reports](14-x-rays.md)
*   [Getting alerts](15-alerts.md)

Let's get started with an overview of [What Metabase does](01-what-is-metabase.md).