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# Overview
Metabase Report server is an easy way to generate charts and dashboards, ask simple ad hoc queries without using SQL, and see detailed information about rows in your Database. You can set it up in under 5 minutes, and then give yourself and others a place to ask simple questions and understand the data your application is generating. It is not tied to any specific framework and can be used out of the box with minimal configuration.
Metabase is an easy way to generate charts and dashboards, ask simple ad hoc queries without using SQL, and see detailed information about rows in your Database. You can set it up in under 5 minutes, and then give yourself and others a place to ask simple questions and understand the data your application is generating. It is not tied to any specific framework and can be used out of the box with minimal configuration.
With a bit of tagging and annotation of what the tables and fields in your database mean, it can be used to provide a rich, humanized version analytics server and administration interface.
# What it isn't
For more information check out [www.metabase.com](http://www.metabase.com)
The Report Server does not deal with getting data into a database or data warehouse or with transforming your data into a representation that lets you answer specific questions. Most sophisticated installations will have separate Ingestion processes that get data from third parties, event collectors or database snapshots into a Data Warehouse as well as Transformation Processes that join, denormalize, enrich or otherwise get your data into a shape that more convenient for use in analytics.
The report server does not collect web page views or mobile events, though it can help you understand conversion funnels, cohort retention and use behavior in general once you have collected these events into a database.
See the [Data Warehouse Guide](docs/data-warehousing.md) for more information and advice.
# Security Disclosure
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# Installation
To run the Report server you will need to have a Java Runtime installed. As a quick check to see if you system already has one, try
You can run Metabase in two primary ways, as a docker container or as a jar.
## Docker
To run Metabase via Docker, just type
docker run -d -p 3000:3000 —name metabase metabase/metabase:v0.12.0
## JVM Jar
To run the jar you will need to have a Java Runtime installed. As a quick check to see if you system already has one, try
java -version
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you are good to go. Otherwise, download the Java Runtime Environment at http://java.com/
To install the Query Server, go to the [Metabase Download Page](http://www.metabase.com/download) and download the current build. Place the downloaded jar into a newly created directory (as it will create some files when it is run), and run it on the command line:
Go to the [Metabase Download Page](http://www.metabase.com/download) and download the current build. Place the downloaded jar into a newly created directory (as it will create some files when it is run), and run it on the command line:
java -jar metabase.jar
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Once you have added this connection, you will be taken into the app and you'll be ready to ask your first question.
For more information, troubleshooting as well as tips on how to run Metabase in production, check out the [Installation Guide](docs/installation-guide.md)
# Getting Started
For a more detailed walkthrough, check out our [Getting Started](docs/getting-started/start.md) guide.
Follow our [Getting Started](docs/getting-started.md) guide to learn how to use the Report Server.
# Contributing
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