This guide covers everything you need to get started using Metabase! You'll learn the basics of installing it for the first time on a local machine, setting it up, and asking your first question.
## In-depth Guides
#### [Users Guide](users-guide/start.md)
This is the core guide for how users can ask questions and share answers using Metabase. You'll learn in depth about how questions are expressed, how to chart answers, as well as how to share questions and create dashboards.
This is the go-to guide on asking questions and sharing answers using Metabase. You'll learn in depth about how questions are expressed, how to chart answers, as well as how to share questions and create dashboards.
## For Administrators
#### [Admin Guide](administration-guide/start.md)
This guide is for advanced users and those who will be setting up and maintaining a Metabase installation. You'll learn how to set the instance up, how to configure common settings, how to manage user accounts, and how to add databases. You'll also learn how to troubleshoot common problems with both Metabase as well as underlying databases or data warehouses it uses.
This guide contains more detailed information about how to install Metabase for production use. It covers topics like SSL termination, deploying via Docker Containers vs Jars, as well as the tradeoffs involved.
This guide is targetted towards power users and those who will be setting up and maintaining a Metabase installation. You'll learn how to set the instance up, common settings, how to manage user accounts and how to add databases. You'll also learn how to troubleshoot common problems with both Metabase as well as underlying databases or data warehouses it uses.
This guide contains more detailed information about how to install Metabase for production use. It covers topics like SSL termination, deploying via Docker Containers vs. Jars, as well as the tradeoffs involved.
## For Developers
#### [Developers Guide](developers-guide.md)
This guide covers how to contribute back to Metabase. It includes setting up a development environment, running tests as well as the contribution and product process Metabase follows.
This guide covers how to contribute back to the Metabase open source project. It includes setting up a development environment, running tests, and the contribution and product process Metabase follows.
#### [API Reference](uberdoc.html)
This is a comprehensive reference for all server functions in our codebase.
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Okay, cool — we’re ready to ask our question, so let’s click the **Run query** button!
So it looks like there were 12,284 orders, each with a subtotal greater than $40. (By the way, you’ll definitely get a different answer than us, because the data in the sample dataset is randomized.) Another way of saying this is that there were 12,284 *records* in the table that met the parameters we set.
So it looks like there were 12,284 orders, each with a subtotal greater than $40. Ka-ching! Another way of saying this is that there were 12,284 *records* in the table that met the parameters we set.
