Excel File to Metabase Integration
AI-first ETL from Excel File into Metabase. Governed entities, incremental sync, typed landing tables.
How Datrise loads Excel File into Metabase
Datrise syncs Excel File's worksheets, rows, columns, headers, cell ranges, and workbooks into Metabase as clean SQL tables Metabase auto-discovers. Flexible or custom fields land in flattened columns for the question builder, and timestamps such as created, updated, and status changes are typed as temporal columns for trends.
Sync is incremental: Datrise uses incremental refresh of the connected tables, so re-runs update only what changed. Date-partitioned facts for large questions. Metabase auto-scans schemas, so Datrise uses readable table and column names so the no-code UI stays self-explanatory.
Ideal for self-serve questions and dashboards for whole teams.
Endpoints
Excel File: Spreadsheet workbooks from exports and shared drives.
Metabase: Open-source analytics with questions, dashboards, and embedded insights.
How Excel File entities map to Metabase
| Excel File entity | Metabase object | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| worksheets | excel_file_worksheets | id PK · custom fields → flattened columns for the question builder |
| rows | excel_file_rows | id PK · linked to excel_file_worksheets |
| columns | excel_file_columns | id PK · linked to excel_file_worksheets |
| headers | excel_file_headers | id PK · linked to excel_file_worksheets |
FAQ
How does Datrise handle Excel File's custom fields in Metabase?
Flexible values are stored as flattened columns for the question builder, so new fields don't require a migration; strongly-typed fields — dates, numbers, and references — are promoted to native Metabase types.
How does the Excel File to Metabase sync stay up to date?
It runs incrementally — Datrise uses incremental refresh of the connected tables.
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