DatriseAI-first ETL

News API Metabase

AI-first ETL from News API into Metabase. Governed entities, incremental sync, typed landing tables.

How Datrise loads News API into Metabase

Datrise syncs News API's records, events, and configuration objects 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

News API: SaaS or API data source for analytics and warehouse sync.

Metabase: Open-source analytics with questions, dashboards, and embedded insights.

How News API entities map to Metabase

News API entityMetabase objectNotes
recordsnews_api_recordsid PK · custom fields → flattened columns for the question builder
eventsnews_api_eventstemporal columns for trends events
configuration objectsnews_api_configuration_objectsid PK · linked to news_api_records

FAQ

How does Datrise handle News API'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 News API to Metabase sync stay up to date?

It runs incrementally — Datrise uses incremental refresh of the connected tables.

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