# Metabase

In this section, we provide guides and references to use the Metabase connector.

## Requirements

We will extract the metadata using the <a href="https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/api-documentation" target="_blank">Metabase API</a>.

You can find further information on the Metabase connector in the <a href="https://docs.open-metadata.org/connectors/dashboard/metabase" target="_blank">docs</a>.

## Connection Details

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### Username $(id="username")

Username to connect to Metabase, e.g., `user@organization.com`. This user should have access to relevant dashboards and charts in Metabase to fetch the metadata.
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### Password $(id="password")

Password of the user account to connect with Metabase.
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### Host Port $(id="hostPort")

This parameter specifies the host and port of the Metabase instance. This should be specified as a URI string in the format `http://hostname:port` or `https://hostname:port`. 

For example, you might set it to `https://org.metabase.com:3000`.
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### Database Service Prefixes $(id="dbServicePrefixes")

When processing Dashboards and Charts we can extract information on which tables are used to create them.

In order to create the lineage between the Dashboard sources and their tables of origin, we need to know where to look for such tables.

List of service path prefixes for lineage matching. Supported formats: 
**DBServiceName**
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