Apache Superset is a modern, enterprise-ready business intelligence web application designed to provide deep data integration and visualization capabilities. It emphasizes a builder mindset over vendor dependency and offers a flexible technology stack that includes Python, Flask, and React. The platform is open-source with features like role-based security and caching, aiming to foster community involvement and improvement.

1. MAXIME BEAUCHEMIN / MAY 2017
Apache Superset
a modern, enterprise-ready business
intelligence web application

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• Cereal Entrepreneur: Creative. Embraces constraints. Solution-oriented. Tenacious.
• Be a Host: Collaborative. Anticipates the needs of others. Prepared. Authentic. Listens.
• Embrace the Adventure: Flexible. Risk tolerant. Always learning. Curious. Open-minded.
• Simplify: Prioritizes. Distills a problem to its essence. Makes and communicates clear decisions.
• Champion the Mission: Passionate. Committed. Optimistic. Puts the Airbnb community first.
• Every Frame Matters: Thinks holistically. Rigorous about quality. Appreciates the details and
prioritizes the right ones.
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3. * explore your data!
* create interactive dashboards
* share discoveries
A modern, enterprise-ready business intelligence web application

4. The Superset Vision
Any visualizationAny database
microscopic
amount of
work

5. Event
Logs
MySQL
Dumps Gold
Hive Cluster
HDFS
Spark Cluster
Airpal
Airflow Scheduling
Presto Cluster
Silver
Hive Cluster
HDFS
Replication
Kafka
Sqoop
Tableau
S3
Superset !
Druid

6. * Data is too strategic to depend on vendors!
* Tableau doesn’t support Presto & Druid
* Tableau extracts don’t scale well
* Buying means lock-in and increasing costs
* We need deep integration with our stack
* We’re builders not buyers!

7. Live demo!

17. The Stack
* Python backend
* Flask App Builder (authentication, roles, CRUD, …)
* Pandas for rich analytics
* SqlAlchemy (multi dialect SQL toolkit)
* Javascript frontend
* React / Redux
* ES6 / Webpack / npm
* d3.js!
* nvd3.org

18. Security
* Provided by Flask AppBuilder (python web framework)
* Easily integrate with: OpenID, LDAP, REMOTE_USER,
OAUTH, or use the builtin database
* Ships with 3 roles:
* Admin (all access)
* Alpha (all access but cannot alter permissions)
* Gamma (per-datasource / table access)
* Fine grain controls to create new roles

19. A thin Semantic Layer
* Verbose names and long descriptions for columns and metrics
* Add calculated fields and metrics as SQL expression
* Set how individual columns are exposed

20. Caching!
* Provided by flask-cache
* Backends: memcache, redis, filesystem, memory, …
* cascading timeout configuration
* UI is upfront about staleness
* allows to force-refresh

21. Open Source!

22. * Grow a community! Joining the ASF
* UX -> smoothen common flows
* Improve SQL Lab
* Ship visualizations & controls as React.js
components
* DSL for the semantic layer
What’s next?

23. github.com/airbnb/superset

24. Q?