Metabase Google Sheets Add-on

This Google Sheets add-on imports the result of a Metabase question to a Google Sheet by using the Metabase API.

It has two main functions that an user can access:

• importQuestion: import a single question from Metabase using it's question id number (you can find this at the end of a question URL) into the current Google Sheet tab
• importAllQuestions: imports all questions in a Google Sheet using the following name convention: (metabase/123) -> imports question number 123

What Users See

Metabase API Access

Currently, the add-on authenticates with Metabase by using a user account. You can use your own user account or create a dedicated one for the add-on. It sends the username and password and gets a token in response that it uses to make requests. If the token is expired (after a certain period of time it will expire) then the script requests a new token.

When deploying for the first time, remember to set following ENV vars in your Google Script Project file, by going to File -> Project Properties:

• BASE_URL (the url to your metabase instance with a trailing slash, e.g. https://my-company.metabase.com/)
• USERNAME (a Metabase username)
• PASSWORD (a Metabase user password)
• TOKEN (do not set it; it will be set automatically)

Publishing the Add-on

Publishing a Google Apps Add-on is a tricky process. For help on how to publish a Google Sheets Add-on: https://developers.google.com/gsuite/add-ons/how-tos/publishing-editor-addons.

Otherwise, you can just use the code as a simple Google Apps Script. Remember, to access the Project Properties, you might have to switch to the old (legacy) Google Apps Script editor.