Re:Show HN: Tablum.io – No-Code Self-Service BI/Data Analyti...
by eatonphil on Thursday November 11, 2021 @09:53AM
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My workflow for the longest time has been: use a SQL GUI to run SQL queries but then dump that to CSV so I could load in Excel and make graphics I could embed in a presentation or sent in an email.
I don't think Excel or Google Sheets are the right interface for diverse data sources that have different query styles and different connection types. Visually the space in each Cell is just pretty constrained.
I am building an open source tool [0] for these kinds of workflows where you need to combine queries, scripting in Python/JavaScript/etc, graphing, dashboards, email exports in one place. It's very similar to tablum.io (this post) but instead of doing any ETL it's just a smart client for joining data client-side.
I don't think Excel or Google Sheets are the right interface for diverse data sources that have different query styles and different connection types. Visually the space in each Cell is just pretty constrained.
I am building an open source tool [0] for these kinds of workflows where you need to combine queries, scripting in Python/JavaScript/etc, graphing, dashboards, email exports in one place. It's very similar to tablum.io (this post) but instead of doing any ETL it's just a smart client for joining data client-side.
[0] https://github.com/multiprocessio/datastation