sartmorgs/metabase-migration

Script to update and duplicate question/card in Metabase

Metabase Migration

Script to update and duplicate Question in Metabase using Metabase REST API.

Here is a blog post on how we approach managing multiple environments in Embedded Metabase https://medium.com/itmi-engineering/managing-multiple-environments-with-embedded-metabase-87b074ea9aad

How to use

Clone this repository and npm install

Create .env file in root folder that contains

METABASE_BASE_URL=xxx
METABASE_USERNAME=xxx
METABASE_PASSWORD=xxx

Update Question

node app.js update —-originId=[question_id] --destId=[question_id] —-databaseId=[database_id]

Duplicate Question

node app.js duplicate —-questionId=[question_id] --collectionId=[collection_id] -—name=[name] -—databaseId=[database_id]

--name is optional, if it's not provided it will use the same question name.

Work in Progress

• Duplicating or updating question between different metabase instance
• Duplicating or updating Dashboard