metabase / metabase/metabase

Include selected database in SQL editor URL

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Querying/Native Type:New Feature
Dominant language
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Description

My biggest use-case - by far - for Metabase is writing ad-hoc queries to our production database mirror.

To do so, I always take the following steps:
1. Open Metabase
2. Click on "New"
3. Select "SQL query"
4. Select the correct database

I would love for this to be one click to a bookmark.

I can manage to get to step 3 by copying the URL after selecting "SQL query", however it is very obscure and potentially not permanent. And more so, I cannot achieve the same for the entire process by copying the URL after selecting a database.

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Research direction

Start at the SQL editor entry point and trace how the selected database is represented in the current URL after opening a SQL query. Define the URL behavior needed for a bookmark to restore both the SQL editor and the selected database, then verify that reopening the URL preserves that selection.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
clojure, sql
Domain
database, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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