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Welcome to Datafor
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2025-02-10
Datafor is a business intelligence platform: connect databases, describe them once in an analysis model, build interactive reports on the model, and ask questions about the data in plain language with the AI Agent. These pages describe Datafor 10.00; see the release notes for what changed.
Start here
| I want to | Read |
|---|---|
| Understand what Datafor does | Datafor Overview |
| Find my way around the console | Quick Tour of the Console |
| Build a first report in ten minutes | Create Your First Analysis Report |
| Learn the report editor | Report Editor Basics |
By task
| Task | Start with |
|---|---|
| Install or upgrade the server | Installation (Windows), Docker |
| Connect a database | Supported Databases, Configuring a MySQL Data Source |
| Model the data | Analysis Model Overview, Creating an Analysis Model |
| Agree on metric definitions | Understanding Metrics Library |
| Choose and build charts and tables | Choose and build a chart, Table |
| Let readers filter | Filters |
| Format numbers, colours and tooltips | Display Units, Colors, Conditional Formatting |
| Explore: drill, cross-filter, view details | Exploratory Analysis |
| Ask questions in plain language | AI Assistant |
| Export or share | Export, Share Link |
| Embed reports in another application | SDK Embedding |
| Administer users, security and settings | Settings Overview, Permission Evaluation Overview |
Find answers
Use the search box at the top of every page; it searches all titles and text. Field names in examples come from the sample model Retail Chain Operations; use the equivalent fields of your own model.