# Basedash Documentation ## Documentation ### Getting started - [Welcome to Basedash](https://basedash.com/docs/getting-started/welcome.md): The AI-native business intelligence platform - [Quickstart](https://basedash.com/docs/getting-started/quickstart.md): Connect your data, ask your first question, and share a dashboard - [Concepts](https://basedash.com/docs/getting-started/concepts.md): The building blocks of Basedash and how they fit together - [Invite your team](https://basedash.com/docs/getting-started/invite-team.md): Collaborate with your team in Basedash - [Basedash everywhere](https://basedash.com/docs/getting-started/basedash-everywhere.md): Use Basedash on the web, on your phone, on your desktop, in Slack, and from AI tools like Claude and Cursor ### Ask - [Chat](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chat.md): Ask questions about your data in plain English and get answers with the SQL behind them - [Accuracy and trust](https://basedash.com/docs/features/accuracy-and-trust.md): How Basedash generates answers, shows its work, and keeps your data safe ### Build - [Dashboards](https://basedash.com/docs/features/dashboards.md): Build, organize, and share pages of live charts - [Charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/charts.md): Create charts with AI or SQL, and customize, drill into, and share them - [Multi-source charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/multi-source-charts.md): Join query results from several data sources in one chart - [Break down by](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/breakdowns.md): Slice data into multiple series with breakdowns - [Filters and variables](https://basedash.com/docs/features/filters-and-variables.md): Use filters to make your dashboards dynamic and interactive - [SQL editor](https://basedash.com/docs/features/sql-editor.md): Write and execute SQL queries in Basedash - [Tables](https://basedash.com/docs/features/tables.md): Browse and analyze your data in a familiar spreadsheet interface - [Export and share](https://basedash.com/docs/features/export-and-share.md): Download chart data, copy charts, export dashboards to PDF, share links, and restore deleted work #### Chart types - [Chart types](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/introduction.md): Every chart type in Basedash and when to use each one - [Line charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/line-charts.md): Trends and patterns over time - [Bar charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/bar-charts.md): Vertical bars for totals over time or across a few categories - [Horizontal bar charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/horizontal-bar-charts.md): Compare categories with horizontal bar charts - [Pie charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/pie-charts.md): Proportions and parts of a whole - [Funnel charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/funnel-charts.md): Visualize journey steps and flow progression with funnel charts - [Scatter charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/scatter-charts.md): Relationships between two numeric fields - [Sankey charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/sankey-charts.md): Flows between stages, categories, or entities - [Map visualizations](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/map-visualizations.md): Geographic data display - [Activity charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/activity-charts.md): Display GitHub-style daily activity heatmaps - [Number displays](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/number-displays.md): Single metric values - [Progress charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/progress-charts.md): Progress toward a goal or target - [Tables](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/tables.md): Detailed tabular data display - [Detail charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/detail-views.md): Detailed information panels - [Text components](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/text-components.md): Text and narrative content - [Header components](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/header-components.md): Section headings inside dashboards - [Image charts](https://basedash.com/docs/features/chart-types/image.md): Image content presentation ### Monitor - [Insights](https://basedash.com/docs/features/insights.md): An AI-written feed of what changed in your data and why it matters - [Automations](https://basedash.com/docs/features/automations.md): Have the AI run an analysis on a schedule or when data changes, and deliver it to email or Slack - [Subscriptions](https://basedash.com/docs/features/subscriptions.md): Get a dashboard or chart delivered to email or Slack on a schedule ### Teach the AI - [Models](https://basedash.com/docs/features/models.md): Transform data and define reusable business logic for every AI workflow - [Materialized models](https://basedash.com/docs/features/materialized-models.md): Store a model's results as a table so charts load without re-running the query - [AI context](https://basedash.com/docs/features/ai-context.md): Add custom context to improve AI understanding of your organization and data - [Skills](https://basedash.com/docs/features/skills.md): Write reusable instructions once and let every Basedash AI agent load them when they're relevant ### Integrations - [Slack app](https://basedash.com/docs/features/slack.md): Your AI data analyst in Slack — ask questions, get charts back, and receive automations and insights in your channels - [MCP server](https://basedash.com/docs/features/mcp-server.md): Connect any MCP client to Basedash for AI-powered data analysis - [MCP connectors](https://basedash.com/docs/features/mcp-connectors.md): Connect external MCP servers to Basedash so AI can use their tools ### Administration - [Members and roles](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/members-and-roles.md): Invite people, choose what each person can do, and manage your organization's member list - [Groups](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/groups.md): Organize members into teams to share work, control data access, and give the AI team-specific context - [Data source access control](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/data-source-access-control.md): Control who can query each data source, and which schemas, tables, and columns they can see - [Data visibility](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/data-visibility.md): Hide tables, schemas, and columns from AI access and queries - [Row level security](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/row-level-security.md): Control data access at the row level for multi-tenant applications - [Domains and SSO](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/sso.md): Add your own domains, configure SSO, and manage enterprise identity - [SCIM provisioning](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/scim.md): Provision and manage Basedash users and groups from your identity provider - [Domains and login methods](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/domains-and-login.md): Control how people sign in to Basedash and how coworkers join your organization - [Audit logs](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/audit-logs.md): Search and export a record of sign-ins, permission changes, queries, exports, and AI actions in your organization - [Organization settings](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/organization-settings.md): Change your organization's name, fiscal year, query caching, and feature settings, and manage your own profile and API keys - [Billing and AI usage](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/billing-and-ai-usage.md): Manage your subscription and invoices, track AI usage by person and feature, and set spend limits - [Plans and pricing](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/pricing.md): Basedash pricing plans and billing details - [Security and compliance](https://basedash.com/docs/administration/security.md): How Basedash keeps your data secure and compliant ### Help - [FAQ](https://basedash.com/docs/help/faq.md): Frequently asked questions about Basedash - [Troubleshooting](https://basedash.com/docs/help/troubleshooting.md): Fix common problems with connections, slow charts, AI answers, Slack, MCP, and embedding - [Data sources (728 pages)](https://basedash.com/docs/_llms/data-sources.txt): Documentation for Data sources. - [Developers (97 pages)](https://basedash.com/docs/_llms/developers.txt): Documentation for Developers. ## Self-hosting ### Self-hosting - [Overview](https://basedash.com/docs/self-hosting/overview.md): Deploy Basedash on your own infrastructure with complete control - [Deploy](https://basedash.com/docs/self-hosting/deploy.md): Deploy Basedash with Docker Compose or Kubernetes, and size your infrastructure - [Configure](https://basedash.com/docs/self-hosting/configure.md): Configure environment variables, AI models, email, and database ## OpenAPI Specs - [openapi](https://charts.basedash.com/api/public/openapi) ## Optional - [Changelog](https://www.basedash.com/changelog) - [Contact support](mailto:support@basedash.com) > The links below point to documentation indexes. Follow each `/_llms/` index recursively until you reach documentation pages. ## Indexes - [Data sources (728 pages)](https://basedash.com/docs/_llms/data-sources.txt): Documentation for Data sources. - [Data sources / Connectors (708 pages)](https://basedash.com/docs/_llms/data-sources/connectors.txt): Documentation for Data sources / Connectors. - [Developers (97 pages)](https://basedash.com/docs/_llms/developers.txt): Documentation for Developers. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.