📄️ Dimensions
Dimensions are the columns in your table. They are the "attributes" of your data. For example, user_id in your users table is a dimension.
📄️ Metrics
A metric is a value that describes or summarizes features from a collection of data points.
📄️ Tables
You can run queries against the tables in your Lightdash project.
📄️ Joins
Joins let you connect different models to each other so that you can explore more than one model at the same time in Lightdash and see how different parts of your data relate to each other.
📄️ Validator
Broken content is not useful content. We've built tools in Lightdash to help validate your content so you can keep it useful and we'll notify you when it isn't.
📄️ SQL Runner
The SQL runner is used to build ad-hoc queries or charts using totally custom SQL. Charts built using the SQL runner can be shared, but can't be saved or added to a dashboard.
📄️ SQL Variables
When writing SQL in your Lightdash models, you can use the following references to template you SQL and make it more