Can you trust the numbers in Metabase?

What does Metabase keep track of?

• Metabase keeps each question as a query against your own database, so its numbers are only as good as the data that query reads.

  In Metabase's own words: Under the hood, all Metabase questions are converted to SQL or another language native to your query engine. The query builder | Metabase Documentation, read 2026-11-12.

• Metabase's own site says you can inspect the query behind its answers.

  In Metabase's own words: Inspect the query behind every answer. Metabase, read 2026-11-12.

What can make Metabase's numbers look wrong?

1. If caching is on, a Metabase chart can show figures from before the latest change in your data, as Metabase's docs on caching explain.

   In Metabase's own words: Normally, Metabase only refreshes the cache when someone views the item after its cache has expired. Caching query results, read 2026-11-12.

2. A long table in Metabase may show only part of the rows behind it, so adding up what is visible can miss some, as the query builder docs say.

   In Metabase's own words: Metabase will still only display 2,000 or 10,000 rows in the table visualization. The query builder | Metabase Documentation, read 2026-11-12.

3. Daily counts can land on a different day depending on the time zone setting, as Metabase's time zone docs describe.

   In Metabase's own words: inside Metabase the reporting timezone setting (if set) will influence how your data is reported. Timezones | Metabase Documentation, read 2026-11-12.

4. A very large result can be cut off when exported, according to Metabase's export docs, so an exported total may be short.

   In Metabase's own words: By default, Metabase will export the first 1048575 rows of results. Exporting results | Metabase Documentation, read 2026-11-12.

How do I check Metabase's numbers myself?

1. An owner with the right permissions can open the query behind a number in Metabase and read what it counts.

   In Metabase's own words: click the View SQL or View query button in the top right of the query builder. The query builder | Metabase Documentation, read 2026-11-12.

2. Turning caching off for a question makes Metabase read the database afresh, which helps when checking a number that looks stale.

   In Metabase's own words: Metabase won’t cache its results; it’ll always run the query against the database to refresh results. Caching query results, read 2026-11-12.

How does Metabase work with Feder?

Connect Metabase to Feder and it joins your Visits apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Metabase.

When you connect Metabase, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.

Other apps that feed Visits

• Google Adsad clicks
• Google Analyticspage views and sessions
• Everflowunique clicks
• Pendopage views

Questions owners ask about Metabase

• Why does my Metabase dashboard filter show the wrong number of visits?If a column used by a filter changes in the database, the filter can stop working, so a filtered visit count can drop or go blank.
• Why does my Metabase chart show a different visit count than my database?When the database stores dates without time zone information, a visit can land on a different day in Metabase than in the source.
• Why do my weekly visits in Metabase look different on the dashboard?For questions built with the query builder, weekly visit totals depend on which day the week starts on, so a different start day can move visits from one week to the next. Metabase says this setting does not change SQL questions.

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Where do these answers come from?

Everything this page says about Metabase comes from Metabase's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.