December 2019 Summaries

Preset showcases its commitment to open-source development by integrating Elasticsearch support into Apache Superset, driven by community feedback. The integration leverages Elasticsearch's new SQL query capability, enabling seamless connections between Superset, written in Python, and Elasticsearch via a newly developed Python database driver and SQLAlchemy dialect. This development, made open-source and published as a Python Package Index (PyPI) package, allows Python applications, including Superset, to query Elasticsearch. The guide provides straightforward instructions for setting up and using the integration, highlighting its practical application by analyzing flight data to identify the airline with the most cancellations. This advancement exemplifies the collaborative innovation fostered by the Superset community, enhancing the tool's flexibility and utility.