Developing in Lightdash

This guide is for people who are new to Lightdash and need to learn the developer workflow. We’ll go over how to install and use the CLI, plus how to create metrics and dimensions.

Install the Lightdash CLI

Authenticate your CLI (login)

Add tables to Lightdash

How to create dimensions

How to create metrics

Autogenerate Lightdash-ready YAML

Preview local changes in Lightdash

Deploy changes to production

Automate with CI/CD

We recommend reading through all the docs above to understand all the details, but you can start by checking out this video overview of the Lightdash developer workflow:

Also check out the Notion version of the Lightdash Developer Quickstart. This version is built in Notion so you can make a copy and follow along, or customize and share with your whole team!