What is Evidence?
Evidence is an open source framework for building data products with SQL - things like reports, decision-support tools, and embedded dashboards. It's a code-driven alternative to drag-and-drop BI tools.
This docs site is an Evidence app.
Install Evidence with the VSCode Extension, or see other installation options.
How does Evidence work?
Evidence renders a BI website from markdown files:
- Data sources can include data warehouses, flat files and non-SQL data sources
- SQL statements inside markdown files run queries against data sources
- Charts and components are rendered using these query results
- Templated pages generate many pages from a single markdown template
- Loops and If / Else statements allow control of what is displayed to users
Pre-requisites
To use Evidence you need to know SQL. A knowledge of basic markdown syntax is also helpful.
Getting help
If you're trying out Evidence, and need some support we'd love to hear from you.
- Message us on Slack
- Open an issue on Github
- See all the charts and components.
If there's anything you find difficult in the docs, please open an issue or reach out to us on Slack.