Trouble with Apache Superset chart
Analytics and BI9 posts from 7 people8d active+11 post in the last 7 days, 4 the 7 days before (fading)
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9, newest firstContribution post-processing without options returns 500 on chart data### Bug description A chart-data request whose `contribution` post-processing operation carries no `options` key returns HTTP 500 (`KeyError: 'options'`) instead of a 4xx. `options` is optional in the post-processing schema, so `{"operation": "contribution"}` is valid input, but...apache/superset · SEPURI-SAI-KRISHNA1 repliesOpen ↗Dashboard import fails with an unknown reason when metadata names an unresolvable chart### Bug description Importing a dashboard fails with "Import dashboard failed for an unknown reason" when the dashboard's `json_metadata` names a chart ID that the import cannot look up. The message gives no hint about which chart or which field is at fault. `update_id_refs` in...apache/superset · SEPURI-SAI-KRISHNA1 repliesOpen ↗MCP get_chart_data returns different numbers than the dashboard when saved query_context is missing or outdated...shows the QoQ change; get_chart_data returns the plain sum of the metric. Why it is hard to notice: the fallback only calls ctx.warning(...), which does not reach the client’s tool result, so an LLM client presents the number as correct. Charts with a stale saved context are not...apache/superset · championble31 repliesOpen ↗Mixed chart: "Only Total" stack labels never show for Query B and land on the wrong bar for Query A when an annotation layer is shown### Bug description In the Mixed Chart (`mixed_timeseries`), the stack total label from **Show Values** + **Stack series** + **Only Total** is not drawn on the topmost series: - **Query B:** the total never shows. With the defaults (Only Total is on by default), a stacked Query...apache/superset · raams95Open ↗MCP: update_chart resets saved settings the caller did not name (bar becomes line, ag-grid becomes table)### Bug description Updating a saved chart through the MCP `update_chart` tool changes more than the caller named. A `config` that names a few fields resets the other saved settings to the mapper's defaults, and a change of viz type inside one chart type silently replaces the...apache/superset · tien238lnd1 repliesOpen ↗MCP Chart Creation Fails With a Custom User Model### Bug description When the MCP `generate_chart` tool creates a chart in a Superset deployment using a custom security manager and custom user model, the chart insert fails at transaction commit with an SQLAlchemy `FlushError`. I think that the failure occurs because MCP user...apache/superset · lhpaoletti1 repliesOpen ↗nightly mypy: Slice.uuid.in_() fails union-attr on chart import (CoreChart.uuid shadows the real Column)Problem The nightly full-repo mypy sweep fails with two `[union-attr]` errors on `Slice.uuid.in_(dependency_chart_uuids)` in `superset/commands/chart/importers/v1/__init__.py:162`: `Item "UUID" of "UUID | None" has no attribute "in_"` and the `None` variant. First seen on the...apache/superset · sadpandajoeOpen ↗Text reports show "-0.00" for negative values that round to zero, while the chart shows "0.00"### Bug description Reports that send a chart as text format numbers on the server with `superset/utils/number_format.py`, which is meant to reproduce the frontend's d3-format output. For negative values that round to zero at the chosen precision, it keeps the minus sign, while...apache/superset · devansh173Open ↗ECharts stacked Bar Chart value labels collide/duplicate on near-zero segments next to a large-magnitude outlier### Bug description Follow-up to #38037. The chart configuration described there (stacked ECharts Bar chart, "Show Value" enabled, mostly small values plus one very large-magnitude outlier in the same series) produces value labels that collide and overlap on the...apache/superset · sadpandajoe2 repliesOpen ↗
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9 posts from 7 people in 1 place, about 2 a week over 27 days. Mostly on apache/superset. Tools named alongside: Slack, GitHub, Text, Observe.
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Posts about Apache Superset with no known issue, sharing the word "chart". First post Sep 21, 2026, latest Oct 17, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method
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