## Preflight checks for Metabase

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/metabase/references/preflight-checks-for-metabase

> Before [running the Metabase crawler](/apps/connectors/business-intelligence/metabase/how-tos/crawl-metabase), you can run [preflight checks](/product/co.

Before [running the Metabase crawler](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/metabase/crawl-metabase/llms.txt), you can run [preflight checks](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/connector-capabilities/what-are-preflight-checks/llms.txt) to perform the necessary technical validations. The following preflight checks will be completed:

## Collection count

✅ `Collection count check passed. Total collections: <collection count>`

❌ `Total collections: 0` or source returned error

## Dashboard count

✅ `Dashboard count check passed. Total dashboards: <dashboard count>`

❌ `Total dashboards: 0` or source returned error

## Question count

✅ `Question count check passed. Total questions: <question count>`

❌ `Total questions: 0` or source returned error

## Native query editing permission

✅ `Check successful`

❌ `Check failed. Missing native query editing permission on the following databases: <database list>`

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