[GitHub] [superset] ktmud commented on pull request #15915: [DISCUSS] - Moves the SQL Lab menu before Charts

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ktmud commented on pull request #15915:
URL: https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/15915#issuecomment-887867118


   Personally I think it'd make more sense to order by usage than workflow:
   
   1. **Most users don't need the full workflow:** even for Data Scientists, they seldom work through the whole workflow in one go---IMO having the full workflow in the right order is less important than having easiest access to the most used steps in the workflow.
   2. **Different users have different workflows:** "Data -> SQL Lab -> Chart -> Dashboard" is just _one_ workflow of _some_ Data Scientists. Some more frequent workflows are:
      1. "Chart -> Dashboard"---for Data Scientists who only use pre-configured and shared datasets (which is probably something Superset should encourage), in which case one may argue the Data tab should be hidden into "Settings" (like [Redash](https://redash.io/help/user-guide/getting-started) does).
      2. "Dashboard -> Chart -> SQL Lab"---for dashboard viewers who are also interested in how the underlying data were computed. This is somewhat similar to Looker's "Browse -> Explore -> Develop".
   3. **The order is less important in the main menu:** while having the right order is important in some places, it's not like users can return to previous steps by clicking on the main menu.
   4. **Home page already orders content by usage:** it's better be consistent than not.
   
   I went back and checked, [SIP-34](https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/8976) actually re-arranged the menu by usage order (Dashboards -> Charts -> SQL Lab -> Data). There must be some reason behind that---hope it was in line with what I described above.


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