diff --git a/src/main/metabase/api.ts b/src/main/metabase/api.ts
index 7aff9c1..da1e5ff 100644
--- a/src/main/metabase/api.ts
+++ b/src/main/metabase/api.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ClientRequestConstructorOptions, net } from 'electron';
-import { isPostgresIdentifier } from '../../shared';
+import { postgresQuote } from '../../shared';
 import { InitialQueryPayloads } from '../../types';
 import { metabaseConfig, postgresConfig } from '../config';
 import { getAppLanguage } from '../language';
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ function findAnonymizedAccessDbId(databases: Database[]) {
   }
 }
 
-function postgresQuote(name: string) {
-  return isPostgresIdentifier(name) ? name : `"${name}"`;
-}
-
 const sqlHint = `
 -- HINTS 
 -- Change, add, or remove columns as desired.
diff --git a/src/main/metabase/examples.ts b/src/main/metabase/examples.ts
index 90658b5..1f5a2c6 100644
--- a/src/main/metabase/examples.ts
+++ b/src/main/metabase/examples.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { Table } from './types';
+import { postgresQuote } from '../../shared';
+import { Field, Table } from './types';
+
+type Display = 'table' | 'bar' | 'row' | 'scalar' | 'map'; // Other types TBD.
 
 /** An example query card. */
 type ExampleQuery = {
@@ -6,7 +9,7 @@ type ExampleQuery = {
   sql: string; // SQL query.
   sizeX: number; // Grid of 18 units wide.
   sizeY: number; // Height of card in units.
-  display: 'table' | 'bar' | 'row' | 'scalar' | 'map'; // Other types TBD.
+  display: Display;
   visualizationSettings: Record<string, unknown>; // To be typed later.
 
   // There's also row/col properties, but we'll make some rectangle
@@ -19,18 +22,103 @@ type ExamplesSection = {
   queries: ExampleQuery[]; // Cards in section.
 };
 
+type ExampleInfo = {
+  sql: string;
+  name: string;
+};
+
 function lines(...lines: string[]) {
   return lines.join('\n');
 }
 
-export function exampleQueries(table: Table, aidColumns: string[]): ExamplesSection[] {
-  const { fields, display_name } = table; // TODO: iterate and inspect fields
+const numberFieldTypes = ['int2', 'int4', 'int8', 'float4', 'float8', 'numeric'];
+
+function rawGroupBySQL(column: string, table: string, displayName: string): ExampleInfo {
+  return {
+    name: `${displayName} by ${column}`,
+    sql: lines(`SELECT ${postgresQuote(column)}`, `FROM ${postgresQuote(table)}`),
+  };
+}
 
-  let name = table.name;
-  // if (requiresQuoting(name)) {
-  //   name = `"${name}"`
-  // }
+function countDistinctSQL(column: string, table: string): ExampleInfo {
+  return {
+    name: `Distinct ${column}`,
+    sql: lines(`SELECT count(distinct ${postgresQuote(column)}) as distinct_${column}`, `FROM ${postgresQuote(table)}`),
+  };
+}
+
+function avgSQL(column: string, table: string): ExampleInfo {
+  return {
+    name: `Average ${column}`,
+    sql: lines(`SELECT avg(${postgresQuote(column)}) as avg_${column}`, `FROM ${postgresQuote(table)}`),
+  };
+}
+
+function textGeneralizedSQL(column: string, table: string, displayName: string, averageLength: number): ExampleInfo {
+  const nChars = Math.ceil(averageLength / 4);
+  const stars = '*'.repeat(Math.ceil(averageLength - nChars));
+  const bucket = `substring(${postgresQuote(column)}, 1, ${nChars})`;
+
+  return {
+    name: `${displayName} by ${column}`,
+    sql: lines(`SELECT ${bucket} || ${stars}, count(*)`, `FROM ${postgresQuote(table)}`, `GROUP BY ${bucket}`),
+  };
+}
 
+function yearlyGeneralizedSQL(column: string, table: string, displayName: string): ExampleInfo {
+  const bucket = `extract(year from ${postgresQuote(column)})`;
+
+  return {
+    name: `${displayName} by ${column} year`,
+    sql: lines(`SELECT ${bucket} as ${column}_year, count(*)`, `FROM ${postgresQuote(table)}`, `GROUP BY ${bucket}`),
+  };
+}
+
+function makeExampleInfos(field: Field, table: Table, aidColumns: string[]): ExampleInfo[] {
+  try {
+    if (field.semantic_type === 'type/PK' || field.database_type === 'serial') {
+      // No sensible example for columns being just row IDs.
+      return [];
+    } else if (aidColumns.includes(field.name)) {
+      // Never SELECT/GROUP BY AIDs directly, also no point in generalizing.
+      return [countDistinctSQL(field.name, table.name)];
+    } else if (field.database_type === 'text' && field.fingerprint) {
+      if (field.fingerprint.global['distinct-count'] && field.fingerprint.global['distinct-count'] < 10) {
+        // Few distinct values - can GROUP BY directly.
+        return [rawGroupBySQL(field.name, table.name, table.display_name)];
+      } else {
+        const averageLength = field.fingerprint.type?.['type/Text']?.['average-length'];
+
+        // The `< 20`: we want to generalize surnames and categories but not sentences, paragraphs or addresses.
+        if (averageLength && averageLength < 20) {
+          return [textGeneralizedSQL(field.name, table.name, table.display_name, averageLength)];
+        } else {
+          return [countDistinctSQL(field.name, table.name)];
+        }
+      }
+    } else if (numberFieldTypes.includes(field.database_type) && field.fingerprint) {
+      if (field.fingerprint.global['distinct-count'] && field.fingerprint.global['distinct-count'] < 10) {
+        // Few distinct values - can GROUP BY directly.
+        return [rawGroupBySQL(field.name, table.name, table.display_name)];
+      } else {
+        // TODO: Construct stable generalization. Temporarily revert to the average.
+        return [avgSQL(field.name, table.name)];
+      }
+    } else if (field.database_type === 'timestamp') {
+      // TODO: using timestamps fingerprint is possible, but we need to pull in some datetime lib.
+      return [yearlyGeneralizedSQL(field.name, table.name, table.display_name)];
+    } else {
+      // Fallback to the count distinct for anything else.
+      return [countDistinctSQL(field.name, table.name)];
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.warn(`Unable to make example query for ${table.name}, ${field.name}`, err);
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+export function exampleQueries(table: Table, aidColumns: string[]): ExamplesSection[] {
+  const exampleInfos = table.fields.flatMap((field) => makeExampleInfos(field, table, aidColumns));
   // const t = getT('example-queries'); // Let's worry about i18n later...
 
   return [
@@ -38,8 +126,8 @@ export function exampleQueries(table: Table, aidColumns: string[]): ExamplesSect
       title: 'Overview',
       queries: [
         {
-          name: `Count of ${display_name}`,
-          sql: lines('SELECT count(*)', `FROM ${name}`),
+          name: `Count of ${table.display_name}`,
+          sql: lines('SELECT count(*)', `FROM ${table.name}`),
           sizeX: 6, // 6 is a good default (3 cards per row).
           sizeY: 4, // 4 is a good default.
           display: 'scalar',
@@ -48,19 +136,17 @@ export function exampleQueries(table: Table, aidColumns: string[]): ExamplesSect
       ],
     },
     {
-      // GROUP BY examples
-      title: `Distribution of ${display_name}`,
-      queries: [
-        {
-          name: `${display_name} by <column>`,
-          sql: lines('SELECT <column>, count(*)', `FROM ${name}`, 'GROUP BY <column>'),
+      title: `Overview of ${table.display_name} columns`,
+      queries: exampleInfos.map(({ name, sql }) => {
+        return {
+          name: name,
+          sql: sql,
           sizeX: 6,
-          sizeY: 4, // For a table we might need something taller.
-          display: 'table', // For now we show results only as 'table'.
+          sizeY: 4, // TODO: For a table we might need something taller.
+          display: 'table' as Display, // For now we show results only as 'table'.
           visualizationSettings: {},
-        },
-      ],
+        };
+      }),
     },
-    // ...
   ];
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/utils.ts b/src/shared/utils.ts
index c64fac8..088fdb0 100644
--- a/src/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/src/shared/utils.ts
@@ -71,3 +71,7 @@ const tableNameRE = /^[a-z_][a-z0-9$_]*$/;
 export function isPostgresIdentifier(name: string): boolean {
   return !postgresReservedKeywords.includes(name) && tableNameRE.test(name);
 }
+
+export function postgresQuote(name: string): string {
+  return isPostgresIdentifier(name) ? name : `"${name}"`;
+}