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AnalyticDB:Getting started with Enterprise Edition, Basic Edition, and Data Lakehouse Edition

Last Updated:Apr 18, 2025

This topic describes how to get started with AnalyticDB for MySQL Enterprise Edition, Basic Edition, and Data Lakehouse Edition. AnalyticDB for MySQL is an online analytical processing (OLAP) warehouse service that can process petabytes of highly concurrent data in real time. This topic walks you through the procedure of creating and using an AnalyticDB for MySQL cluster.

Procedure

The first time you use AnalyticDB for MySQL Enterprise Edition, Basic Edition, and Data Lakehouse Edition, we recommend that you read the following topics:

  • Product introduction: describes the terms, benefits, and scenarios of AnalyticDB for MySQL.

  • Pricing: describes the prices and billing methods of AnalyticDB for MySQL.

  • Getting started (this topic): describes how to create an AnalyticDB for MySQL cluster and use the sample data.

To use AnalyticDB for MySQL, perform the following steps:

  1. Create an Alibaba Cloud account

  2. Create an Enterprise Edition or Basic Edition cluster

    Important

    Data Lakehouse Edition is unavailable for purchase. You can purchase Enterprise Edition or Basic Edition clusters. Enterprise Edition and Basic Edition provide the same features as Data Lakehouse Edition. For more information, see Editions.

    If you have purchased Data Lakehouse Edition clusters, you can refer to this topic to use the Data Lakehouse Edition clusters.

  3. Create a database account

  4. Create a resource group

  5. Perform job development

After you perform the preceding steps, you can refer to Data import to learn more about subsequent operations.