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AnalyticDB:Data catalog

Last Updated:Aug 01, 2025

AnalyticDB for MySQL provides visual management for databases and tables in a cluster through the console.

Prerequisites

Usage notes

  • Only information about databases, tables, and views can be displayed.

  • Data from the Information_schema system database and data within AnalyticDB for MySQL cannot be displayed.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the AnalyticDB for MySQL console. In the upper-left corner of the console, select a region. In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters. Find the cluster that you want to manage and click the cluster ID.

  2. In the navigation pane on the left, click Data Management > Data Catalog.

  3. On the Database List tab, you can view information about databases.

    库列表

    Ordinal number

    Area

    Description

    Search box

    Allows you to perform a fuzzy search by database name.

    Database list

    Displays the Database Name, Creation Time, and Update Time, and lets you sort databases by Database Name, Creation Time, or Update Time.

  4. Click the name of the destination database to view information about Tables and Views.

    • The Tables tab表

      Ordinal number

      Area

      Description

      Search box

      • Allows you to perform a fuzzy search by table name.

      • Allows you to search for tables by table type (foreign table, replicated table, or fact table).

      • Allows you to perform a fuzzy search by description.

      Database list

      Displays the Database, Table Name, Table Type, Storage Size, Description, Creation Time, and Update Time, and lets you sort tables by Table Name, Storage Size, Creation Time, or Update Time.

      Click the name of the target Table to view its details.

      表详细信息

      Ordinal number

      Area

      Description

      Table information

      Displays the Database, Table Name, Table Type, and Description.

      Go to SQL Development

      Click this button to go to the SQL Development page. For more information about SQL Development, see SQL development.

      Data Preview

      Displays the data of the table. By default, the first 10 rows of data in the table are displayed.

      DDL Statement

      Displays the SQL statement that is used to create the table. The SQL statement is read-only.

      Search box

      Allows you to perform a fuzzy search by field name.

      Basic Information

      Displays the Field Name, Data Type, Nullable, Primary Key, Distribution Key, Partition Key, and Description. These parameters are read-only.

      Note

      The displayed information may vary based on the table type.

    • The Views tab视图

      Ordinal number

      Area

      Description

      Search box

      • Allows you to perform a fuzzy search by view name.

      • Allows you to search for views by view type (standard view or materialized view).

      • Allows you to perform a fuzzy search by view owner.

      Database list

      Displays the Database, View Name, View Type, View Owner, Creation Time, and Update Time, and lets you sort views by View Name, Creation Time, or Update Time.

      Click the name of the target View to view the SQL statement used to create it.

      视图详细信息

      Ordinal number

      Area

      Description

      View information

      Displays the Database, View Name, View Type, and Description.

      Go to SQL Development

      Click this button to go to the SQL Development page. For more information about SQL Development, see SQL development.

      DDL Statement

      Displays the SQL statement that is used to create the view. The SQL statement is read-only.