The Overview page of the ApsaraDB for OceanBase console provides guidance on the operation process. On this page, you can also view the resource overview, resource diagnostics, alerts, and abnormal SQL statements.
After you log on to the ApsaraDB for OceanBase console, the Overview page automatically appears.

Guidance on the operation process
You can see the operation process guidance when you log on to the ApsaraDB for OceanBase console for the first time.
This section describes how to use the ApsaraDB for OceanBase console, including how to create an instance, create a tenant, create a database, and use a database.
After your first logon to the ApsaraDB for OceanBase console, the operation guidance is folded. You can click the icon in the upper-right corner of the Overview page to display it.

Step | Operation | Description |
1 | Create an instance | Instances of various specifications are available and quick scale-out and scale-in are supported. You can create instances with desired specifications. For more information, see Purchase an instance. |
2 | Create a tenant | You can create a tenant in the cluster instance. A tenant is a logical concept and a resource allocation unit. For more information, see Create a tenant. |
3 | Create a database | You can create a database in a tenant and then connect the database to an application. You do not need to create a database for an Oracle tenant. |
4 | Use a database | Data migration and development tools are provided to help you manage your data in OceanBase Database. |
Resource information
On the Overview page, you can view the information of resources in the specified region on the Resource Overview and Resource Diagnostics tabs.

Field | Description |
Resource Overview | The Resource Overview tab contains the following fields:
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Resource Diagnostics | The Resource Diagnostics tab contains the following fields: Insufficient Disk Space: the number of instances whose disk usage is greater than or equal to 80%. Click an instance name to go to the workspace page of the instance. |
Data monitoring
On the Overview page, you can view the data monitoring information of the specified region on the Alerts and Abnormal SQLs tabs.
Field | Description |
Alert | The Alerts tab shows information of alerts. The alert information is shown in the alert rule name (instance: faulty instance name) format. Example: disk_log_usage_instance (instance: integration_**-**). You can click the alert to go to the alert details page in the Cloud Monitor console. |
Abnormal SQLs | The Abnormal SQLs tab shows tenants with abnormal SQL statements that were detected on the current day in the specified region. You can click the tenant name to go to the Diagnostics page of the tenant. |
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