All Products
Search

This Product

    MaxCompute:Manage project data

    Document Center

    MaxCompute:Manage project data

    Last Updated:Mar 26, 2026

    Use MaxCompute Studio to browse tables, views, functions, and resources in a connected MaxCompute project — without leaving your IDE.

    Prerequisites

    Before you begin, make sure that you have:

    • MaxCompute Studio connected to a MaxCompute project. See Manage project connections.

    • The DESC TABLE permission on the MaxCompute project (required to expand and view project objects).

    Browse project objects

    The Project Explorer tab lists all objects in the connected project, organized into three folders: Tables & Views, Functions, and Resources.

    1. In MaxCompute Studio, click the Project Explorer tab.

      Project Explorer tab

    2. Expand Tables & Views, Functions, or Resources to browse the objects in the project.

      MaxCompute Studio shows only tables in the connected project. Tenant tables are not visible.

    3. To reload the latest metadata from the server, click the $$ icon in the toolbar.

      MaxCompute Studio caches project metadata locally. If metadata changes on the server, click the refresh icon to load the updated version.

    View table and view details

    Clicking a table or view name shows its columns and data types. Right-clicking opens additional options for deeper inspection.

    1. In the Tables & Views folder, click a table or view name to see its columns and column types.

      Table columns view

    2. To see full table metadata — owner, size, column information, and schema — right-click the table name and select Show table detail.

      Table information

    3. To see which scripts reference a table, right-click the table name and select Find usages.

    View function details

    The Functions folder has two sub-folders: UserDefined for functions you created, and Builtin for system-provided functions organized by type.

    1. In the Functions folder, expand UserDefined to see the functions you created.

      The Builtin folder lists built-in functions by type. For a mapping of MaxCompute built-in functions to equivalent functions in Hive, MySQL, and Oracle, see Mappings between built-in functions of MaxCompute and built-in functions of Hive, MySQL, and Oracle.

      UserDefined functions folder

    2. Double-click a function name to view the code of the function.

    View resources

    Expand the Resources folder to see the resources you created.

    Resources folder