metadata-ingestion/docs/sources/tidb/README.md
TiDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database that is compatible with the MySQL protocol and MySQL ecosystem. Learn more in the official TiDB documentation.
The DataHub integration for TiDB covers core relational metadata entities such as databases, schemas, tables, views, and schema fields. It also captures table- and column-level lineage, data profiling, and stateful deletion detection.
| Source Concept | DataHub Concept | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| TiDB cluster or deployment | Platform Instance | Configure using the platform_instance field |
| Database | Container | Groups schemas and datasets |
| Schema | Container | Groups tables and views |
| Table or view | Dataset | Primary ingested technical asset |
| Column | SchemaField | Included through schema extraction |
| View and table dependencies | Lineage edges | Available when lineage extraction is enabled |