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Apache Kylin to TiDB integration — real-time data sync

Keep Apache Kylin and TiDB in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Apache Kylin and TiDB

Flow Apache Kylin data into TiDB in real time — no exports, no schedulers, no custom scripts.

Apache Kylin is a read-only source: Stacksync reads its data in real time and delivers it into TiDB, so TiDB always reflects the current state of Apache Kylin — without exports, scripts, or schedulers.

Operational databases and analytical warehouses want the same data at different moments. Analysts want TiDB's rows in Apache Kylin, current and joinable, without a change-data-capture pipeline to maintain. Engineers want the outputs of warehouse work, such as aggregates, features, and segments, available in TiDB where the services that read from it get them at normal query latency.

Common use cases

  • Expose Kylin query results to operational dashboards without granting access to the underlying Hadoop data.
  • Sync Kylin aggregates into a cloud warehouse to combine them with data Kylin does not cover.
  • Serve mixed transactional and analytical workloads on synced data using TiFlash columnar replicas
  • Two-way sync between TiDB tables and SaaS tools so operational edits made in either system converge

Operational data in the warehouse, minus the pipeline

Rows from TiDB land in Apache Kylin as they change, replacing hand-built CDC and batch extract jobs.

Serve warehouse results at database speed

Aggregates or model outputs computed in Apache Kylin sync into TiDB, where whatever reads from that database gets them without querying the warehouse.

Fresh analytics without loading windows

Because changes stream continuously, analysts query current data instead of waiting for last night's load.

What you can sync between Apache Kylin and TiDB

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Apache Kylin objects TiDB objects
Projects Top-level workspaces that group models, tables, and jobs. Columns MySQL-compatible types mapped to fields in the paired system.
Models Star-schema definitions over source tables that determine what can be queried. Indexes Secondary indexes that keep incremental sync queries efficient.
Cubes / Indexes Pre-computed aggregate structures that answer queries at low latency. Sequences Server-side ID generation relevant when external systems write rows.
Source Tables Hive or other upstream tables that builds read from. Databases MySQL-style schemas addressed by any MySQL-compatible client.
Segments Time-ranged build units that partition pre-computed data. Tables Row data stored in TiKV; the primary unit for reads, writes, and CDC.
Build Jobs Batch jobs that compute or refresh segments, monitored via the REST API. Views Logical views for shaping reads before syncing outward.
What ships with Apache Kylin ⇄ TiDB

Connect Apache Kylin and TiDB for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Apache Kylin–TiDB connection.

Real-time

Real-time sync

Changes in Apache Kylin or TiDB instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Apache Kylin or TiDB data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Apache Kylin or TiDB record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Apache Kylin ⇄ TiDB sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Apache Kylin and TiDB.

How the Apache Kylin and TiDB connectors work

Apache Kylin

Integration surface
SQL over JDBC/ODBC plus a REST API for queries and administration
Authentication
Username/password (HTTP basic authentication on the REST API)
Change detection
Not applicable for row-level capture; data freshness follows segment build and refresh jobs, so integrations poll query results
Capabilities
read
Rate limits
No fixed API quotas; query capacity depends on the deployment and pre-computed index coverage

TiDB

Integration surface
MySQL wire protocol (SQL)
Authentication
Database credentials (MySQL-compatible username/password)
Change detection
Log-based CDC via TiCDC, which captures row changes from TiKV and streams them to downstream sinks; polling also works
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Throughput scales with cluster size rather than fixed API quotas
How it works

How to connect Apache Kylin to TiDB — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Apache Kylin and TiDB with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Apache Kylin connected
    TiDB connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Apache Kylin and TiDB objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Apache Kylin ⇄ TiDB
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Apache Kylin TiDB
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

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