Github user fhueske commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1867#discussion_r59222873 --- Diff: docs/apis/batch/libs/table.md --- @@ -30,13 +30,21 @@ specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. --> -**The Table API: an experimental feature** +Flink's Table API is a a SQL-like expression language embedded in Java and Scala. +Instead of manipulating a `DataSet` or `DataStream`, you can create and work with the `Table` relational abstraction. +Tables have a schema and allow running relational operations on them, including selection, aggregation, and joins. +A `Table` can be created from a `DataSet` or a `DataStream` and then queried either using the Table API Operators or using SQL queries. --- End diff -- Table API Operators -> Table API operators
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