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[GitHub] [flink] alpinegizmo commented on a change in pull request #13273: [FLINK-18801][docs][python] Add a "10 minutes to Table API" document under the "Python API" -> "User Guide" -> "Table API" section.
alpinegizmo commented on a change in pull request #13273:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/13273#discussion_r478960243
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File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
Review comment:
```suggestion
# 4. query from source table and perform calculations
```
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File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
Review comment:
I have some doubts about all of the long lines in this example. I haven't rendered the page to HTML, but I suspect they are going to wrap and look rather ugly. Later in the page I can understand the desire to make the different versions easily and directly comparable, but I think this needs to be rethought to be clean and readable.
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File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
Review comment:
```suggestion
### Create using a Catalog
```
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File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
Review comment:
```suggestion
A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables from different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
```
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File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
Review comment:
I'm not sure how soon the legacy planner will be removed, but if it is to be removed for 1.12, then I wonder if we even need to explain this here.
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File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
Review comment:
```suggestion
### Create using a Connector
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
Review comment:
```suggestion
# use a StreamTableEnvironment to execute the queries
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
Review comment:
```suggestion
Creating Tables
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
Review comment:
```suggestion
The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) documentation describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
Review comment:
```suggestion
The output format of a change log is:
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
Review comment:
```suggestion
You can call the "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
Review comment:
```suggestion
### Emitting Results to One Sink Table
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.execute_insert("sink_table").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The equivalent SQL way is:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.create_temporary_view("table_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO sink_table SELECT * FROM table_source") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Emit to Multiple Sink Tables
+
+You can use the `StatementSet` to emit the `Table`s to multiple sink tables in one job:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare source tables and sink tables
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view("simple_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE first_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE second_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# create a statement set
+statement_set = table_env.create_statement_set()
+
+# accept a Table API table
+statement_set.add_insert("first_sink_table", table)
+
+# accept a insert sql query
+statement_set.add_insert_sql("INSERT INTO second_sink_table SELECT * FROM simple_source")
+
+# execute the statement set
+statement_set.execute().get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Explain Tables
+--------------
+
+The Table API provides a mechanism to explain the logical and optimized query plans to compute a `Table`.
Review comment:
```suggestion
The Table API provides a mechanism to explain the logical and optimized query plans used to compute a `Table`.
```
##########
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##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
Review comment:
I find it somewhat confusing that both versions use the Table API to do `select("id + 1, data")`. I'm not sure what's being explained with this example.
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
Review comment:
```suggestion
### Create using a List Object
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
Review comment:
```suggestion
You can call the "to_pandas" method to emit the data from a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
Review comment:
```suggestion
You can create a Table using connector DDL:
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
Review comment:
```suggestion
The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." are also stored in a catalog.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
Review comment:
```suggestion
# register Table API tables in the catalog
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
Review comment:
```suggestion
If you want to use tables from a catalog with the Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects:
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
Review comment:
```suggestion
You can directly access the tables in a catalog via SQL.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
Review comment:
```suggestion
These methods return new `Table` objects representing the result of applying the relational operations on the input `Table`.
These relational operations may be composed of multiple method calls, such as `table.groupBy(...).select(...)`.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
Review comment:
```suggestion
The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) documentation describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.execute_insert("sink_table").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The equivalent SQL way is:
Review comment:
```suggestion
This could also be done using SQL:
```
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
Review comment:
```suggestion
# convert the Table API table to a SQL view
```
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File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
Review comment:
```suggestion
### Capturing Data in a Variable
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
Review comment:
```suggestion
The `Table` object offers many methods for applying relational operations.
```
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.execute_insert("sink_table").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The equivalent SQL way is:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.create_temporary_view("table_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO sink_table SELECT * FROM table_source") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Emit to Multiple Sink Tables
+
+You can use the `StatementSet` to emit the `Table`s to multiple sink tables in one job:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare source tables and sink tables
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view("simple_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE first_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE second_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# create a statement set
+statement_set = table_env.create_statement_set()
+
+# accept a Table API table
+statement_set.add_insert("first_sink_table", table)
Review comment:
As someone who doesn't know the API very well, I don't understand what's happening here. Also, "accept" doesn't feel like the correct verb, but as I don't fully understand what this code is doing, I'm not sure what to suggest instead.
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File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
Review comment:
```suggestion
### Writing Table API Queries
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
Review comment:
```suggestion
The following example shows how to use a `Table` object in SQL:
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
Review comment:
```suggestion
In fact, this shows the change logs received by the print sink.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
Review comment:
```suggestion
In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from the sink.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
Review comment:
```suggestion
Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as Strings.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
Review comment:
```suggestion
So, we get this result from the change logs above:
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
Review comment:
```suggestion
The tables in a catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
Review comment:
```suggestion
### Mixing the Table API and SQL
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
Review comment:
```suggestion
"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted by the sink.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
Review comment:
```suggestion
And the following example shows how to use SQL tables in the Table API:
```
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.execute_insert("sink_table").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The equivalent SQL way is:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.create_temporary_view("table_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO sink_table SELECT * FROM table_source") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Emit to Multiple Sink Tables
+
+You can use the `StatementSet` to emit the `Table`s to multiple sink tables in one job:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare source tables and sink tables
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view("simple_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE first_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE second_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# create a statement set
+statement_set = table_env.create_statement_set()
+
+# accept a Table API table
+statement_set.add_insert("first_sink_table", table)
+
+# accept a insert sql query
+statement_set.add_insert_sql("INSERT INTO second_sink_table SELECT * FROM simple_source")
+
+# execute the statement set
+statement_set.execute().get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Explain Tables
+--------------
+
+The Table API provides a mechanism to explain the logical and optimized query plans to compute a `Table`.
+This is done through the `Table.explain()` method or `StatementSet.explain()` method. `Table.explain()`returns the plan of a `Table`. `StatementSet.explain()` returns the plan of multiple sinks. It returns a String describing three plans:
+
+1. the Abstract Syntax Tree of the relational query, i.e., the unoptimized logical query plan,
+2. the optimized logical query plan, and
+3. the physical execution plan.
+
+`TableEnvironment.explain_sql()` and `TableEnvironment.execute_sql()` support execute a `EXPLAIN` statement to get the plans, Please refer to [EXPLAIN]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/explain.html) page.
Review comment:
```suggestion
`TableEnvironment.explain_sql()` and `TableEnvironment.execute_sql()` support executing an `EXPLAIN` statement to get the plans. Please refer to the [EXPLAIN]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/explain.html) page for more details.
```
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##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
Review comment:
```suggestion
Note that "to_pandas" is not supported by the flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrames.
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.execute_insert("sink_table").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The equivalent SQL way is:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.create_temporary_view("table_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO sink_table SELECT * FROM table_source") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Emit to Multiple Sink Tables
+
+You can use the `StatementSet` to emit the `Table`s to multiple sink tables in one job:
Review comment:
```suggestion
You can use a `StatementSet` to emit the `Table`s to multiple sink tables in one job:
```
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.execute_insert("sink_table").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The equivalent SQL way is:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.create_temporary_view("table_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO sink_table SELECT * FROM table_source") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Emit to Multiple Sink Tables
Review comment:
```suggestion
### Emitting Results to Multiple Sink Tables
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.execute_insert("sink_table").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The equivalent SQL way is:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.create_temporary_view("table_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO sink_table SELECT * FROM table_source") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Emit to Multiple Sink Tables
+
+You can use the `StatementSet` to emit the `Table`s to multiple sink tables in one job:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare source tables and sink tables
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view("simple_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE first_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE second_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# create a statement set
+statement_set = table_env.create_statement_set()
+
+# accept a Table API table
+statement_set.add_insert("first_sink_table", table)
+
+# accept a insert sql query
+statement_set.add_insert_sql("INSERT INTO second_sink_table SELECT * FROM simple_source")
+
+# execute the statement set
+statement_set.execute().get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Explain Tables
+--------------
+
+The Table API provides a mechanism to explain the logical and optimized query plans to compute a `Table`.
+This is done through the `Table.explain()` method or `StatementSet.explain()` method. `Table.explain()`returns the plan of a `Table`. `StatementSet.explain()` returns the plan of multiple sinks. It returns a String describing three plans:
Review comment:
```suggestion
This is done through the `Table.explain()` and `StatementSet.explain()` methods. `Table.explain()`returns the plan for a `Table`. `StatementSet.explain()` returns the plan for multiple sinks. These methods return a String describing three things:
```
##########
File path: docs/dev/python/user-guide/table/10_minutes_to_table_api.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,712 @@
+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.execute_insert("sink_table").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The equivalent SQL way is:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.create_temporary_view("table_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO sink_table SELECT * FROM table_source") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Emit to Multiple Sink Tables
+
+You can use the `StatementSet` to emit the `Table`s to multiple sink tables in one job:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare source tables and sink tables
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view("simple_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE first_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE second_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# create a statement set
+statement_set = table_env.create_statement_set()
+
+# accept a Table API table
+statement_set.add_insert("first_sink_table", table)
+
+# accept a insert sql query
+statement_set.add_insert_sql("INSERT INTO second_sink_table SELECT * FROM simple_source")
+
+# execute the statement set
+statement_set.execute().get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Explain Tables
+--------------
+
+The Table API provides a mechanism to explain the logical and optimized query plans to compute a `Table`.
+This is done through the `Table.explain()` method or `StatementSet.explain()` method. `Table.explain()`returns the plan of a `Table`. `StatementSet.explain()` returns the plan of multiple sinks. It returns a String describing three plans:
+
+1. the Abstract Syntax Tree of the relational query, i.e., the unoptimized logical query plan,
+2. the optimized logical query plan, and
+3. the physical execution plan.
+
+`TableEnvironment.explain_sql()` and `TableEnvironment.execute_sql()` support execute a `EXPLAIN` statement to get the plans, Please refer to [EXPLAIN]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/explain.html) page.
+
+The following code shows how to use the `Table.explain()` method:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment
Review comment:
```suggestion
# using a stream table environment
```
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+---
+title: "10 Minutes to Table API"
+nav-parent_id: python_tableapi
+nav-pos: 25
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+This document is a short introduction to PyFlink Table API, which is used to help novice users quickly understand the basic usage of PyFlink Table API.
+For advanced usage, please refer to other documents in this User Guide.
+
+* This will be replaced by the TOC
+{:toc}
+
+Common Structure of Python Table API Program
+--------------------------------------------
+
+All Table API and SQL programs for batch and streaming follow the same pattern. The following code example shows the common structure of Table API and SQL programs.
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+
+# 1. create a TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# 2. create source Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE datagen (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind' = 'sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start' = '1',
+ 'fields.id.end' = '10'
+)
+""")
+
+# 3. create sink Table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+CREATE TABLE print (
+ id INT,
+ data STRING
+) WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+)
+""")
+
+# 4. query from source table and caculate
+# create a Table from a Table API query:
+tapi_result = table_env.from_path("datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+# or create a Table from a SQL query:
+sql_result = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM datagen").select("id + 1, data")
+
+# 5. emit query result to sink table
+# emit a Table API result Table to a sink table:
+tapi_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+sql_result.execute_insert("print").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+# or emit results via SQL query:
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO print SELECT * FROM datagen").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create a TableEnvironment
+-------------------------
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is a central concept of the Table API and SQL integration. The following code example shows how to create a TableEnvironment:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment, BatchTableEnvironment
+
+# create a blink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink streaming TableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+# create a flink batch TableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_old_planner().build())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `TableEnvironment` is responsible for:
+
+* Creating `Table`s
+* Registering `Table`s to the catalog
+* Executing SQL queries
+* Registering user-defined (scalar, table, or aggregation) functions
+* Offering further configuration options.
+* Add Python dependencies to support running Python UDF on remote cluster
+* Executing jobs.
+
+Currently there are 2 planners available: flink planner and blink planner.
+
+You should explicitly set which planner to use in the current program.
+We recommend using the blink planner as much as possible.
+The blink planner is more powerful in functionality and performance, and the flink planner is reserved for compatibility.
+
+{% top %}
+
+Create Tables
+-------------
+
+`Table` is the core component of the Table API. A `Table` represents a intermediate result set during a Table API Job.
+
+A `Table` is always bound to a specific `TableEnvironment`. It is not possible to combine tables of different TableEnvironments in same query, e.g., to join or union them.
+
+### Create From A List Object
+
+You can create a Table from a list object:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a blink batch TableEnvironment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ _1 _2
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+You can also create the Table with column names:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+By default the table schema is extracted from the data automatically.
+
+If the table schema is not as your wish, you can specify it manually:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_without_schema = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+# by default the type of the "id" column is 64 bit int
+default_type = table_without_schema.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('By default the type of the "id" column is %s.' % default_type)
+
+from pyflink.table import DataTypes
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')],
+ DataTypes.ROW([DataTypes.FIELD("id", DataTypes.TINYINT()),
+ DataTypes.FIELD("data", DataTypes.STRING())]))
+# now the type of the "id" column is 8 bit int
+type = table.to_pandas()["id"].dtype
+print('Now the type of the "id" column is %s.' % type)
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+By default the type of the "id" column is int64.
+Now the type of the "id" column is int8.
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Connectors
+
+You can create a Table from connector DDL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='3',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='6'
+ )
+""")
+table = table_env.from_path("random_source")
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 2 5
+1 1 4
+2 3 6
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Create From Catalog
+
+A TableEnvironment maintains a map of catalogs of tables which are created with an identifier.
+
+The tables in catalog may either be temporary, and tied to the lifecycle of a single Flink session, or permanent, and visible across multiple Flink sessions and clusters.
+
+The tables and views created via SQL DDL, e.g. "create table ..." and "create view ..." is also stored in catalog.
+
+You can also access the tables in catalog via SQL directly.
+
+If you want to use the catalog tables in Table API, you can use the "from_path" method to create the Table API objects from catalog:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare the catalog
+# register Table API tables to catalog
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('source_table', table)
+
+# create Table API table from catalog
+new_table = table_env.from_path('source_table')
+new_table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Write Queries
+-------------
+
+### Write Table API Queries
+
+The `Table` object offers many methods to apply relational operations.
+These methods return a new `Table` object, which represents the result of applying the relational operation on the input `Table`.
+i.e. you can make a method chaining when using Table API.
+Some relational operations are composed of multiple method calls such as table.groupBy(...).select(), where groupBy(...) specifies a grouping of table, and select(...) the projection on the grouping of table.
+
+The [Table API]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/tableApi.html) document describes all Table API operations that are supported on streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple Table API aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using batch table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, BatchTableEnvironment
+table_env = BatchTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_batch_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+orders = table_env.from_elements([('Jack', 'FRANCE', 10), ('Rose', 'ENGLAND', 30), ('Jack', 'FRANCE', 20)],
+ ['name', 'country', 'revenue'])
+# compute revenue for all customers from France
+revenue = orders \
+ .select("name, country, revenue") \
+ .where("country === 'FRANCE'") \
+ .group_by("name") \
+ .select("name, revenue.sum AS rev_sum")
+
+revenue.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ name rev_sum
+0 Jack 30
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Write SQL Queries
+
+Flink's SQL integration is based on [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org), which implements the SQL standard. SQL queries are specified as regular Strings.
+
+The [SQL]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/index.html) document describes Flink's SQL support for streaming and batch tables.
+
+The following example shows a simple SQL aggregation query:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment to execute the queries
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE random_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='8',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='11'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE print_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data_sum TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ INSERT INTO print_sink
+ SELECT id, sum(data) as data_sum FROM
+ (SELECT id / 2 as id, data FROM random_source)
+ WHERE id > 1
+ GROUP BY id
+""").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+2> +I(4,11)
+6> +I(2,8)
+8> +I(3,10)
+6> -U(2,8)
+8> -U(3,10)
+6> +U(2,15)
+8> +U(3,19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This output may be difficult to understand.
+In fact, this is the change logs received by the print sink.
+The output format of the change log is:
+{% highlight python %}
+{subtask id}> {message type}{string format of the value}
+{% endhighlight %}
+For example, "2> +I(4,11)" means this message comes from the 2nd subtask, and "+I" means it is a insert message. "(4, 11)" is the content of the message.
+In addition, "-U" means a retract record (i.e. update-before), which means this message should be deleted or retracted from sink.
+"+U" means this is an update record (i.e. update-after), which means this message should be updated or inserted to sink.
+
+So we can get such a result set from the change logs above:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+(4, 11)
+(2, 15)
+(3, 19)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Mix Table API and SQL
+
+The `Table` objects used in Table API and the tables used in SQL can be freely converted to each other.
+
+The following example shows how to use the `Table` object in SQL:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sink table to emit results
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE table_sink (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the Table API table to SQL view
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view('table_api_table', table)
+
+# emit the Table API table
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO table_sink SELECT * FROM table_api_table") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+And the following example shows how to use the SQL tables in Table API:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# create a sql source table
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sql_source (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data TINYINT)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'datagen',
+ 'fields.id.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.id.start'='1',
+ 'fields.id.end'='4',
+ 'fields.data.kind'='sequence',
+ 'fields.data.start'='4',
+ 'fields.data.end'='7'
+ )
+""")
+
+# convert the sql table to Table API table
+table = table_env.from_path("sql_source")
+
+# or create the table from a sql query
+table = table_env.sql_query("SELECT * FROM sql_source")
+
+# emit the table
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% top %}
+
+Emit Results
+------------
+
+### Emit to Variable
+
+You can call "to_pandas" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a pandas DataFrame:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.to_pandas()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+ id data
+0 1 Hi
+1 2 Hello
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Note that "to_pandas" is not supported on flink planner, and not all data types can be emitted to pandas DataFrame.
+If the `TableEnvironment` is in streaming mode, calling "to_pandas" on the tables which contain retract messages (i.e. update-before) is also not supported.
+
+### Emit to Single Sink Table
+
+You can call "execute_insert" method to emit the data in a `Table` object to a sink table:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table.execute_insert("sink_table").get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+6> +I(1,Hi)
+6> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The equivalent SQL way is:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+table_env.create_temporary_view("table_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("INSERT INTO sink_table SELECT * FROM table_source") \
+ .get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+### Emit to Multiple Sink Tables
+
+You can use the `StatementSet` to emit the `Table`s to multiple sink tables in one job:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# prepare source tables and sink tables
+table = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table_env.create_temporary_view("simple_source", table)
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE first_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+table_env.execute_sql("""
+ CREATE TABLE second_sink_table (
+ id BIGINT,
+ data VARCHAR)
+ WITH (
+ 'connector' = 'print'
+ )
+""")
+
+# create a statement set
+statement_set = table_env.create_statement_set()
+
+# accept a Table API table
+statement_set.add_insert("first_sink_table", table)
+
+# accept a insert sql query
+statement_set.add_insert_sql("INSERT INTO second_sink_table SELECT * FROM simple_source")
+
+# execute the statement set
+statement_set.execute().get_job_client().get_job_execution_result().result()
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(1,Hi)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+7> +I(2,Hello)
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Explain Tables
+--------------
+
+The Table API provides a mechanism to explain the logical and optimized query plans to compute a `Table`.
+This is done through the `Table.explain()` method or `StatementSet.explain()` method. `Table.explain()`returns the plan of a `Table`. `StatementSet.explain()` returns the plan of multiple sinks. It returns a String describing three plans:
+
+1. the Abstract Syntax Tree of the relational query, i.e., the unoptimized logical query plan,
+2. the optimized logical query plan, and
+3. the physical execution plan.
+
+`TableEnvironment.explain_sql()` and `TableEnvironment.execute_sql()` support execute a `EXPLAIN` statement to get the plans, Please refer to [EXPLAIN]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/table/sql/explain.html) page.
+
+The following code shows how to use the `Table.explain()` method:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment
+from pyflink.table import EnvironmentSettings, StreamTableEnvironment
+table_env = StreamTableEnvironment.create(environment_settings=EnvironmentSettings.new_instance().in_streaming_mode().use_blink_planner().build())
+
+table1 = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table2 = table_env.from_elements([(1, 'Hi'), (2, 'Hello')], ['id', 'data'])
+table = table1 \
+ .where("LIKE(data, 'H%')") \
+ .union_all(table2)
+print(table.explain())
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The result is:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+== Abstract Syntax Tree ==
+LogicalUnion(all=[true])
+:- LogicalFilter(condition=[LIKE($1, _UTF-16LE'H%')])
+: +- LogicalTableScan(table=[[default_catalog, default_database, Unregistered_TableSource_201907291, source: [PythonInputFormatTableSource(id, data)]]])
++- LogicalTableScan(table=[[default_catalog, default_database, Unregistered_TableSource_1709623525, source: [PythonInputFormatTableSource(id, data)]]])
+
+== Optimized Logical Plan ==
+Union(all=[true], union=[id, data])
+:- Calc(select=[id, data], where=[LIKE(data, _UTF-16LE'H%')])
+: +- LegacyTableSourceScan(table=[[default_catalog, default_database, Unregistered_TableSource_201907291, source: [PythonInputFormatTableSource(id, data)]]], fields=[id, data])
++- LegacyTableSourceScan(table=[[default_catalog, default_database, Unregistered_TableSource_1709623525, source: [PythonInputFormatTableSource(id, data)]]], fields=[id, data])
+
+== Physical Execution Plan ==
+Stage 133 : Data Source
+ content : Source: PythonInputFormatTableSource(id, data)
+
+ Stage 134 : Operator
+ content : SourceConversion(table=[default_catalog.default_database.Unregistered_TableSource_201907291, source: [PythonInputFormatTableSource(id, data)]], fields=[id, data])
+ ship_strategy : FORWARD
+
+ Stage 135 : Operator
+ content : Calc(select=[id, data], where=[(data LIKE _UTF-16LE'H%')])
+ ship_strategy : FORWARD
+
+Stage 136 : Data Source
+ content : Source: PythonInputFormatTableSource(id, data)
+
+ Stage 137 : Operator
+ content : SourceConversion(table=[default_catalog.default_database.Unregistered_TableSource_1709623525, source: [PythonInputFormatTableSource(id, data)]], fields=[id, data])
+ ship_strategy : FORWARD
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The following code shows how to use the `StatementSet.explain()` method:
+
+{% highlight python %}
+
+# using stream table environment
Review comment:
```suggestion
# using a stream table environment
```
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