Explore Your Data with AI-Powered Chat2Query (beta)

TiDB Cloud is powered by AI. You can use Chat2Query (beta), an AI-powered SQL editor in the TiDB Cloud console, to maximize your data value.

In Chat2Query, you can either simply type -- followed by your instructions to let AI generate SQL queries automatically or write SQL queries manually, and then run SQL queries against databases without a terminal. You can find the query results in tables intuitively and check the query logs easily.

Use cases

The recommended use cases of Chat2Query are as follows:

• Use the AI capacity of Chat2Query to help you generate complex SQL queries instantly.
• Test out the MySQL compatibility of TiDB quickly.
• Explore TiDB SQL features easily.

Limitation

• SQL queries generated by the AI are not 100% accurate and might still need your further tweak.
• The Chat2Query API is available for TiDB Serverless clusters. To use the Chat2Query API on TiDB Dedicated clusters, contact TiDB Cloud support.

Access Chat2Query

1. Go to the Clusters page of your project.

   Tip

   If you have multiple projects, you can click in the lower-left corner and switch to another project.

2. Click your cluster name, and then click Chat2Query in the left navigation pane.

   Note

   In the following cases, the Chat2Query entry is displayed in grey and not clickable.

   • Your TiDB Dedicated cluster is earlier than v6.5.0. To use Chat2Query, you need to contract TiDB Cloud support to upgrade your clusters.
   • Your TiDB Dedicated cluster is just created and the running environment for Chat2Query is still in preparation. In this case, wait for a few minutes and Chat2Query will be available.
   • Your TiDB Dedicated cluster is paused.

Enable or disable AI to generate SQL queries

PingCAP takes the privacy and security of users' data as a top priority. The AI capacity of Chat2Query only needs to access database schemas to generate SQL queries, not your data itself. For more information, see Chat2Query Privacy FAQ.

When you access Chat2Query for the first time, you will be prompted with a dialog about whether to allow PingCAP and OpenAI to use your code snippets to research and improve the services.

• To enable the AI to generate SQL queries, select the checkbox and click Save and Get Started.
• To disable the AI to generate SQL queries, close this dialog directly.

After the first-time access, you can still change the AI setting as follows:

• To enable AI, click Enable AI power for data exploration in the upper-right corner of Chat2Query.
• To disable AI, click in the lower-left corner of the TiDB Cloud console, click Account Settings, click the Privacy tab, and then disable the AI-powered Data Exploration option.

Write and run SQL queries

In Chat2Query, you can write and run SQL queries using your own dataset.

1. Write SQL queries.

   • If AI is enabled, simply type -- followed by your instructions to let AI generate SQL queries automatically or write SQL queries manually.

     For a SQL query generated by AI, you can accept it by pressing Tab and then further edit it if needed, or reject it by pressing Esc.

   • If AI is disabled, write SQL queries manually.

2. Run SQL queries.

   • macOS
   • Windows/Linux

   For macOS:

   • If you have only one query in the editor, to run it, press ⌘ + Enter or click Run.

   • If you have multiple queries in the editor, to run one or several of them sequentially, select the lines of the target queries with your cursor, and then press ⌘ + Enter or click Run.

   • To run all queries in the editor sequentially, press ⇧ + ⌘ + Enter, or select the lines of all queries with your cursor and click Run.

   For Windows or Linux:

   • If you have only one query in the editor, to run it, press Ctrl + Enter or click Run.

   • If you have multiple queries in the editor, to run one or several of them sequentially, select the lines of the target queries with your cursor, and then press Ctrl + Enter or click Run.

   • To run all queries in the editor sequentially, press Shift + Ctrl + Enter, or select the lines of all queries with your cursor and click Run.

After running the queries, you can see the query logs and results immediately at the bottom of the page.

Manage SQL files

In Chat2Query, you can save your SQL queries in different SQL files and manage SQL files as follows:

• To add a SQL file, click + on the SQL Files tab.
• To rename a SQL file, move your cursor on the filename, click ... next to the filename, and then select Rename.
• To delete a SQL file, move your cursor on the filename, click ... next to the filename, and then select Delete. Note that when there is only one SQL file on the SQL Files tab, you cannot delete it.

Generate an endpoint from a SQL file

For TiDB clusters, TiDB Cloud provides a Data Service (beta) feature that enables you to access TiDB Cloud data via an HTTPS request using a custom API endpoint. In Chat2Query, you can generate an endpoint of Data Service (beta) from a SQL file by taking the following steps:

1. Move your cursor on the filename, click ... next to the filename, and then select Generate endpoint.
2. In the Generate endpoint dialog box, select the Data App you want to generate the endpoint for and enter the endpoint name.
3. Click Generate. The endpoint is generated and its details page is displayed.

For more information, see Manage an endpoint.

Manage Chat2Query settings

In Chat2Query, you can change the following settings:

• The maximum number of rows in query results
• Whether to show system database schemas on the Schemas tab
• Whether to enable Chat2Query API

To change the settings, take the following steps:

1. In the upper-right corner of Chat2Query, click ... and select Settings.
2. Change the settings according to your need.
3. Click Save.