Apache kylin is an open source distributed analytics engine designed to provide a sql interface and multi-dimensional analysis (olap) on hadoop and alluxio supporting extremely large datasets. The name kylin is of chinese origin and is derived from the mythical creature known as the qilin. In chinese culture, the qilin is a symbol of good fortune, prosperity, and auspiciousness.

The meaning of kylin is a unicorn of chinese myth depicted with the tail of an ox and the legs and body of a deer. Smarter and faster kylin is a high concurrency, high performance and intelligent olap engine that provides low-cost and ultimate data analytics experience. Kylin utilizes multidimensional modeling theory to build star or snowflake schemas based on tables, making it a powerful tool for large-scale data analysis. The model is kylin's core component, รขโ‚ฌยฆ In 2009, a report presented to the us-china economic and security review commission stated that the purpose of kylin is to make chinese computers impenetrable to competing countries in the รขโ‚ฌยฆ

In 2009, a report presented to the us-china economic and security review commission stated that the purpose of kylin is to make chinese computers impenetrable to competing countries in the รขโ‚ฌยฆ