The controller admin UI at http://<controller-host>:<port>/help is the quickest way to inspect and exercise Pinot's administrative endpoints. Use it for schema, table, and segment operations when you want the interactive Swagger surface instead of raw curl examples.
What It Covers
Area
Typical task
Tables
List, inspect, delete, and update table configs
Schemas
List, inspect, create, and delete schemas
Segments
List, inspect, upload, and reload segments
Operational Reminder
Controller APIs are for administrative tasks. Use the broker query API for querying Pinot, even if the controller UI also exposes a query console.
What this page covered
The controller Swagger UI entry point.
Which administrative tasks belong in the controller UI.
Why the broker query API still owns SQL execution.
Next step
Use the Swagger UI to confirm the endpoint shape, then jump to the controller API examples page when you need exact curl payloads.
