docs: Add MaxCompute Sink to Glossary and link to MaxCompute config (#59

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* chore: add glossary and link to official depot config for maxcompute sink

* chore: update guide

docs/docs/guides/create_firehose.md

@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ _**Note:**_ [_**DATABASE**_](../sinks/influxdb-sink.md#sink_influx_db_name) _**a
 
 - it requires the following [variables](../sinks/bigquery-sink.md) to be set.
 - For INPUT_SCHEMA_DATA_TYPE = protobuf, this sink will generate bigquery schema from protobuf message schema and update bigquery table with the latest generated schema.
-   - The protobuf message of a `google.protobuf.Timestamp` field might be needed when table partitioning is enabled.
+- The protobuf message of a `google.protobuf.Timestamp` field might be needed when table partitioning is enabled.
 - For INPUT_SCHEMA_DATA_TYPE = json, this sink will generate bigquery schema by infering incoming json. In future we will add support for json schema as well coming from stencil.
-   - The timestamp column is needed incase of partition table. It can be generated at the time of ingestion by setting the config. Please refer to config `SINK_BIGQUERY_ADD_EVENT_TIMESTAMP_ENABLE` in [depot bigquery sink config section](https://github.com/goto/depot/blob/main/docs/reference/configuration/bigquery-sink.md#sink_bigquery_add_event_timestamp_enable)
+- The timestamp column is needed incase of partition table. It can be generated at the time of ingestion by setting the config. Please refer to config `SINK_BIGQUERY_ADD_EVENT_TIMESTAMP_ENABLE` in [depot bigquery sink config section](https://github.com/goto/depot/blob/main/docs/reference/configuration/bigquery-sink.md#sink_bigquery_add_event_timestamp_enable)
 - Google cloud credential with some bigquery permission is required to run this sink.
 
 ## Create a Bigtable sink
@@ -149,4 +149,11 @@ _**Note:**_ [_**DATABASE**_](../sinks/influxdb-sink.md#sink_influx_db_name) _**a
 
 If you'd like to connect to a sink which is not yet supported, you can create a new sink by following the [contribution guidelines](../contribute/contribution.md)
 
+## Create a MaxCompute sink
 
+- it requires the following [variables](../sinks/maxcompute-sink.md) to be set. Please follow the Configuration section in the MaxCompute Sink documentation for more details.
+- As of now it only supports INPUT_SCHEMA_DATA_TYPE = protobuf. Schema creation and update is inferred from protobuf schema.
+- The protobuf message of a `google.protobuf.Timestamp` field might be needed when table partitioning is enabled.
+- INPUT_SCHEMA_DATA_TYPE = json will be supported in future.
+- Schema/Dataset need to be created in advance in MaxCompute.
+- Service account requires ODPS and Tunnel Service permissions.

docs/docs/reference/glossary.md

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 [Log sink configs](../advance/generic.md)
 
 ## M
+[MaxCompute Sink](../sinks/maxcompute-sink.md)
 
 [metrics](metrics.md)
 

docs/docs/sinks/maxcompute-sink.md

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-# MaxCompute sink
+# MaxCompute
+
+MaxCompute Sink is a sink connector that allows you to write data from Kafka to Alibaba's MaxCompute Table. It supports consuming data in Protobuf and JSON(ToDo) format.
+
+## Configuration
+
+MaxCompute Sink requires the following variables to be set along with Generic ones. 
+Please refer to the [Depot's MaxCompute Sink Configuration](https://github.com/goto/depot/blob/main/docs/reference/configuration/maxcompute.md) for more.
 
 ### Datatype Protobuf
 

docs/sidebars.js

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module.exports = {
         "sinks/redis-sink",
         "sinks/elasticsearch-sink",
         "sinks/blob-sink",
+        "sinks/maxcompute-sink",
       ],
     },
     {