Understand and prepare to use Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer Before you use Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer, you must understand how a policy works, the policy resources, and the prerequisites you must complete before you create a policy. How Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer performs table maintenanceCloudera Lakehouse Optimizer and its components perform several operations in the background after you create or define a policy to initiate, evaluate, and complete the Iceberg table maintenance.What are Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer policy resourcesA Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer policy consists of a JEXL script and JSON file, collectively referred to as policy resources. The JEXL script is mandatory, and the JSON file is optional. The default ClouderaAdaptive policy consists of the ClouderaAdaptive.jexl script and the ClouderaAdaptive.json file.Parent topic: Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer for Iceberg table maintenance