# What can I do with Streambased?

Streambased allows you to combine your Apache Kafka data and Apache Iceberg data by using logical views over the data as it exists on disk in Kafka and in an Iceberg data lake — with no copying of data. Use the list below to hone in on your particular use case.

Or, if you want to explore all of our products and their use cases, proceed to the next page to follow through the whole demo.

### Use cases

1. To see how to combine your Kafka and Iceberg data, head to [this page](/get-started/view-kafka-and-iceberg-together.md). Our Iceberg Service for Kafka (I.S.K.) makes this possible, and you can also read about the product [here](/deploy-and-operate/streambased-platform/kafka-service-for-iceberg-k.s.i./overview.md).
2. You likely don't just want to see your data combined, but to query it. To find out how to query Kafka and Iceberg, head to [this page](/get-started/query-across-kafka-and-iceberg.md).
3. Surfacing your data in an analytics dashboard is straightforward with Streambased. Follow along [here](/get-started/pipe-kafka-and-iceberg-to-dashboards.md) to see this in action.
4. To view your Kafka and Iceberg data as a Kafka stream, take advantage of our Kafka Service for Iceberg (K.S.I.). Try this [here](/get-started/the-kafka-view-of-iceberg-and-kafka.md).

### Exercise

Once you have followed the use cases there is a [quick exercise](/get-started/exercise-why-so-much-fraud.md) you can follow.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.streambased.io/get-started/what-can-i-do-with-streambased.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.