diff --git a/docs/datahub_lite.md b/docs/datahub_lite.md
index 3b82448492707..d5ec1f617a7ba 100644
--- a/docs/datahub_lite.md
+++ b/docs/datahub_lite.md
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ The following features are **NOT** supported:
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-There are no pre-requisites for DataHub Lite other than having a Python 3.7+ environment and a [`acryl-datahub`](https://pypi.org/project/acryl-datahub/) > 0.9.6. Install the `datahub` Python cli using the [instructions](./cli.md#using-pip).
+To use `datahub lite` commands, you need to install [`acryl-datahub`](https://pypi.org/project/acryl-datahub/) > 0.9.6 ([install instructions](./cli.md#using-pip)) and the `datahub-lite` plugin.
 
 ```shell
-pip install acryl-datahub
+pip install acryl-datahub[datahub-lite]
 ```
 
 ## Importing Metadata
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
index 92a10f9281c87..e9bffae22d865 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
@@ -241,7 +241,10 @@ def get_long_description():
     # Sink plugins.
     "datahub-kafka": kafka_common,
     "datahub-rest": rest_common,
-    "datahub-lite": set(),
+    "datahub-lite": {
+        "fastapi",
+        "uvicorn",
+    },
     # Integrations.
     "airflow": {
         "apache-airflow >= 2.0.2",
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/lite_cli.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/lite_cli.py
index 0532110ea2f23..2f32edbf2b3e8 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/lite_cli.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/lite_cli.py
@@ -211,11 +211,10 @@ def serve(port: int) -> None:
     uvicorn.run(app, port=port)
 
 
-@lite.command(context_settings=dict(allow_extra_args=True))
+@lite.command()
 @click.argument("path", required=False, type=CompleteablePath())
-@click.pass_context
 @telemetry.with_telemetry
-def ls(ctx: click.Context, path: Optional[str]) -> None:
+def ls(path: Optional[str]) -> None:
     """List at a path"""
 
     start_time = time.time()
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py
index 8a63da437fe24..e798d3c997fa9 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class SQLAlchemyConfig(StatefulIngestionConfigBase):
     )
     profile_pattern: AllowDenyPattern = Field(
         default=AllowDenyPattern.allow_all(),
-        description="Regex patterns to filter tables for profiling during ingestion. Allowed by the `table_pattern`.",
+        description="Regex patterns to filter tables (or specific columns) for profiling during ingestion. Note that only tables allowed by the `table_pattern` will be considered.",
     )
     domain: Dict[str, AllowDenyPattern] = Field(
         default=dict(),
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/tableau.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/tableau.py
index 8fa31231d7fe8..30d5616b84617 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/tableau.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/tableau.py
@@ -346,7 +346,10 @@ def _populate_usage_stat_registry(self):
         if self.server is None:
             return
 
+        view: TSC.ViewItem
         for view in TSC.Pager(self.server.views, usage=True):
+            if not view.id:
+                continue
             self.tableau_stat_registry[view.id] = UsageStat(view_count=view.total_views)
         logger.debug("Tableau stats %s", self.tableau_stat_registry)
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/lite/lite_server.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/lite/lite_server.py
index d5cfa08abcf36..27960a7a17a0f 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/lite/lite_server.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/lite/lite_server.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
-from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
-from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, Query
+from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Query
 from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse
 
 from datahub.lite.lite_local import (
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     Searchable,
     SearchFlavor,
 )
-from datahub.metadata.schema_classes import SystemMetadataClass, _Aspect
 
 app = FastAPI()
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -22,8 +21,8 @@ def redirect_to_docs():
     return RedirectResponse(app.docs_url)
 
 
-@app.get("/ping")  # type: ignore
-def ping() -> dict:  # type: ignore
+@app.get("/ping")
+def ping() -> dict:
     return {"ping": "pong"}
 
 
@@ -34,44 +33,45 @@ def lite() -> DataHubLiteLocal:
     return lite
 
 
-@app.get("/entities")  # type: ignore
-def entities_list(lite: DataHubLiteLocal = Depends(lite)) -> Iterable[str]:  # type: ignore
+@app.get("/entities")
+def entities_list(lite: DataHubLiteLocal = Depends(lite)) -> List[str]:
     # TODO add some filtering capabilities
-    return lite.list_ids()
+    return list(lite.list_ids())
 
 
-@app.get("/entities/{id}")  # type: ignore
-def entities_get(  # type: ignore
+@app.get("/entities/{id}")
+def entities_get(
     id: str,
     aspects: Optional[List[str]] = Query(None),
     lite: DataHubLiteLocal = Depends(lite),
-) -> Optional[
-    Dict[str, Union[str, Dict[str, Union[dict, _Aspect, SystemMetadataClass]]]]
-]:
+) -> Dict[str, Union[str, Dict[str, dict]]]:
     # Queried as GET /entities/<url-encoded urn>?aspects=aspect1&aspects=aspect2&...
     logger.warning(f"get {id} aspects={aspects}")
-    return lite.get(id, aspects=aspects)
+    entities = lite.get(id, aspects=aspects, typed=False)
+    if not entities:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Entity not found")
+    return entities  # type: ignore
 
 
-@app.get("/browse")  # type: ignore
-def browse(  # type: ignore
+@app.get("/browse")
+def browse(
     path: str = Query("/"),
     catalog: DataHubLiteLocal = Depends(lite),
-) -> Iterable[Browseable]:
+) -> List[Browseable]:
     # Queried as GET /browse/?path=<url-encoded-path>
     logger.info(f"browse {path}")
-    return catalog.ls(path)
+    return list(catalog.ls(path))
 
 
-@app.get("/search")  # type: ignore
-def search(  # type: ignore
+@app.get("/search")
+def search(
     query: str = Query("*"),
     flavor: SearchFlavor = Query(SearchFlavor.FREE_TEXT),
     lite: DataHubLiteLocal = Depends(lite),
-) -> Iterable[Searchable]:
+) -> List[Searchable]:
     # Queried as GET /search/?query=<url-encoded-query>
     logger.info(f"search {query}")
-    return lite.search(query=query, flavor=flavor)
+    return list(lite.search(query=query, flavor=flavor))
 
 
 # TODO put command