Overview

This documentation supplements the Hive wikidocs with information about new features. Some of these chapters are adapted from the Hive wiki and updated with current information, while other chapters are new (and will be ported to the wiki when the features become available in a Hive release). A complete set of Hive API documentation is also included.

These features are documented in the supplements:

  • ORC file format
  • HiveServer2 JDBC
  • Decimal data type
    • Data Types: BigDecimal Types
  • Windowing and analytics functions
  • Optimized joins
  • Authorization and authentication
    • Authorization: Metastore Server Security
    • Configuration Properties: Hive Metastore Security

See the Hive wiki home page for more Hive documentation.