Downloading and exporting data from Hue
Hue enables you to download or export data from Hue to HDFS or to an external storage location from Hue Editor, Hue Dashboard, and the Hue File browser. You can limit the number of rows or bytes that are downloaded or disable the export feature altogether so that you do not run out of storage space.
Requied Role: Administrator.
For a service-wide change, go to Hue Service Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety valve) for hue_safety_valve.ini field.
and specify the configurations in theBy default, Hue users can download the query results from the Hue Editor, the Hue Dashboard, and the File browser.
Limiting the number of rows to download
Specify the following in the Hue Service Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety
valve) for hue_safety_valve.ini to limit the number of rows that can be downloaded
from a query before it is
truncated:
[beeswax]
download_row_limit=x
x represents the number of rows that you can download.
By default, there is no download limit, and you can configure this by setting the value to
-1
:[beeswax]
download_row_limit=-1
Limiting the number of bytes to download
Specify the following in the Hue Service Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety
valve) for hue_safety_valve.ini to limit the number of bytes that can be downloaded
from a query before it is
truncated:
[beeswax]
download_bytes_limit=x
x represents the number of bytes that you can download.
By default, there is no download limit, and you can configure this by setting the value to
-1
:[beeswax]
download_bytes_limit=-1
Disabling the data download feature
Specify the following in the Hue Service Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety
valve) for hue_safety_valve.ini field to disable your users from downloading query
results:
[desktop]
enable_download=false
Specify the following in the Hue Service Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety
valve) for hue_safety_valve.ini field to hide the Download
button from the Hue File
browser:
[filebrowser]
show_download_button=false