Tao This will be immensely useful. Contributions are most welcome. Sharad
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:14 AM, Tao Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > I am also thinking if we could associate a hive table / hive view directly > with a conceptual table, just like how we associate a logical table with > conceptual table. This should be feasible because a hive table contains all > columns' information, schema information and storage information. And the > way Lens read metadata can be easily used to read native hive table since > it is actually store Lens table in hive. > > The benefit of supporting hive table/view as one type of logical/physical > table is to make the migration from hive to Lens seamless because people > don't have to redefine the hive tables in Lens. > > Thanks, > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:43 PM, amareshwarisr . <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Tao, >> >> It would be good addition. But as of now, there is no utility doing the >> same. >> >> Thanks >> >> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:39 AM, Tao Yan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Lens Developer, >>> >>> When I am trying to define Lens cube, dimension, fact and dimtables >>> based on existing hive data, I found a lot of things in common: they all >>> use the exact same column names and types as hive table, they all use the >>> exact same Input/Output format and Serde Library. So, I wonder if you have >>> developed any utility methods or tools to generate those definition files >>> from Hive tables' metadata. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -- >>> >>> *Tao Yan* >>> Software Engineer >>> Data Analytics Infrastructure Tools and Services >>> >>> >>> >>> 206.250.5345 >>> [email protected] >>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/taousc >>> >> >> > > > -- > > *Tao Yan* > Software Engineer > Data Analytics Infrastructure Tools and Services > > > > 206.250.5345 > [email protected] > https://www.linkedin.com/in/taousc >
