Hadoop Hive-specific SQL limitations

Pentaho Report Designer

Version
9.4.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-95PDIA008-01

A few of the following key limitations in Hive prevent some regular Metadata Editor features from working as intended, and limit the structure of your SQL queries in Report Designer:

  • Outer joins are not supported.
  • Each column can only be used once in a SELECT clause.

    Duplicate columns in SELECT statements cause errors.

  • Conditional joins can only use the = conditional unless you use a WHERE clause.

    Any non-equal conditional in a FROM statement forces the Metadata Editor to use a Cartesian join and a WHERE clause conditional to limit it.