HCatalog Connection

The HCatalogConnection shared resource contains all the necessary parameters to connect to HCatalog. It can be used by the Hive, Mapreduce, Pig, and WaitForJobCompletion activities.

General

The General panel has the following fields.

Field Module Property? Description
Package No The name of the package where the shared resource is located.
Name No The name for the shared resource.
Description No A short description for the shared resource.

HCatalogConnection Configuration

The HCatalogConnection Configuration pannel has the following fields.

Field Module Property? Description
HCatalog Url Yes The web HCatalog URL to connect to HCatalog.
User Name Yes A unique user name to identify each user connecting to HCatalog.
HDFS

Connection

No An HDFS Connection shared resource. Click to select an HDFS Connection.

Test Connection Button

Clicking Test Connection to test whether the specified configuration fields result in a valid connection to HCatalog for design time configuration and runtime execution of the activities.