DESCRIBE EXTENDED and DESCRIBE FORMATTED
You can get extensive formatted and unformatted information about a materialized view.
Syntax
DESCRIBE [EXTENDED | FORMATTED] [db_name.]materialized_view_name;- db_name
- The database name.
- materialized_view_name
- The name of the materialized view.
Examples
Get summary, details, and formatted information about the materialized view in the default database and its partitions.
DESCRIBE FORMATTED default.partition_mv_1;Example output is:
| col_name | data_type | comment |
|---|---|---|
| # col_name | data_type | comment |
| name | varchar(256) | |
| NULL | NULL | |
| # Partition Information | NULL | NULL |
| # col_name | data_type | comment |
| deptno | int | |
| NULL | NULL | |
| # Detailed Table Information | NULL | NULL |
| Database: | default | NULL |
| OwnerType: | USER | NULL |
| Owner: | hive | NULL |
| CreateTime: | Wed Aug 22 19:46:08 UTC 2018 | NULL |
| LastAccessTime: | UNKNOWN | NULL |
| Retention: | 0 | NULL |
| Location: |
hdfs://myserver:8020/warehouse/
tablespace/managed/hive/partition_mv_1
|
NULL |
| Table Type: | MATERIALIZED_VIEW | NULL |
| Table Parameters: | NULL | NULL |
| COLUMN_STATS_ACCURATE |
{\"BASIC_STATS\":\"true\"} |
|
| bucketing_version | 2 | |
| numFiles | 2 | |
| numPartitions | 2 | |
| numRows | 4 | |
| rawDataSize | 380 | |
| totalSize | 585 | |
| transient_lastDdlTime | 1534967168 | |
| NULL | NULL | |
| # Storage Information | NULL | NULL |
| SerDe Library: |
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.orc.OrcSerde
|
NULL |
| InputFormat: |
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.orc.OrcInputFormat
|
NULL |
| OutputFormat: |
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.orc.OrcOutputFormat
|
NULL |
| Compressed: | No | NULL |
| Num Buckets: | -1 | NULL |
| Bucket Columns: | [] | NULL |
| Sort Columns: | [] | NULL |
| NULL | NULL | |
| # Materialized View Information | NULL | NULL |
| Original Query: |
SELECT hire_date, deptno FROM emps WHERE deptno
> 100 AND deptno < 200 |
NULL |
| Expanded Query: |
SELECT `hire_date`, `deptno` FROM (SELECT
`emps`.`hire_date`, `emps`.`deptno` FROM
`default`.`emps` WHERE `emps`.`deptno` > 100 AND
`emps`.`deptno` < 200) `default.partition_mv_1`
|
NULL |
| Rewrite Enabled: | Yes | NULL |
| Outdated for Rewriting: | No | NULL |