SET hive.exec.compress.result=true; CREATE INDEX src_index ON TABLE src(key) as 'COMPACT' WITH DEFERRED REBUILD; ALTER INDEX src_index ON src REBUILD; SET hive.input.format=org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveInputFormat; SET hive.optimize.index.filter=true; SET hive.optimize.index.filter.compact.minsize=0; -- automatic indexing EXPLAIN SELECT key, value FROM src WHERE key > 80 AND key < 100 ORDER BY key; SELECT key, value FROM src WHERE key > 80 AND key < 100 ORDER BY key; DROP INDEX src_index on src;