DESCRIBE FUNCTION explode; DESCRIBE FUNCTION EXTENDED explode; EXPLAIN EXTENDED SELECT explode(array(1,2,3)) AS myCol FROM src LIMIT 3; EXPLAIN EXTENDED SELECT a.myCol, count(1) FROM (SELECT explode(array(1,2,3)) AS myCol FROM src LIMIT 3) a GROUP BY a.myCol; SELECT explode(array(1,2,3)) AS myCol FROM src LIMIT 3; SELECT explode(array(1,2,3)) AS (myCol) FROM src LIMIT 3; SELECT a.myCol, count(1) FROM (SELECT explode(array(1,2,3)) AS myCol FROM src LIMIT 3) a GROUP BY a.myCol;