explain select 'a', 100; select 'a', 100; --evaluation explain select 1 + 1; select 1 + 1; -- explode (not possible for lateral view) explain select explode(array('a', 'b')); select explode(array('a', 'b')); set hive.fetch.task.conversion=more; explain select 'a', 100; select 'a', 100; explain select 1 + 1; select 1 + 1; explain select explode(array('a', 'b')); select explode(array('a', 'b')); -- subquery explain select 2 + 3,x from (select 1 + 2 x) X; select 2 + 3,x from (select 1 + 2 x) X;