CREATE TABLE input_columnarserde(a array, b array, c map, d int, e string) ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.columnar.ColumnarSerDe' STORED AS INPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.RCFileInputFormat' OUTPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.RCFileOutputFormat'; EXPLAIN FROM src_thrift INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE input_columnarserde SELECT src_thrift.lint, src_thrift.lstring, src_thrift.mstringstring, src_thrift.aint, src_thrift.astring DISTRIBUTE BY 1; FROM src_thrift INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE input_columnarserde SELECT src_thrift.lint, src_thrift.lstring, src_thrift.mstringstring, src_thrift.aint, src_thrift.astring DISTRIBUTE BY 1; SELECT input_columnarserde.* FROM input_columnarserde DISTRIBUTE BY 1; SELECT input_columnarserde.a[0], input_columnarserde.b[0], input_columnarserde.c['key2'], input_columnarserde.d, input_columnarserde.e FROM input_columnarserde DISTRIBUTE BY 1;