-- SORT_QUERY_RESULTS CREATE TABLE dest_j1(key STRING, cnt1 INT, cnt2 INT); set hive.auto.convert.join=true; set hive.auto.convert.join.noconditionaltask=true; set hive.auto.convert.join.noconditionaltask.size=10000; -- Since the inputs are small, it should be automatically converted to mapjoin EXPLAIN INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE dest_j1 SELECT subq1.key, subq1.cnt, subq2.cnt FROM (select x.key, count(1) as cnt from src1 x group by x.key) subq1 JOIN (select y.key, count(1) as cnt from src y group by y.key) subq2 ON (subq1.key = subq2.key); INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE dest_j1 SELECT subq1.key, subq1.cnt, subq2.cnt FROM (select x.key, count(1) as cnt from src1 x group by x.key) subq1 JOIN (select y.key, count(1) as cnt from src y group by y.key) subq2 ON (subq1.key = subq2.key); select * from dest_j1;