[FLINK-12275] Add documentation for GenericHiveMetastoreCatalog

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: Connectors / Hive, Documentation
• Assignee: Bowen Li
• Reporter: Bowen Li
• Created: 20/Apr/19 22:16
• Updated: 21/May/19 22:29
• Resolved: 21/May/19 22:29

Description

Add documentation for GenericHiveMetastoreCatalog, iincluding usage, examples, best practices etc.

E.g. in order to distinguish Flink metadata from Hive's, users should use better naming conventions for Flink related objects like "flink-<db/table/view_name>" or setup better access control for users