[IMPALA-1568] Find / repair missing partitions command

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Product Backlog
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.3.0
• Labels: ramp-up
• Assignee: arthurpeng
• Reporter: Henry Robinson
• Created: 03/Dec/14 19:10
• Updated: 04/Jan/17 23:58
• Resolved: 02/Jun/15 22:19

Description

Some users use "MSCK REPAIR" as part of ETL jobs to scan HDFS for new Hive partitions. Equivalent functionality in Impala would be good (maybe ALTER TABLE FIND / REPAIR PARTITIONS?).