[IMPALA-1761] Expose Impala metadata (e.g. dbs, tables, fns) as tables

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.0
• Component/s: Frontend
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Matthew Jacobs
• Created: 13/Feb/15 22:37
• Updated: 16/Jun/17 17:08

Description

Expose Impala metadata (e.g. dbs, tables, fns) as tables using external data sources.

I have a patch which addresses some of this, though we need better catalog support to avoid loading all metadata, see IMPALA-2129.