[IMPALA-3901] impala-shell output is overly verbose for simple queries

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.7.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.7.0
• Component/s: Clients
• Labels: usability
• Target Version: Impala 2.7.0
• Assignee: Sailesh Mukil
• Reporter: Tim Armstrong
• Created: 22/Jul/16 22:46
• Updated: 23/Aug/16 18:30
• Resolved: 23/Aug/16 18:30

Description

I feel like the links printed for query progress tracking hurt usability for simple queries, particularly navigating the database. I'm not sure if anyone is going to track the progress of a "show tables query". It would be nice if we were more selective with the output.

[tarmstrong-box.ca.cloudera.com:21000] > show tables;
Query: show tables
Query submitted at: 2016-07-22 15:42:32 (Coordinator: http://0.0.0.0:25000)
Query progress can be monitored at: http://0.0.0.0:25000/query_plan?query_id=cb403cd17959aa5a:600c2fc32d02f96

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