Analytical Queries with Hive: SQL Windowing and Table Functions Hive Query Language (HQL) is excellent for productivity and enables reuse of SQL skills, but falls short in advanced analytic queries. Hive`s Map & Reduce scripts mechanism lacks the simplicity of SQL and specifying new analysis is cumbersome. We developed SQLWindowing for Hive(SQW) to overcome these issues. SQW introduces both Window
![Analytical Queries with Hive: SQL Windowing and Table Functions](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/d456238c38ea2e076e6c389df606616154c1dfe5/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.slidesharecdn.com%2Fss_thumbnails%2Fanalyticalquerieswithhive-120619202832-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26height%3D640%26fit%3Dbounds)