Pig Editor

The Pig Editor application allows you to define Pig scripts, run scripts, and view the status of jobs. For information about Pig, see Pig Documentation.

In Hue 3.5, a new assistant was added to the Pig Editor: Navigator.


Similarly to the Hive and Impala Editors, functions and Pig statements are made directly available from within the editor:



Navigator is:


So now, get started with Apache Pig!

Pig Editor Installation and Configuration

Pig Editor is one of the applications installed as part of Hue.

Starting Pig Editor

Click the Pig Editor icon () in the navigation bar at the top of the Hue browser page. The Pig Editor opens with three tabs:
  • Editor - editor where you can create, edit, run, save, copy, and delete scripts and edit script properties.
  • Scripts - script manager where you can create, open, run, copy, and delete scripts.
  • Dashboard - dashboard where you can view running and completed scripts and view the log of a job.

Installing the Sample Pig Scripts

  Note: You must be a superuser to perform this task.
  1. Click . The Quick Start Wizard opens.
  2. Click Step 2: Examples.
  3. Click Pig Editor.

Scripts

Creating a Script

  1. In either the Editor or Scripts screen, click New script. Edit the script as desired.
  2. Click Edit Properties. In the Script name field, type a name for the script.
  3. Click Save.

Opening a Script

  1. Click the Scripts tab.
  2. In the list of scripts, click a script.

Running a Script

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the Editor screen, click the Run button.
    • In the Scripts screen, check the checkbox next to a script and click the Run button.

Viewing the Result of Running a Script

  1. Click the Dashboard tab.
  2. Click a job.