Although this is already fixed in the next and upcoming impala release, you might want to be aware of the following view limitation.
https://issues.cloudera.org/browse/IMPALA-495 On Aug 20, 2013 7:16 PM, "Stephen Boesch" <java...@gmail.com> wrote: > Views should theoretically not incur performance penalties: they simply > represent queries. Are there situtions that things are "not that simple" - > i.e. views may actually result in different exeucution plans than the > underlying sql? > > Additionally, are there views-related bugs that we should be aware of that > would limit the occasions that we could use them? > > Thanks for the pointers. > > >