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Big Data

This section describes new Big Data features in version 9.6.1.

Data Types in a Hive Environment

You can push high precision Decimal data types to a Hive environment that uses Hive 0.11 and above.
If the mapping is not enabled for high precision, the Data Integration Service converts all decimal values to double values.
If the mapping is enabled for high precision, the Data Integration Service converts decimal values with a precision greater than 28 to double values.
For more information, see the Informatica 9.6.1 Big Data Edition User Guide.

Hive Connection Properties

In the Hive connection, you specify the following properties:
For more information, see the Informatica 9.6.1 Big Data Edition User Guide.

User Authentication

You can enable the Data Integration Service to run mapping and workflow jobs on a Hadoop cluster that uses Kerberos authentication. The Hadoop cluster authenticates the SPN of the Data Integration Service user account to run mapping and workflow jobs on the Hadoop cluster. To enable another user to run jobs on the Hadoop cluster, you can configure the SPN of the Data Integration Service user account to impersonate another user account.
For more information, see the Informatica 9.6.1 Big Data Edition User Guide.

Mappings on Hadoop Distributions

You can enable mappings to run on the following Hadoop distributions:
For more information, see the Informatica 9.6.1 Big Data Edition Installation and Configuration Guide.