Who this book is for
This book has covered almost all concepts of Hive. So, if you are a beginner in the big data Hadoop domain, you can start with installing Hive, understanding Hive services and clients, and using Hive data modeling concepts to design your data model. If you have basic knowledge of Hive, you can deep dive into some of the advance concepts covered in the book such as partitions, bucketing, file formats, security, and windowing and analytics.
In a nutshell, this book is helpful for both a Hadoop developer and a Hadoop analyst who want to explore Hive.