Tez- Query fails with Null pointer exception

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PROBLEM : Query fails with the below mentioned exception.

ERROR :

java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262) 
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) 
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) 
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) 
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException 
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.split.TezGroupedSplitsInputFormat$TezGroupedSplitsRecordReader.initNextRecordReader(TezGroupedSplitsInputFormat.java:192)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.split.TezGroupedSplitsInputFormat$TezGroupedSplitsRecordReader.<init>(TezGroupedSplitsInputFormat.java:131)

ROOT CAUSE : Query fails on a field of datatype timestamp within an ORC table having null values, provided Predicate push down is enabled. This is a known issue. Reference: https://hortonworks.jira.com/browse/BUG-47472

WORKAROUND / RESOLUTION : This setting is whether to enable automatic use of indexes or not. There could come with some performance penalties.

hive.optimize.index.filter=false;