load the JSON as string with column name "json"
SELECT get_json_object(json, '$.id') AS ID,get_json_object(json, '$.person.last_name') AS LastName,get_json_object(json, '$.person.first_name') AS FirstName,get_json_object(json, '$.person.email') AS email,get_json_object(json, '$.person.location.address') AS Address,get_json_object(json, '$.person.location.city') AS City,get_json_object(json, '$.person.location.state') AS State,get_json_object(json, '$.person.location.zipcode') AS Zip,get_json_object(json, '$.person.text') AS Text,get_json_object(json, '$.person.url') AS URLFROM HBASE_JSON_TABLE;ORSELECT id, lastName, firstName, email, city, state, text, url FROM hbase_json_table A LATERAL VIEW json_tuple(A.json, 'id', 'person') B AS id, personLATERAL VIEW json_tuple(person, 'last_name', 'first_name', 'email', 'text', 'url', 'location') C as lastName, firstName, email, text, url, locLATERAL VIEW json_tuple(loc, 'city', 'state') D AS city, state;
OR
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE json_serde_table (
id string,
person struct<email:string, first_name:string, last_name:string, location:struct<address:string, city:string, state:string, zipcode:string>, text:string, url:string>)
ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hive.hcatalog.data.JsonSerDe'
LOCATION '/tmp/json/';
SELECT id, person.first_name, person.last_name, person.email,
person.location.address, person.location.city, person.location.state,
person.location.zipcode, person.text, person.url
FROM json_serde_table LIMIT 5;
