Yes, the name of the user that started the job or workflow will be available through this variable. See this code partial: https://github.com/apache/oozie/blob/master/core/s... /** * Return the job owner user name. * * @return the job owner user name. */ public static String wf_user() { return getWorkflow().getUser(); } ... View more

@Rajesh Balamohan helped me to find answer of this question. As per code it always converts given database name in lowercase format Answer of this questions is - Database names in hive will always be in lowecase. https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hive/trunk/metast... @Override public void createDatabase(Database db) throws InvalidObjectException, MetaException { boolean commited = false; MDatabase mdb = new MDatabase(); mdb.setName(db.getName().toLowerCase()); mdb.setLocationUri(db.getLocationUri()); mdb.setDescription(db.getDescription()); mdb.setParameters(db.getParameters()); mdb.setOwnerName(db.getOwnerName()); PrincipalType ownerType = db.getOwnerType(); mdb.setOwnerType((null == ownerType ? PrincipalType.USER.name() : ownerType.name())); try { openTransaction(); pm.makePersistent(mdb); commited = commitTransaction(); } finally { if (!commited) { rollbackTransaction(); } } } ... View more