Hi Dennis,   As mentioned in the (edited) post, the solution suggested above finally worked for me. Thanks again for the help!   Regards, Michal ... View more

@jackyyipjk,   The following error indicates that the "hue_hive" user is not authorized to act as a proxy for other users: Failed to validate proxy privilege of hue_hive for administrator:14:13'   Hue authenticates to Hive as "hue_hive" but it must then act as a proxy.  This is restricted by default. Usually, this can be configured in Cloudera Manager by editing: HDFS --> Configuration --> Service Wide --> Advanced --> Cluster-wide Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for core-site.xml   You can add, for instance:   hadoop.proxyuser.hue_hive.groups *   XML representiation: <property> <name>hadoop.proxyuser.hue_hive.groups</name> <value>*</value> </property>   The above will allow hue_hive to act as a proxy for any user (including "administrator)   Regards,   Ben ... View more