the first thing you have to do in your script   set hive.variable.substitute=true; set current_date=${hiveconf:current_date};   command should be  hive  -v --hiveconf current_date='01-01-2015' -f argument.hql   it will execute successfully    -V willp rint the sql command in console appliocation      read hiveconf and hivevar  concepts      ... View more

Yeah, that is normal. Beeline is another client that connects to HS2 where the Hive cli connects directly to HMS. The latter has some security issues and is not scalable. In Hive 2.x the Hive cli will be a wrapper around beeline. You can ignore the message for now or start using beeline right out the gate. ... View more