As indicated in an existing answer by @hduraiswamy there are some things you can do: 1. Give multiple insert commands in parallel, and they will automatically be executed sequentially 2. Writing multiple files to a directory and then creating a hive table on top of the folder, see the aforementioned answer If this does not work for you, you can of course also work with a non-external hive table. ... View more

Were you able to set custom prefix ? I want to do multiple inserts into same partition. I hope if custom prefix works, I can do multiple inserts in hive table. Any suggestions appreciated ... View more