What is the installer and HDP version here? org.apache.hive.hcatalog.data.JsonSerDe is provided by $HCAT_HOME/share/hcatalog/hive-hcatalog-core.jar. In a standard Ambari install this is added to Hive classpath by setting it in HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH in $HIVE_CONF_DIR/hive-env.sh. ... View more