I downloaded the provided zip file, extracted the drivers.csv file, and uploaded it to /users/maria_devas per the instructions. Creating the Hive database works without issue, but trying to load the CSV data yields this error: java.sql.SQLException: Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MoveTask. org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: Access denied: Unable to move source hdfs://sandbox-hdp.hortonworks.com:8020/user/maria_dev/drivers.csv to destination hdfs://sandbox-hdp.hortonworks.com:8020/warehouse/tablespace/managed/hive/temp_drivers/base_0000001: Permission denied: user=hive, access=WRITE, inode="/user/maria_dev":maria_dev:hdfs:drwxr-xr-x It does create the file /warehouse/tablespace/managed/hive/temp_drivers/base_0000001/drivers.csv, so it did work to some extent. Yet Data Analytics Studio shows the table as being empty. Tutorial URL: https://hortonworks.com/tutorial/how-to-process-data-with-apache-hive/ This isn't my first issue with the HDP VM's and the tutorials. I'm rather disappointed that things don't work as they should. Update: I edited hdfs-site.xml to disable permissions on HDFS. That fixed the permissions issue above. ... View more