Do Atlas / Ranger based lineage / tag based access keep on working when a Hive table is processed with a 'external' ETL tool like SAS DI or SAP BODS and then written back to a (different) Hive table? I would guess this is only possible when the metadata from these ETL tools can sync up with Atlas / Ranger http://hortonworks.com/apache/atlas/#section_1 tells me that: Atlas, at its core, is designed to exchange metadata with other tools and processes within and outside of the Hadoop stack, thereby enabling platform-agnostic governance controls that effectively address compliance requirements ...so if I am reading this correctly, the functionallity I seek is at least 'on the roadmap'... ... View more