@Strabelli  As you see the message in the browser as following which is very generic error and does not tell the actual cause of the failure. MetaException(message:Got exception: org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.MetaException Exception thrown when executing query)   - So did you check the Hue Log to see if it is showing a detailed StackTrace of the error?   Just tail the Hue logs and then try running the same query again to see if we get a detailed error message. # ls -lart /var/log/hue/ # tail -f /var/log/hue/* Also can you check the HIve Service / Metastore log of the same time stamp to verify if the Metastore is running fine without any error?   ... View more