Consider this use case:
There is a program store cpu usage metrics to a HBase table. This
HBase table has a column family called cpu, and individual cpu core
usage is stored in columns like, cpu:user.0, cpu:user.1 etc. The
suffix number represent unique cpu core id in the system.
While it is possible to write query like:
SystemMetrics = load 'hbase://SystemMetrics' USING
cpu:combined.0 cpu:combined.1 ... system:LoadAverage.1','-loadKey') AS
(rowKey: chararray, cluster: chararray, cpuCombined0:float,
cpuCombined1:float ... LoadAverage:float);
To get a long list of columns to load and specify the same list in
group by command like:
CleanseBuffer = foreach SystemMetrics generate
REGEX_EXTRACT($0,'^\\d+',0) as time, cluster, cpuCombined0,
cpuCombined1, ..., LoadAverage;
The syntax works fine, but it would be nice to load all columns of a
given column family without specifying individual columns.
i.e. SystemMetrics = load 'hbase://SystemMetrics' USING
Is this syntax possible to implement in pig?
Second question, is it possible to make alteration of a tuple in a
bag, but not specifying other tuples in the same bag?
For large column tables, it would be nice if there is short hand
syntax to make pig syntax shorter to write.
Any tip on making foreach and group by shorter? Thanks