# (EXPERIMENTAL) Beam Hive Catalog Input
##  (EXPERIMENTAL) Beam Hive Catalog Input
| Description
The Beam Hive Catalog input transform reads data from an Apache Hive metastore.
| Supported Engines
|
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Warning | This transform is in an experimental state, backwards compatibility between versions is not guaranteed |
| Hop Engine |  |
| Spark |  |
| Flink |  |
| Dataflow |  |
| Hop Engine |  |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Spark |  |
| Flink |  |
| Dataflow |  |
| Warning | This transform is in an experimental state, backwards compatibility between versions is not guaranteed |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
### Options
| Option | Description |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Transform name | Name of the transform, this name has to be unique in a single pipeline. |
| Hive Metastore URI | The Thrift metastore URI needs to be in format `thrift://hivemetastore:9083` |
| Database name | Database name used in the metastore. |
| Table name | Table name used in the metastore |
### Limitations
At this point in time this transform is still in an experimental phase.\
It can not yet detect and cast field types, all data is returned in a single string which is separated by the `;` character. Use a [split fields](https://github.com/mbertazz/hop-docs-md/blob/main/modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/transforms/pipeline/transforms/splitfields.eTmz78djkf) transform to split the data into fields.
Last updated 2025-09-04 18:21:49 +0200
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