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[jira] [Updated] (LENS-443) Improve specification for complex data types

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LENS-443?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Amareshwari Sriramadasu updated LENS-443:
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    Issue Type: Improvement  (was: Bug)
       Summary: Improve specification for complex data types  (was: complex data types not supported for dim_attributes type)

> Improve specification for complex data types
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LENS-443
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LENS-443
>             Project: Apache Lens
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: server
>            Reporter: Angad Singh
>
> Lens supports all hive data types.
> That includes ARRAY<STRING,LONG,etc> or MAP, etc.
> Unfortunately these types cannot be specified in XML. XML doesn't allow < and > characters in string values
> So instead of this:
> {noformat}
> 		<dim_attribute name="interests" type="ARRAY<STRING>" />
> {noformat}
> one has to write it as this:
> {noformat}
> 		<dim_attribute name="interests" type="ARRAY&lt;STRING&gt;" />
> {noformat}
> This is counter intuitive and an alternative way should be figured out



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