Overview of the Copy Data Directives

The directives Copy Data to Hadoop, Import a File, and Copy Data from Hadoop enable you to move data from your files system or database management systems into and out of Hadoop. The copy directives require database connections to be defined on the Databases panel of the Configuration window. For more information, see Set Global Options. The Import a File directive helps you import miscellaneous files from your file system into Hadoop as columnar tables.