Pig Diagnostic Operators¶

Dump Operator¶

grunt> Dump Relation_Name
grunt> student = LOAD 'hdfs://localhost:9000/pig_data/student_data.txt' USING PigStorage(',')
   as ( id:int, firstname:chararray, lastname:chararray, phone:chararray, city:chararray );
grunt> Dump student

Describe Operator¶

grunt> Describe Relation_name
grunt> describe student;

Explain Operator¶

grunt> explain Relation_name;
grunt> explain student;

Illustrate Operator¶

grunt> illustrate Relation_name;
grunt> illustrate student;