# When dremio can support decimal type

**URL:** <https://community.dremio.com/t/when-dremio-can-support-decimal-type/3760>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 26, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/when-dremio-can-support-decimal-type/3760 "2019-07-26T09:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![caiyunwu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@caiyunwu](https://community.dremio.com/u/caiyunwu)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/when-dremio-can-support-decimal-type/3760/1 "2019-07-26T09:38:08Z")

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use dremio to query table on hive, which contains decimal fields ,get error:  
UNSUPPORTED\_OPERATION ERROR: Decimal data type is disabled.  
As of this release decimal data type is a beta level feature and should not be used in production  
Use option ‘planner.enable\_decimal\_data\_type’ to enable decimal data type

when can dremio support decimal?

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**Author:** ![balaji.ramaswamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/balaji.ramaswamy/32/843_2.png) [@balaji.ramaswamy](https://community.dremio.com/u/balaji.ramaswamy)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/when-dremio-can-support-decimal-type/3760/2 "2019-07-29T22:19:33Z")

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@caiyunwu

Decimal support for Parquet and ORC is coming out in Dremio’s next MAJOR release, ETA ~ 1 week

Thanks  
@balaji.ramaswamy

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**Author:** ![Praveen\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/praveen_kumar/32/1822_2.png) [@Praveen\_Kumar](https://community.dremio.com/u/Praveen_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/when-dremio-can-support-decimal-type/3760/3 "2019-08-12T05:51:35Z")

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@caiyunwu  
3.3 is now released and supports decimal columns in Text/Parquet/ORC

Can you please try this out and let us know if this meets your requirements?

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**Author:** ![caiyunwu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@caiyunwu](https://community.dremio.com/u/caiyunwu)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/when-dremio-can-support-decimal-type/3760/6 "2019-08-28T03:12:15Z")

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Thanks, this is a very helpful update.I will have a try.