This workflow demonstrates how to import several Parquet files at once without iteration using an external HIVE table. The initial strucjture wil be derived from a sample of one of the files. The rule are very basic: String, Double and Int. You might add rules for BIGINT if you need them You could use a column as partition. Please Download the complete folder at: https://hub.knime.com/mlauber71/spaces/Public/latest/kn_example_bigdata_hive_parquet_loader/