diff --git a/asterixdb/LICENSE b/asterixdb/LICENSE
index 4c63d01..72413f8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/LICENSE
+++ b/asterixdb/LICENSE
@@ -517,6 +517,202 @@
    limitations under the License.
 ---
 
+   Portions of the AsterixDB OM
+       located at:
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/JtsModule.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiLineStringParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PointParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPointParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPolygonParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/LineStringParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/BaseParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryCollectionParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GenericGeometryParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PolygonParser.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoFunctionUtils.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoJsonConstants.java,
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometryDeserializer.java,
+       and
+         asterix-app/src/main/resources/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometrySerializer.java
+
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/SqlppCompilationProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/SqlppCompilationProvider.java
index 4469dbd..eef5884 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/SqlppCompilationProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/SqlppCompilationProvider.java
@@ -90,16 +90,17 @@
                 CompilerProperties.COMPILER_SORT_SAMPLES_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_EXTERNALSCANMEMORY_KEY,
                 CompilerProperties.COMPILER_INDEXONLY_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_INTERNAL_SANITYCHECK_KEY,
                 CompilerProperties.COMPILER_EXTERNAL_FIELD_PUSHDOWN_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_SUBPLAN_MERGE_KEY,
-                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_SUBPLAN_NESTEDPUSHDOWN_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_ARRAYINDEX_KEY,
-                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_CBO_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_CBO_TEST_KEY,
-                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_FORCE_JOIN_ORDER_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_QUERY_PLAN_SHAPE_KEY,
-                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_MIN_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_COLUMN_FILTER_KEY,
-                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_BATCH_LOOKUP_KEY, FunctionUtil.IMPORT_PRIVATE_FUNCTIONS,
-                FuzzyUtils.SIM_FUNCTION_PROP_NAME, FuzzyUtils.SIM_THRESHOLD_PROP_NAME,
-                StartFeedStatement.WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION, FeedActivityDetails.FEED_POLICY_NAME,
-                FeedActivityDetails.COLLECT_LOCATIONS, SqlppQueryRewriter.INLINE_WITH_OPTION,
-                SqlppExpressionToPlanTranslator.REWRITE_IN_AS_OR_OPTION, "hash_merge", "output-record-type",
-                DisjunctivePredicateToJoinRule.REWRITE_OR_AS_JOIN_OPTION,
+                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_SUBPLAN_NESTEDPUSHDOWN_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_ORDERFIELDS_KEY,
+                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_ARRAYINDEX_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_CBO_KEY,
+                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_CBO_TEST_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_FORCE_JOIN_ORDER_KEY,
+                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_QUERY_PLAN_SHAPE_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_MIN_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_KEY,
+                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_COLUMN_FILTER_KEY, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_BATCH_LOOKUP_KEY,
+                FunctionUtil.IMPORT_PRIVATE_FUNCTIONS,
+                CompilerProperties.COMPILER_MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING_KEY, FuzzyUtils.SIM_FUNCTION_PROP_NAME,
+                FuzzyUtils.SIM_THRESHOLD_PROP_NAME, StartFeedStatement.WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION,
+                FeedActivityDetails.FEED_POLICY_NAME, FeedActivityDetails.COLLECT_LOCATIONS,
+                SqlppQueryRewriter.INLINE_WITH_OPTION, SqlppExpressionToPlanTranslator.REWRITE_IN_AS_OR_OPTION,
+                "hash_merge", "output-record-type", DisjunctivePredicateToJoinRule.REWRITE_OR_AS_JOIN_OPTION,
                 SetAsterixPhysicalOperatorsRule.REWRITE_ATTEMPT_BATCH_ASSIGN,
                 EquivalenceClassUtils.REWRITE_INTERNAL_QUERYUID_PK, SqlppQueryRewriter.SQL_COMPAT_OPTION,
                 JoinEnum.CBO_FULL_ENUM_LEVEL_KEY, JoinEnum.CBO_CP_ENUM_KEY));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/JoinCondition.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/JoinCondition.java
index d56d38a..b5c290f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/JoinCondition.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/JoinCondition.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     protected boolean outerJoin;
     private boolean derived = false;
     protected boolean partOfComposite = false;
+    protected boolean deleted = false;
     protected int numberOfVars = 0; // how many variables
     protected int componentNumber = 0; // for identifying if join graph is connected
     protected int datasetBits;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/JoinNode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/JoinNode.java
index d6ea457..26707e1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/JoinNode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/JoinNode.java
@@ -300,10 +300,10 @@
         parent.getInputs().get(0).setValue(deepCopyofScan);
         finalDatasetCard = origDatasetCard = idxDetails.getSourceCardinality();
         sampleCard = Math.min(idxDetails.getSampleCardinalityTarget(), origDatasetCard);
-        boolean unnest = joinEnum.findUnnestOp(selOp);
+        boolean unnest = joinEnum.findUnnestOp(leafInput);
         if (unnest) {
             ILogicalExpression saveExpr = selOp.getCondition().getValue();
-            double unnestSampleCard = joinEnum.stats.computeUnnestedOriginalCardinality(selOp);
+            double unnestSampleCard = joinEnum.stats.computeUnnestedOriginalCardinality(leafInput);
             selOp.getCondition().setValue(saveExpr); // restore the expression
             unnestFactor = unnestSampleCard / sampleCard;
             sampleCard = unnestSampleCard;
@@ -446,7 +446,10 @@
         if (this.applicableJoinConditions.size() >= 3) {
             redundantSel = removeRedundantPred(this.applicableJoinConditions);
         }
-
+        // mark all conditions back to non deleted state
+        for (JoinCondition jc : joinConditions) {
+            jc.deleted = false;
+        }
         // By dividing by redundantSel, we are undoing the earlier multiplication of all the selectivities.
         return joinCard / redundantSel;
     }
@@ -456,7 +459,7 @@
         if (jc1.comparisonType == JoinCondition.comparisonOp.OP_EQ
                 && jc2.comparisonType == JoinCondition.comparisonOp.OP_EQ
                 && jc3.comparisonType == JoinCondition.comparisonOp.OP_EQ) {
-            sel = findRedundantSel(jc1.selectivity, jc2.selectivity, jc3.selectivity);
+            sel = findRedundantSel(jc1, jc2, jc3);
         } else {
             // at least one of the predicates in not an equality predicate
             //this can get messy here, as 1, or 2 or all 3 can be non equality
@@ -472,6 +475,35 @@
         return sel;
     }
 
+    private static double findRedundantSel(JoinCondition jc1, JoinCondition jc2, JoinCondition jc3) {
+        // find middle selectivity
+        if (jc2.selectivity <= jc1.selectivity && jc1.selectivity <= jc3.selectivity) {
+            jc1.deleted = true;
+            return jc1.selectivity;
+        }
+        if (jc3.selectivity <= jc1.selectivity && jc1.selectivity <= jc2.selectivity) {
+            jc1.deleted = true;
+            return jc1.selectivity;
+        }
+        if (jc1.selectivity <= jc2.selectivity && jc2.selectivity <= jc3.selectivity) {
+            jc2.deleted = true;
+            return jc2.selectivity;
+        }
+        if (jc3.selectivity <= jc2.selectivity && jc2.selectivity <= jc1.selectivity) {
+            jc2.deleted = true;
+            return jc2.selectivity;
+        }
+        if (jc1.selectivity <= jc3.selectivity && jc3.selectivity <= jc2.selectivity) {
+            jc3.deleted = true;
+            return jc3.selectivity;
+        }
+        if (jc2.selectivity <= jc3.selectivity && jc3.selectivity <= jc1.selectivity) {
+            jc3.deleted = true;
+            return jc3.selectivity;
+        }
+        return 1.0; // keep compiler happy
+    }
+
     // if a redundant edge is found, we need to eliminate one of the edges.
     // If two triangles share an edge, removing the common edge will suffice
     // Each edge has two vertices. So we can only handle predicate with exactly two tables such as R.a = S.a
@@ -485,21 +517,21 @@
         int[] verticesCopy = new int[6];
         for (int i = 0; i <= applicablePredicatesInCurrentJn.size() - 3; i++) {
             jc1 = joinConditions.get(applicablePredicatesInCurrentJn.get(i));
-            if (jc1.partOfComposite) {
+            if (jc1.partOfComposite || jc1.deleted) {
                 continue; // must ignore these or the same triangles will be found more than once.
             }
             vertices[0] = jc1.leftSideBits;
             vertices[1] = jc1.rightSideBits;
             for (int j = i + 1; j <= applicablePredicatesInCurrentJn.size() - 2; j++) {
                 jc2 = joinConditions.get(applicablePredicatesInCurrentJn.get(j));
-                if (jc2.partOfComposite) {
+                if (jc2.partOfComposite || jc2.deleted) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 vertices[2] = jc2.leftSideBits;
                 vertices[3] = jc2.rightSideBits;
                 for (int k = j + 1; k <= applicablePredicatesInCurrentJn.size() - 1; k++) {
                     jc3 = joinConditions.get(applicablePredicatesInCurrentJn.get(k));
-                    if (jc3.partOfComposite) {
+                    if (jc3.partOfComposite || jc3.deleted) {
                         continue;
                     }
                     vertices[4] = jc3.leftSideBits;
@@ -510,7 +542,9 @@
                     if (verticesCopy[0] == verticesCopy[1] && verticesCopy[2] == verticesCopy[3]
                             && verticesCopy[4] == verticesCopy[5]) {
                         // redundant edge found
-                        redundantSel *= adjustSelectivities(jc1, jc2, jc3);
+                        if (!(jc1.deleted || jc2.deleted || jc3.deleted)) {
+                            redundantSel *= adjustSelectivities(jc1, jc2, jc3);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -518,16 +552,6 @@
         return redundantSel;
     }
 
-    private static double findRedundantSel(double sel1, double sel2, double sel3) {
-        double[] sels = new double[3];
-        sels[0] = sel1;
-        sels[1] = sel2;
-        sels[2] = sel3;
-
-        Arrays.sort(sels); // we are sorting to make this deterministic
-        return sels[1]; // the middle one is closest to one of the extremes
-    }
-
     protected int addSingleDatasetPlans() {
         List<PlanNode> allPlans = joinEnum.allPlans;
         ICost opCost;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/Stats.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/Stats.java
index aa2f40f..c6f274f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/Stats.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/cbo/Stats.java
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@
             // Since there is a left and right dataset here, expecting only two variables.
             return 1.0;
         }
-        if (!(joinExpr.getFunctionIdentifier().equals(AlgebricksBuiltinFunctions.EQ))) {
-            return 0.5; // we will assume half; rest of the code assumes EQ joins
-        }
+
         int idx1, idx2;
         if (joinEnum.varLeafInputIds.containsKey(exprUsedVars.get(0))) {
             idx1 = joinEnum.varLeafInputIds.get(exprUsedVars.get(0));
@@ -168,6 +166,9 @@
         } else {
             ILogicalOperator leafInput;
             LogicalVariable var;
+            if (!(joinExpr.getFunctionIdentifier().equals(AlgebricksBuiltinFunctions.EQ))) {
+                return 0.5; // we will assume half; rest of the code assumes EQ joins
+            }
             // choose the smaller side sample; better results this way for sure!
             if (card1 < card2) {
                 leafInput = joinEnum.leafInputs.get(idx1 - 1);
@@ -537,11 +538,11 @@
         return record.numberOfFields();
     }
 
-    public double computeUnnestedOriginalCardinality(SelectOperator selOp) throws AlgebricksException {
+    public double computeUnnestedOriginalCardinality(ILogicalOperator op) throws AlgebricksException {
         // Replace ALL SELECTS with TRUE, restore them after running the sampling query.
-        List<ILogicalExpression> selExprs = storeSelectConditionsAndMakeThemTrue(selOp, null);
-        List<List<IAObject>> result = runSamplingQuery(optCtx, selOp);
-        restoreAllSelectConditions(selOp, selExprs, null);
+        List<ILogicalExpression> selExprs = storeSelectConditionsAndMakeThemTrue(op, null);
+        List<List<IAObject>> result = runSamplingQuery(optCtx, op);
+        restoreAllSelectConditions(op, selExprs, null);
         return findPredicateCardinality(result, false);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index 63bb7da..5b2f8a4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
     <profile>
       <id>asterix-gerrit-asterix-app</id>
       <properties>
-        <test.excludes>**/CloudStorageTest.java,**/CloudStorageGCSTest.java,**/SqlppExecutionWithCancellationTest.java,**/DmlTest.java,**/RepeatedTest.java,**/SqlppExecutionTest.java,**/SqlppExecutionColumnTest.java,**/*StaticPartitioning*Test.java,**/*Ssl*Test.java,**/Podman*.java,**/*AnalyzedExecutionTest.java,**/SqlppProfiledExecutionTest.java,**/CloudPythonTest.java</test.excludes>
+        <test.excludes>**/CloudStorageTest.java,**/CloudStorageGCSTest.java,**/SqlppExecutionWithCancellationTest.java,**/DmlTest.java,**/RepeatedTest.java,**/SqlppExecutionTest.java,**/SqlppExecutionColumnTest.java,**/*StaticPartitioning*Test.java,**/*Ssl*Test.java,**/Podman*.java,**/*AnalyzedExecutionTest.java,**/SqlppProfiledExecutionTest.java,**/CloudPythonTest.java,**/CloudStorageAzTest.java</test.excludes>
         <itest.excludes>**/*.java</itest.excludes>
       </properties>
       <build>
@@ -590,6 +590,43 @@
         <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+        <id>azurite-tests</id>
+        <build>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.13.4</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <nodeVersion>v14.15.4</nodeVersion>
+                        <npmVersion>6.14.11</npmVersion>
+                        <workingDirectory>target/npm</workingDirectory>
+                        <installDirectory>target/npm</installDirectory>
+                    </configuration>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>install node and yarn</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <phase>${azurite.npm.install.stage}</phase>
+                        </execution>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>azurite blob</id>
+                            <phase>${azurite.install.stage}</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>npm</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <arguments>install azurite</arguments>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java
index 47498ea..db7c21a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java
@@ -234,9 +234,14 @@
 
         ICcApplicationContext ccAppContext = metadataProvider.getApplicationContext();
         CompilerProperties compilerProperties = ccAppContext.getCompilerProperties();
-        Map<String, Object> querySpecificConfig = validateConfig(metadataProvider.getConfig(), sourceLoc);
+        Map<String, Object> config = metadataProvider.getConfig();
+        Map<String, Object> querySpecificConfig = validateConfig(config, sourceLoc);
         final PhysicalOptimizationConfig physOptConf = OptimizationConfUtil.createPhysicalOptimizationConf(
                 compilerProperties, querySpecificConfig, configurableParameterNames, sourceLoc);
+        if (!config.containsKey(CompilerProperties.COMPILER_ORDERFIELDS_KEY)) {
+            config.put(CompilerProperties.COMPILER_ORDERFIELDS_KEY, Boolean.toString(physOptConf.isOrderField()));
+        }
+
         boolean cboMode = physOptConf.getCBOMode() || physOptConf.getCBOTestMode();
         HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder builder =
                 new HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder(OptimizationContextFactory.INSTANCE);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
index 0c736a2..d1d61a0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.WriterValidationUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet.SchemaConverterVisitor;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.IQueryRewriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.IReturningStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.IRewriterFactory;
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.DatasourceAdapter;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Datatype;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataverse;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.EntityDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.ExternalDatasetDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Feed;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.FeedConnection;
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.ViewDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.feeds.FeedMetadataUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.functions.ExternalFunctionCompilerUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.DatasetUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.KeyFieldTypeUtil;
@@ -383,16 +386,20 @@
                         activeNamespace = handleUseDataverseStatement(metadataProvider, stmt);
                         break;
                     case CREATE_DATABASE:
-                        handleCreateDatabaseStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, requestParameters);
+                        handleCreateDatabaseStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, requestParameters,
+                                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
                         break;
                     case CREATE_DATAVERSE:
-                        handleCreateDataverseStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, requestParameters);
+                        handleCreateDataverseStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, requestParameters,
+                                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
                         break;
                     case DATASET_DECL:
-                        handleCreateDatasetStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, hcc, requestParameters);
+                        handleCreateDatasetStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, hcc, requestParameters,
+                                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
                         break;
                     case CREATE_INDEX:
-                        handleCreateIndexStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, hcc, requestParameters);
+                        handleCreateIndexStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, hcc, requestParameters,
+                                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
                         break;
                     case CREATE_FULL_TEXT_FILTER:
                         handleCreateFullTextFilterStatement(metadataProvider, stmt);
@@ -437,7 +444,8 @@
                         handleAdapterDropStatement(metadataProvider, stmt);
                         break;
                     case CREATE_FUNCTION:
-                        handleCreateFunctionStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, stmtRewriter, requestParameters);
+                        handleCreateFunctionStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, stmtRewriter, requestParameters,
+                                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
                         break;
                     case FUNCTION_DROP:
                         handleFunctionDropStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, requestParameters);
@@ -449,13 +457,15 @@
                         handleLibraryDropStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, hcc, requestParameters);
                         break;
                     case CREATE_SYNONYM:
-                        handleCreateSynonymStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, requestParameters);
+                        handleCreateSynonymStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, requestParameters,
+                                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
                         break;
                     case SYNONYM_DROP:
                         handleDropSynonymStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, requestParameters);
                         break;
                     case CREATE_VIEW:
-                        handleCreateViewStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, stmtRewriter, requestParameters);
+                        handleCreateViewStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, stmtRewriter, requestParameters,
+                                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
                         break;
                     case VIEW_DROP:
                         handleViewDropStatement(metadataProvider, stmt, requestParameters);
@@ -656,7 +666,7 @@
     }
 
     protected void handleCreateDatabaseStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
-            IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         CreateDatabaseStatement stmtCreateDatabase = (CreateDatabaseStatement) stmt;
         String database = stmtCreateDatabase.getDatabaseName().getValue();
         metadataProvider.validateDatabaseName(database, stmt.getSourceLocation());
@@ -665,14 +675,14 @@
         }
         lockUtil.createDatabaseBegin(lockManager, metadataProvider.getLocks(), database);
         try {
-            doCreateDatabaseStatement(metadataProvider, stmtCreateDatabase, requestParameters);
+            doCreateDatabaseStatement(metadataProvider, stmtCreateDatabase, requestParameters, creator);
         } finally {
             metadataProvider.getLocks().unlock();
         }
     }
 
     protected boolean doCreateDatabaseStatement(MetadataProvider mdProvider, CreateDatabaseStatement stmtCreateDatabase,
-            IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
         mdProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
         try {
@@ -687,8 +697,10 @@
                             databaseName);
                 }
             }
+
+            beforeTxnCommit(mdProvider, creator, EntityDetails.newDatabase(databaseName));
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDatabase(mdTxnCtx,
-                    new Database(databaseName, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP));
+                    new Database(databaseName, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, creator));
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -698,7 +710,7 @@
     }
 
     protected void handleCreateDataverseStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
-            IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         CreateDataverseStatement stmtCreateDataverse = (CreateDataverseStatement) stmt;
         DataverseName dvName = stmtCreateDataverse.getDataverseName();
         String dbName = stmtCreateDataverse.getDatabaseName();
@@ -709,7 +721,7 @@
         }
         lockUtil.createDataverseBegin(lockManager, metadataProvider.getLocks(), dbName, dvName);
         try {
-            doCreateDataverseStatement(metadataProvider, stmtCreateDataverse, requestParameters);
+            doCreateDataverseStatement(metadataProvider, stmtCreateDataverse, requestParameters, creator);
         } finally {
             metadataProvider.getLocks().unlock();
         }
@@ -717,7 +729,8 @@
 
     @SuppressWarnings("squid:S00112")
     protected boolean doCreateDataverseStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider,
-            CreateDataverseStatement stmtCreateDataverse, IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            CreateDataverseStatement stmtCreateDataverse, IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator)
+            throws Exception {
         MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
         metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
         try {
@@ -740,8 +753,9 @@
                             dvName);
                 }
             }
-            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDataverse(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(),
-                    new Dataverse(dbName, dvName, stmtCreateDataverse.getFormat(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP));
+            beforeTxnCommit(metadataProvider, creator, EntityDetails.newDataverse(dbName, dvName));
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDataverse(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), new Dataverse(dbName,
+                    dvName, stmtCreateDataverse.getFormat(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, creator));
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -788,7 +802,7 @@
     }
 
     public void handleCreateDatasetStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
-            IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         DatasetDecl dd = (DatasetDecl) stmt;
         String datasetName = dd.getName().getValue();
         metadataProvider.validateDatabaseObjectName(dd.getNamespace(), datasetName, stmt.getSourceLocation());
@@ -838,7 +852,7 @@
         try {
             doCreateDatasetStatement(metadataProvider, dd, stmtActiveNamespace, datasetName, itemTypeNamespace,
                     itemTypeExpr, itemTypeName, metaItemTypeExpr, metaItemTypeNamespace, metaItemTypeName, hcc,
-                    requestParameters);
+                    requestParameters, creator);
             if (dd.getQuery() != null) {
                 final IResultSet resultSet = requestParameters.getResultSet();
                 final ResultDelivery resultDelivery = requestParameters.getResultProperties().getDelivery();
@@ -860,8 +874,8 @@
     protected Optional<? extends Dataset> doCreateDatasetStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, DatasetDecl dd,
             Namespace namespace, String datasetName, Namespace itemTypeNamespace, TypeExpression itemTypeExpr,
             String itemTypeName, TypeExpression metaItemTypeExpr, Namespace metaItemTypeNamespace,
-            String metaItemTypeName, IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters)
-            throws Exception {
+            String metaItemTypeName, IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters,
+            Creator creator) throws Exception {
         DataverseName dataverseName = namespace.getDataverseName();
         String databaseName = namespace.getDatabaseName();
 
@@ -1034,7 +1048,7 @@
             dataset = (Dataset) createDataset(dd, databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, itemTypeDatabaseName,
                     itemTypeDataverseName, itemTypeName, metaItemTypeDatabaseName, metaItemTypeDataverseName,
                     metaItemTypeName, dsType, compactionPolicy, compactionPolicyProperties, compressionScheme,
-                    datasetFormatInfo, datasetDetails, ngName);
+                    datasetFormatInfo, datasetDetails, ngName, creator);
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDataset(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), dataset);
 
             if (itemTypeIsInline) {
@@ -1068,6 +1082,8 @@
                     datasetName, requestParameters.isForceDropDataset());
             dataset.setPendingOp(MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDataset(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), dataset);
+            beforeTxnCommit(metadataProvider, creator,
+                    EntityDetails.newDataset(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName));
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (bActiveTxn) {
@@ -1135,11 +1151,11 @@
             String metaItemTypeDatabase, DataverseName metaItemTypeDataverseName, String metaItemTypeName,
             DatasetType dsType, String compactionPolicy, Map<String, String> compactionPolicyProperties,
             String compressionScheme, DatasetFormatInfo datasetFormatInfo, IDatasetDetails datasetDetails,
-            String ngName) throws AlgebricksException {
+            String ngName, Creator creator) throws AlgebricksException {
         return new Dataset(database, dataverseName, datasetName, itemTypeDatabase, itemTypeDataverseName, itemTypeName,
                 metaItemTypeDatabase, metaItemTypeDataverseName, metaItemTypeName, ngName, compactionPolicy,
                 compactionPolicyProperties, datasetDetails, dd.getHints(), dsType, DatasetIdFactory.generateDatasetId(),
-                MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP, compressionScheme, datasetFormatInfo);
+                MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP, compressionScheme, datasetFormatInfo, creator);
     }
 
     protected Triple<Namespace, String, Boolean> extractDatasetItemTypeName(Namespace datasetNamespace,
@@ -1275,7 +1291,7 @@
     }
 
     public void handleCreateIndexStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
-            IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         CreateIndexStatement stmtCreateIndex = (CreateIndexStatement) stmt;
         String datasetName = stmtCreateIndex.getDatasetName().getValue();
         String indexName = stmtCreateIndex.getIndexName().getValue();
@@ -1292,7 +1308,7 @@
                 fullTextConfigName);
         try {
             doCreateIndex(metadataProvider, stmtCreateIndex, databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, hcc,
-                    requestParameters);
+                    requestParameters, creator);
         } finally {
             metadataProvider.getLocks().unlock();
         }
@@ -1300,7 +1316,7 @@
 
     protected void doCreateIndex(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, CreateIndexStatement stmtCreateIndex,
             String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, IHyracksClientConnection hcc,
-            IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         SourceLocation sourceLoc = stmtCreateIndex.getSourceLocation();
         MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
         boolean bActiveTxn = true;
@@ -1625,10 +1641,11 @@
             }
 
             Index newIndex = new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, indexName, indexType, indexDetails,
-                    stmtCreateIndex.isEnforced(), false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP);
+                    stmtCreateIndex.isEnforced(), false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP, creator);
 
             bActiveTxn = false; // doCreateIndexImpl() takes over the current transaction
-            doCreateIndexImpl(hcc, metadataProvider, ds, newIndex, jobFlags, sourceLoc);
+            EntityDetails entityDetails = EntityDetails.newIndex(databaseName, dataverseName, indexName);
+            doCreateIndexImpl(hcc, metadataProvider, ds, newIndex, jobFlags, sourceLoc, creator, entityDetails);
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (bActiveTxn) {
@@ -1773,7 +1790,8 @@
     }
 
     private void doCreateIndexImpl(IHyracksClientConnection hcc, MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Dataset ds,
-            Index index, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws Exception {
+            Index index, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, SourceLocation sourceLoc, Creator creator,
+            EntityDetails entityDetails) throws Exception {
         ProgressState progress = ProgressState.NO_PROGRESS;
         boolean bActiveTxn = true;
         MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext();
@@ -1852,6 +1870,8 @@
                         "Failed to create job spec for creating index '" + ds.getDatasetName() + "."
                                 + index.getIndexName() + "'");
             }
+            beforeTxnCommit(metadataProvider, creator, entityDetails);
+
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             bActiveTxn = false;
             progress = ProgressState.ADDED_PENDINGOP_RECORD_TO_METADATA;
@@ -2068,8 +2088,8 @@
             // second, inserting the database record with the PendingDropOp value into the 'Database' collection
             // Note: the delete operation fails if the database cannot be deleted due to metadata dependencies
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.dropDatabase(mdTxnCtx, databaseName);
-            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDatabase(mdTxnCtx,
-                    new Database(databaseName, database.isSystemDatabase(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP));
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDatabase(mdTxnCtx, new Database(databaseName, database.isSystemDatabase(),
+                    MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP, database.getCreator()));
 
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             bActiveTxn = false;
@@ -2254,8 +2274,8 @@
             // second, inserting the dataverse record with the PendingDropOp value into the DATAVERSE_DATASET
             // Note: the delete operation fails if the dataverse cannot be deleted due to metadata dependencies
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.dropDataverse(mdTxnCtx, databaseName, dataverseName);
-            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDataverse(mdTxnCtx,
-                    new Dataverse(databaseName, dataverseName, dv.getDataFormat(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP));
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDataverse(mdTxnCtx, new Dataverse(databaseName, dataverseName,
+                    dv.getDataFormat(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP, dv.getCreator()));
 
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             bActiveTxn = false;
@@ -2749,7 +2769,7 @@
     }
 
     public void handleCreateViewStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
-            IStatementRewriter stmtRewriter, IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IStatementRewriter stmtRewriter, IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         CreateViewStatement cvs = (CreateViewStatement) stmt;
         String viewName = cvs.getViewName();
         metadataProvider.validateDatabaseObjectName(cvs.getNamespace(), viewName, stmt.getSourceLocation());
@@ -2783,7 +2803,7 @@
                 null, false, null, null, true, DatasetType.VIEW, null, metadataProvider);
         try {
             doCreateView(metadataProvider, cvs, databaseName, dataverseName, viewName, itemTypeDatabaseName,
-                    viewItemTypeDataverseName, viewItemTypeName, stmtRewriter, requestParameters);
+                    viewItemTypeDataverseName, viewItemTypeName, stmtRewriter, requestParameters, creator);
         } finally {
             metadataProvider.getLocks().unlock();
             metadataProvider.setDefaultNamespace(activeNamespace);
@@ -2793,7 +2813,7 @@
     protected CreateResult doCreateView(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, CreateViewStatement cvs, String databaseName,
             DataverseName dataverseName, String viewName, String itemTypeDatabaseName,
             DataverseName itemTypeDataverseName, String itemTypeName, IStatementRewriter stmtRewriter,
-            IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         SourceLocation sourceLoc = cvs.getSourceLocation();
         MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
         metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
@@ -2959,10 +2979,10 @@
             ViewDetails viewDetails = new ViewDetails(cvs.getViewBody(), dependencies, cvs.getDefaultNull(),
                     primaryKeyFields, foreignKeys, datetimeFormat, dateFormat, timeFormat);
 
-            Dataset view =
-                    new Dataset(databaseName, dataverseName, viewName, itemTypeDatabaseName, itemTypeDataverseName,
-                            itemTypeName, MetadataConstants.METADATA_NODEGROUP_NAME, "", Collections.emptyMap(),
-                            viewDetails, Collections.emptyMap(), DatasetType.VIEW, 0, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+            Dataset view = new Dataset(databaseName, dataverseName, viewName, itemTypeDatabaseName,
+                    itemTypeDataverseName, itemTypeName, MetadataConstants.METADATA_NODEGROUP_NAME, "",
+                    Collections.emptyMap(), viewDetails, Collections.emptyMap(), DatasetType.VIEW, 0,
+                    MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, creator);
             if (existingDataset == null) {
                 if (itemTypeIsInline) {
                     MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDatatype(mdTxnCtx, itemTypeEntity);
@@ -2974,6 +2994,7 @@
                 }
                 MetadataManager.INSTANCE.updateDataset(mdTxnCtx, view);
             }
+            beforeTxnCommit(metadataProvider, creator, EntityDetails.newView(databaseName, dataverseName, viewName));
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             return existingDataset != null ? CreateResult.REPLACED : CreateResult.CREATED;
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -3065,7 +3086,7 @@
     }
 
     public void handleCreateFunctionStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
-            IStatementRewriter stmtRewriter, IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IStatementRewriter stmtRewriter, IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         CreateFunctionStatement cfs = (CreateFunctionStatement) stmt;
         FunctionSignature signature = cfs.getFunctionSignature();
         DataverseName funDataverse = signature.getDataverseName();
@@ -3098,7 +3119,7 @@
         lockUtil.createFunctionBegin(lockManager, metadataProvider.getLocks(), databaseName, dataverseName,
                 signature.getName(), libraryDatabaseName, libraryDataverseName, libraryName);
         try {
-            doCreateFunction(metadataProvider, cfs, signature, stmtRewriter, requestParameters);
+            doCreateFunction(metadataProvider, cfs, signature, stmtRewriter, requestParameters, creator);
         } finally {
             metadataProvider.getLocks().unlock();
             metadataProvider.setDefaultNamespace(activeNamespace);
@@ -3106,8 +3127,8 @@
     }
 
     protected CreateResult doCreateFunction(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, CreateFunctionStatement cfs,
-            FunctionSignature functionSignature, IStatementRewriter stmtRewriter, IRequestParameters requestParameters)
-            throws Exception {
+            FunctionSignature functionSignature, IStatementRewriter stmtRewriter, IRequestParameters requestParameters,
+            Creator creator) throws Exception {
         DataverseName dataverseName = functionSignature.getDataverseName();
         String databaseName = functionSignature.getDatabaseName();
         SourceLocation sourceLoc = cfs.getSourceLocation();
@@ -3224,7 +3245,7 @@
                 function = new Function(functionSignature, paramNames, paramTypes, returnTypeSignature, null,
                         FunctionKind.SCALAR.toString(), library.getLanguage(), libraryDatabaseName,
                         libraryDataverseName, libraryName, externalIdentifier, cfs.getNullCall(),
-                        cfs.getDeterministic(), cfs.getResources(), dependencies);
+                        cfs.getDeterministic(), cfs.getResources(), dependencies, creator);
             } else {
                 List<Pair<VarIdentifier, TypeExpression>> paramList = cfs.getParameters();
                 int paramCount = paramList.size();
@@ -3263,7 +3284,7 @@
                 newInlineTypes = Collections.emptyMap();
                 function = new Function(functionSignature, paramNames, null, null, cfs.getFunctionBody(),
                         FunctionKind.SCALAR.toString(), compilationProvider.getParserFactory().getLanguage(), null,
-                        null, null, null, null, null, null, dependencies);
+                        null, null, null, null, null, null, dependencies, creator);
             }
 
             if (existingFunction == null) {
@@ -3289,6 +3310,8 @@
                 }
                 MetadataManager.INSTANCE.updateFunction(mdTxnCtx, function);
             }
+            beforeTxnCommit(metadataProvider, creator,
+                    EntityDetails.newFunction(databaseName, dataverseName, function.getName(), function.getArity()));
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
                 LOGGER.info("Installed function: " + functionSignature);
@@ -3809,7 +3832,7 @@
     }
 
     protected void handleCreateSynonymStatement(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Statement stmt,
-            IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
+            IRequestParameters requestParameters, Creator creator) throws Exception {
         CreateSynonymStatement css = (CreateSynonymStatement) stmt;
         metadataProvider.validateDatabaseObjectName(css.getNamespace(), css.getSynonymName(), css.getSourceLocation());
         Namespace stmtActiveNamespace = getActiveNamespace(css.getNamespace());
@@ -3823,14 +3846,16 @@
         }
         lockUtil.createSynonymBegin(lockManager, metadataProvider.getLocks(), databaseName, dataverseName, synonymName);
         try {
-            doCreateSynonym(metadataProvider, css, stmtActiveNamespace, synonymName, objectNamespace, objectName);
+            doCreateSynonym(metadataProvider, css, stmtActiveNamespace, synonymName, objectNamespace, objectName,
+                    creator);
         } finally {
             metadataProvider.getLocks().unlock();
         }
     }
 
     protected CreateResult doCreateSynonym(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, CreateSynonymStatement css,
-            Namespace namespace, String synonymName, Namespace objectNamespace, String objectName) throws Exception {
+            Namespace namespace, String synonymName, Namespace objectNamespace, String objectName, Creator creator)
+            throws Exception {
         String databaseName = namespace.getDatabaseName();
         DataverseName dataverseName = namespace.getDataverseName();
         MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
@@ -3855,8 +3880,10 @@
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.SYNONYM_EXISTS, css.getSourceLocation(), synonymName);
             }
             synonym = new Synonym(databaseName, dataverseName, synonymName, objectNamespace.getDatabaseName(),
-                    objectNamespace.getDataverseName(), objectName);
+                    objectNamespace.getDataverseName(), objectName, creator);
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addSynonym(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), synonym);
+            beforeTxnCommit(metadataProvider, creator,
+                    EntityDetails.newSynonym(databaseName, dataverseName, synonymName));
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
             return CreateResult.CREATED;
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -4089,6 +4116,21 @@
                         ExternalDataConstants.WRITER_SUPPORTED_ADAPTERS, copyTo.getSourceLocation(), mdTxnCtx,
                         metadataProvider));
 
+                if (edd.getProperties().get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_FORMAT)
+                        .equalsIgnoreCase(ExternalDataConstants.FORMAT_PARQUET)) {
+                    if (copyTo.getType() == null) {
+                        throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_ERROR,
+                                "TYPE() Expression is required for parquet format");
+                    }
+
+                    DataverseName dataverseName =
+                            DataverseName.createFromCanonicalForm(ExternalDataConstants.DUMMY_DATAVERSE_NAME);
+                    IAType iaType = translateType(ExternalDataConstants.DUMMY_DATABASE_NAME, dataverseName,
+                            ExternalDataConstants.DUMMY_TYPE_NAME, copyTo.getType(), mdTxnCtx);
+                    edd.getProperties().put(ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_SCHEMA_KEY,
+                            SchemaConverterVisitor.convertToParquetSchemaString((ARecordType) iaType));
+                }
+
                 Map<VarIdentifier, IAObject> externalVars = createExternalVariables(copyTo, stmtParams);
                 // Query Rewriting (happens under the same ongoing metadata transaction)
                 LangRewritingContext langRewritingContext = createLangRewritingContext(metadataProvider,
@@ -4851,7 +4893,7 @@
                     dsDetails.getKeySourceIndicator(), dsDetails.getPrimaryKeyType(), sampleCardinalityTarget, 0, 0,
                     sampleSeed, Collections.emptyMap());
             newIndexPendingAdd = new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, newIndexName, sampleIndexType,
-                    newIndexDetailsPendingAdd, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP);
+                    newIndexDetailsPendingAdd, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_ADD_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
 
             // #. add a new index with PendingAddOp
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addIndex(metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext(), newIndexPendingAdd);
@@ -4893,7 +4935,7 @@
                     dsDetails.getKeySourceIndicator(), dsDetails.getPrimaryKeyType(), sampleCardinalityTarget,
                     stats.getCardinality(), stats.getAvgTupleSize(), sampleSeed, stats.getIndexesStats());
             Index newIndexFinal = new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, newIndexName, sampleIndexType,
-                    newIndexDetailsFinal, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                    newIndexDetailsFinal, false, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
 
             // #. begin new metadataTxn
             mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
@@ -5157,7 +5199,7 @@
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addIndex(mdTxnCtx,
                     new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, indexName, index.getIndexType(),
                             index.getIndexDetails(), index.isEnforced(), index.isPrimaryIndex(),
-                            MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP));
+                            MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP, index.getCreator()));
         }
     }
 
@@ -5456,6 +5498,7 @@
                             participatingDatasetIds, numParticipatingNodes, numParticipatingPartitions));
                 }
             }
+
             jobId = runTrackJob(hcc, jobSpec, jobFlags, reqId, requestParameters.getClientContextId(), clientRequest);
             if (jId != null) {
                 jId.setValue(jobId);
@@ -5800,6 +5843,11 @@
         }
     }
 
+    protected void beforeTxnCommit(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Creator creator, EntityDetails entityDetails)
+            throws AlgebricksException {
+        //no op
+    }
+
     protected enum CreateResult {
         NOOP,
         CREATED,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplication.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplication.java
index 0b7e7d0..6928b64 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplication.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplication.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.NamespacePathResolver;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.NamespaceResolver;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.replication.INcLifecycleCoordinator;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.IdentifierUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.adapter.factory.AdapterFactoryService;
 import org.apache.asterix.file.StorageComponentProvider;
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@
         ccServiceCtx.setMessageBroker(new CCMessageBroker(controllerService));
         ccServiceCtx.setPersistedResourceRegistry(new PersistedResourceRegistry());
         configureLoggingLevel(ccServiceCtx.getAppConfig().getLoggingLevel(ExternalProperties.Option.LOG_LEVEL));
-        LOGGER.info("Starting Asterix cluster controller");
+        LOGGER.info("Starting {} cluster controller", IdentifierUtil.productName());
         String strIP = ccServiceCtx.getCCContext().getClusterControllerInfo().getClientNetAddress();
         int port = ccServiceCtx.getCCContext().getClusterControllerInfo().getClientNetPort();
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(strIP, port,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java
index 0ff8796..6f8126b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.IRecoveryManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.IRecoveryManager.SystemState;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.IRecoveryManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.IdentifierUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.PrintUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Servlets;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.StorageConstants;
@@ -148,9 +149,7 @@
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized argument(s): " + Arrays.toString(args));
         }
         nodeId = this.ncServiceCtx.getNodeId();
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.info("Starting Asterix node controller: " + nodeId);
-        }
+        LOGGER.info("Starting {} node controller: {}", IdentifierUtil.productName(), nodeId);
         final NodeControllerService controllerService = (NodeControllerService) ncServiceCtx.getControllerService();
 
         if (System.getProperty("java.rmi.server.hostname") == null) {
@@ -280,9 +279,7 @@
         if (!stopInitiated) {
             runtimeContext.setShuttingdown(true);
             stopInitiated = true;
-            if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                LOGGER.info("Stopping Asterix node controller: " + nodeId);
-            }
+            LOGGER.info("Stopping {} node controller: {}", IdentifierUtil.productName(), nodeId);
 
             webManager.stop();
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/bootstrap/TestNodeController.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/bootstrap/TestNodeController.java
index 8aa25ad..aaee17e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/bootstrap/TestNodeController.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/bootstrap/TestNodeController.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataverse;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.NoOpLSMTupleFilterCallbackFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.DatasetUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.SplitsAndConstraintsUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@
         PrimaryIndexInfo primaryIndexInfo = new PrimaryIndexInfo(dataset, primaryKeyTypes, recordType, metaType,
                 mergePolicy.first, mergePolicy.second, filterFields, primaryKeyIndexes, primaryKeyIndicators);
         Dataverse dataverse = new Dataverse(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dataset.getDataverseName(),
-                NonTaggedDataFormat.class.getName(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                NonTaggedDataFormat.class.getName(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
         Namespace namespace = new Namespace(dataverse.getDatabaseName(), dataverse.getDataverseName());
         MetadataProvider mdProvider = MetadataProvider.create(
                 (ICcApplicationContext) ExecutionTestUtil.integrationUtil.cc.getApplicationContext(), namespace);
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@
         MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx);
         Dataverse dataverse =
                 new Dataverse(primaryIndexInfo.dataset.getDatabaseName(), primaryIndexInfo.dataset.getDataverseName(),
-                        NonTaggedDataFormat.class.getName(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                        NonTaggedDataFormat.class.getName(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
         Namespace namespace = new Namespace(dataverse.getDatabaseName(), dataverse.getDataverseName());
         MetadataProvider mdProvider = MetadataProvider.create(
                 (ICcApplicationContext) ExecutionTestUtil.integrationUtil.cc.getApplicationContext(), namespace);
@@ -746,7 +747,7 @@
             }
             index = Index.createPrimaryIndex(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dataset.getDataverseName(),
                     dataset.getDatasetName(), keyFieldNames, primaryKeyIndicators, keyFieldTypes,
-                    MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                    MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, dataset.getCreator());
             List<String> nodes = Collections.singletonList(ExecutionTestUtil.integrationUtil.ncs[0].getId());
             CcApplicationContext appCtx =
                     (CcApplicationContext) ExecutionTestUtil.integrationUtil.cc.getApplicationContext();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/active/ActiveEventsListenerTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/active/ActiveEventsListenerTest.java
index 841e81b..460565c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/active/ActiveEventsListenerTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/active/ActiveEventsListenerTest.java
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@
         handler = new ActiveNotificationHandler();
         allDatasets = new ArrayList<>();
         firstDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "firstDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         secondDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "secondDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         allDatasets.add(firstDataset);
         allDatasets.add(secondDataset);
         AtomicInteger threadCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@
                 new WaitForStateSubscriber(listener, EnumSet.of(ActivityState.RECOVERING));
         recoveringSubscriber.sync();
         Dataset newDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "newDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         Action add = users[1].addDataset(newDataset, listener);
         listener.allowStep();
         runningSubscriber.sync();
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@
         recoveringSubscriber.sync();
         tempFailSubscriber = new WaitForStateSubscriber(listener, EnumSet.of(ActivityState.TEMPORARILY_FAILED));
         Dataset newDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "newDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         Action add = users[1].addDataset(newDataset, listener);
         listener.allowStep();
         tempFailSubscriber.sync();
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@
         recoveringSubscriber.sync();
         tempFailSubscriber = new WaitForStateSubscriber(listener, EnumSet.of(ActivityState.TEMPORARILY_FAILED));
         Dataset newDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "newDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         Action add = users[1].addDataset(newDataset, listener);
         listener.allowStep();
         tempFailSubscriber.sync();
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@
                 new WaitForStateSubscriber(listener, Collections.singleton(ActivityState.STARTING));
         subscriber.sync();
         Dataset newDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "newDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         Action createDatasetAction = users[1].addDataset(newDataset, listener);
         listener.allowStep();
         startAction.sync();
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
     public void testCreateNewDatasetWhileRunning() throws Exception {
         testStartWhenStartSucceed();
         Dataset newDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "newDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         Action createDatasetAction = users[1].addDataset(newDataset, listener);
         createDatasetAction.sync();
         assertFailure(createDatasetAction, ErrorCode.CANNOT_ADD_DATASET_TO_ACTIVE_ENTITY);
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@
                 new WaitForStateSubscriber(listener, EnumSet.of(ActivityState.SUSPENDING, ActivityState.SUSPENDED));
         subscriber.sync();
         Dataset newDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "newDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         Action createDatasetAction = users[0].addDataset(newDataset, listener);
         listener.allowStep();
         listener.allowStep();
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@
         testRecoveryFailureAfterOneAttemptCompilationFailure();
         Assert.assertEquals(ActivityState.STOPPED, listener.getState());
         Dataset newDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "newDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         Action createDatasetAction = users[0].addDataset(newDataset, listener);
         createDatasetAction.sync();
         assertSuccess(createDatasetAction);
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@
         query.sync();
         assertSuccess(query);
         Dataset newDataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, "newDataset", recordTypeDatabaseName, null, null,
-                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0);
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 0, null);
         Action addDataset = users[1].addDataset(newDataset, listener);
         // blocked by suspension
         Assert.assertFalse(addDataset.isDone());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageAzTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageAzTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..508810d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageAzTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.test.cloud_storage;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.api.common.LocalCloudUtil.CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
+import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
+import org.apache.asterix.test.runtime.LangExecutionUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
+import org.apache.asterix.testframework.xml.Description;
+import org.apache.asterix.testframework.xml.TestCase;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.FixMethodOrder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.MethodSorters;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobServiceClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobServiceClientBuilder;
+import com.azure.storage.common.StorageSharedKeyCredential;
+
+/**
+ * Run tests in cloud deployment environment
+ */
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+@FixMethodOrder(MethodSorters.NAME_ASCENDING)
+public class CloudStorageAzTest {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+
+    private final TestCaseContext tcCtx;
+    private static final String SUITE_TESTS = "testsuite_cloud_storage.xml";
+    private static final String ONLY_TESTS = "testsuite_cloud_storage_only.xml";
+    private static final String CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-azblob.conf";
+    private static final String DELTA_RESULT_PATH = "results_cloud";
+    private static final String EXCLUDED_TESTS = "MP";
+
+    public CloudStorageAzTest(TestCaseContext tcCtx) {
+        this.tcCtx = tcCtx;
+    }
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUp() throws Exception {
+        String endpointString = "http://127.0.0.1:15055/devstoreaccount1/" + CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET;
+        final String accKey =
+                "Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==";
+        final String accName = "devstoreaccount1";
+
+        BlobServiceClient blobServiceClient = new BlobServiceClientBuilder().endpoint(endpointString)
+                .credential(new StorageSharedKeyCredential(accName, accKey)).buildClient();
+
+        cleanup(blobServiceClient);
+        initialize(blobServiceClient);
+
+        //storage.close(); WHAT IS THIS FOR IN GCS
+
+        TestExecutor testExecutor = new TestExecutor(DELTA_RESULT_PATH);
+        testExecutor.executorId = "cloud";
+        testExecutor.stripSubstring = "//DB:";
+        LangExecutionUtil.setUp(CONFIG_FILE_NAME, testExecutor);
+        System.setProperty(GlobalConfig.CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY, CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        LangExecutionUtil.tearDown();
+    }
+
+    @Parameters(name = "CloudStorageAzBlobTest {index}: {0}")
+    public static Collection<Object[]> tests() throws Exception {
+        long seed = System.nanoTime();
+        Random random = new Random(seed);
+        LOGGER.info("CloudStorageAzBlobTest seed {}", seed);
+        Collection<Object[]> tests = LangExecutionUtil.tests(ONLY_TESTS, SUITE_TESTS);
+        List<Object[]> selected = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Object[] test : tests) {
+            if (!Objects.equals(((TestCaseContext) test[0]).getTestGroups()[0].getName(), "sqlpp_queries")) {
+                selected.add(test);
+            }
+            // Select 10% of the tests randomly
+            else if (random.nextInt(10) == 0) {
+                selected.add(test);
+            }
+        }
+        return selected;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        List<TestCase.CompilationUnit> cu = tcCtx.getTestCase().getCompilationUnit();
+        Assume.assumeTrue(cu.size() > 1 || !EXCLUDED_TESTS.equals(getText(cu.get(0).getDescription())));
+        LangExecutionUtil.test(tcCtx);
+    }
+
+    private static String getText(Description description) {
+        return description == null ? "" : description.getValue();
+    }
+
+    private static void cleanup(BlobServiceClient blobServiceClient) {
+        blobServiceClient.deleteBlobContainerIfExists(CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET);
+    }
+
+    private static void initialize(BlobServiceClient blobServiceClient) {
+        blobServiceClient.createBlobContainerIfNotExists(CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageGCSTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageGCSTest.java
index 3a03445..d62f8f0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageGCSTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageGCSTest.java
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@
 import static org.apache.asterix.api.common.LocalCloudUtil.CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET;
 import static org.apache.asterix.api.common.LocalCloudUtil.MOCK_SERVER_REGION;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Random;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
@@ -36,7 +39,6 @@
 import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.FixMethodOrder;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.MethodSorters;
@@ -55,7 +57,6 @@
  */
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
 @FixMethodOrder(MethodSorters.NAME_ASCENDING)
-@Ignore
 public class CloudStorageGCSTest {
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
@@ -94,7 +95,21 @@
 
     @Parameters(name = "CloudStorageGCSTest {index}: {0}")
     public static Collection<Object[]> tests() throws Exception {
-        return LangExecutionUtil.tests(ONLY_TESTS, SUITE_TESTS);
+        long seed = System.nanoTime();
+        Random random = new Random(seed);
+        LOGGER.info("CloudStorageGCSTest seed {}", seed);
+        Collection<Object[]> tests = LangExecutionUtil.tests(ONLY_TESTS, SUITE_TESTS);
+        List<Object[]> selected = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Object[] test : tests) {
+            if (!Objects.equals(((TestCaseContext) test[0]).getTestGroups()[0].getName(), "sqlpp_queries")) {
+                selected.add(test);
+            }
+            // Select 10% of the tests randomly
+            else if (random.nextInt(10) == 0) {
+                selected.add(test);
+            }
+        }
+        return selected;
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/CheckpointInSecondaryIndexTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/CheckpointInSecondaryIndexTest.java
index 70226c8..4024ced 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/CheckpointInSecondaryIndexTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/CheckpointInSecondaryIndexTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails.PartitioningStrategy;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@
                 null, DatasetType.INTERNAL, DATASET_ID, 0);
         String database = MetadataUtil.databaseFor(dvName);
         secondaryIndex = new Index(database, dvName, DATASET_NAME, INDEX_NAME, INDEX_TYPE, INDEX_FIELD_NAMES,
-                INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+                INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false),
+                Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
         taskCtx = null;
         primaryIndexDataflowHelper = null;
         secondaryIndexDataflowHelper = null;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/ConcurrentInsertTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/ConcurrentInsertTest.java
index b458874..b85cae2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/ConcurrentInsertTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/ConcurrentInsertTest.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
                 StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDataverseName(), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatasetName(), "TestIndex",
                 IndexType.BTREE, Arrays.asList(Arrays.asList(StorageTestUtils.RECORD_TYPE.getFieldNames()[1])),
                 Arrays.asList(Index.RECORD_INDICATOR), Arrays.asList(BuiltinType.AINT64), false, false, false, 0,
-                OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+                OptionalBoolean.of(false), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getCreator());
 
         SecondaryIndexInfo secondaryIndexInfo =
                 nc.createSecondaryIndex(primaryIndexInfo, secondaryIndexEntity, StorageTestUtils.STORAGE_MANAGER, 0);
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@
         secondaryIndex = (TestLsmBtree) secondaryDataflowHelper.getIndexInstance();
         secondaryDataflowHelper.close();
 
-        Index primaryKeyIndexEntity =
-                new Index(StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatabaseName(), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDataverseName(),
-                        StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatasetName(), "PrimaryKeyIndex", IndexType.BTREE, Arrays.asList(),
-                        Arrays.asList(), Arrays.asList(), false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.empty());
+        Index primaryKeyIndexEntity = new Index(StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatabaseName(),
+                StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDataverseName(), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getDatasetName(),
+                "PrimaryKeyIndex", IndexType.BTREE, Arrays.asList(), Arrays.asList(), Arrays.asList(), false, false,
+                false, 0, OptionalBoolean.empty(), StorageTestUtils.DATASET.getCreator());
 
         SecondaryIndexInfo primaryKeyIndexInfo =
                 nc.createSecondaryIndex(primaryIndexInfo, primaryKeyIndexEntity, StorageTestUtils.STORAGE_MANAGER, 0);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/LSMFlushRecoveryTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/LSMFlushRecoveryTest.java
index b574c1b..7c1a534 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/LSMFlushRecoveryTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/LSMFlushRecoveryTest.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
         secondaryIndexEntity = new Index(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dataset.getDataverseName(),
                 dataset.getDatasetName(), SECONDARY_INDEX_NAME, SECONDARY_INDEX_TYPE, SECONDARY_INDEX_FIELD_NAMES,
                 SECONDARY_INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, SECONDARY_INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0,
-                OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+                OptionalBoolean.of(false), dataset.getCreator());
 
         primaryIndexInfos = new PrimaryIndexInfo[NUM_PARTITIONS];
         secondaryIndexInfo = new SecondaryIndexInfo[NUM_PARTITIONS];
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/MultiPartitionLSMIndexTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/MultiPartitionLSMIndexTest.java
index d921127..cc50f2a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/MultiPartitionLSMIndexTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/MultiPartitionLSMIndexTest.java
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@
                 NoMergePolicyFactory.NAME, null, new InternalDatasetDetails(null, PartitioningStrategy.HASH,
                         partitioningKeys, null, null, null, false, null, null),
                 null, DatasetType.INTERNAL, DATASET_ID, 0);
-        secondaryIndex =
-                new Index(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dvName, DATASET_NAME, INDEX_NAME, INDEX_TYPE, INDEX_FIELD_NAMES,
-                        INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+        secondaryIndex = new Index(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dvName, DATASET_NAME, INDEX_NAME, INDEX_TYPE,
+                INDEX_FIELD_NAMES, INDEX_FIELD_INDICATORS, INDEX_FIELD_TYPES, false, false, false, 0,
+                OptionalBoolean.of(false), dataset.getCreator());
         taskCtxs = new IHyracksTaskContext[NUM_PARTITIONS];
         primaryIndexDataflowHelpers = new IIndexDataflowHelper[NUM_PARTITIONS];
         secondaryIndexDataflowHelpers = new IIndexDataflowHelper[NUM_PARTITIONS];
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/TestDataset.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/TestDataset.java
index 210440d..b268b19 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/TestDataset.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/dataflow/TestDataset.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.MetadataProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.DatasetUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.resource.DatasetLocalResourceFactory;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
         super(MetadataUtil.databaseFor(dataverseName), dataverseName, datasetName,
                 MetadataUtil.databaseFor(recordTypeDataverseName), recordTypeDataverseName, recordTypeName,
                 nodeGroupName, compactionPolicy, compactionPolicyProperties, datasetDetails, hints, datasetType,
-                datasetId, pendingOp);
+                datasetId, pendingOp, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/metadata/MetadataTxnTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/metadata/MetadataTxnTest.java
index 0b66676..0d3102a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/metadata/MetadataTxnTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/metadata/MetadataTxnTest.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
         Dataset dataset = new Dataset(source.getDatabaseName(), source.getDataverseName(), "ds_" + datasetPostfix,
                 source.getDatabaseName(), source.getDataverseName(), source.getDatasetType().name(),
                 source.getNodeGroupName(), NoMergePolicyFactory.NAME, null, source.getDatasetDetails(),
-                source.getHints(), DatasetConfig.DatasetType.INTERNAL, datasetPostfix, 0);
+                source.getHints(), DatasetConfig.DatasetType.INTERNAL, datasetPostfix, 0, source.getCreator());
         MetadataProvider metadataProvider = MetadataProvider.createWithDefaultNamespace(appCtx);
         final MetadataTransactionContext writeTxn = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
         metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(writeTxn);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/storage/IndexDropOperatorNodePushableTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/storage/IndexDropOperatorNodePushableTest.java
index 8d9a5f5..297f565 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/storage/IndexDropOperatorNodePushableTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/storage/IndexDropOperatorNodePushableTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.SplitsAndConstraintsUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@
                     NODE_GROUP_NAME, NoMergePolicyFactory.NAME, null,
                     new InternalDatasetDetails(null, InternalDatasetDetails.PartitioningStrategy.HASH, partitioningKeys,
                             null, null, null, false, null, null),
-                    null, DatasetConfig.DatasetType.INTERNAL, DATASET_ID, 0);
+                    null, DatasetConfig.DatasetType.INTERNAL, DATASET_ID, 0, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
             // create dataset
             TestNodeController.PrimaryIndexInfo indexInfo = nc.createPrimaryIndex(dataset, KEY_TYPES, RECORD_TYPE,
                     META_TYPE, null, storageManager, KEY_INDEXES, KEY_INDICATORS_LIST, 0);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-azblob.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-azblob.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d11cb5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-azblob.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+; Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+; or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+; distributed with this work for additional information
+; regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+; to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+; "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+; with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+;
+;   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+;
+; Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+; software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+; "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+; KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+; specific language governing permissions and limitations
+; under the License.
+
+[nc/asterix_nc1]
+txn.log.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc1/txnlog
+core.dump.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc1/coredump
+iodevices=target/tmp/asterix_nc1/iodevice1
+iodevices=../asterix-server/target/tmp/asterix_nc1/iodevice2
+nc.api.port=19004
+#jvm.args=-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5006
+
+[nc/asterix_nc2]
+ncservice.port=9091
+txn.log.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc2/txnlog
+core.dump.dir=target/tmp/asterix_nc2/coredump
+iodevices=target/tmp/asterix_nc2/iodevice1,../asterix-server/target/tmp/asterix_nc2/iodevice2
+nc.api.port=19005
+#jvm.args=-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5007
+
+[nc]
+credential.file=src/test/resources/security/passwd
+python.cmd.autolocate=true
+python.env=FOO=BAR=BAZ,BAR=BAZ
+address=127.0.0.1
+command=asterixnc
+app.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.NCApplication
+jvm.args=-Xmx4096m -Dnode.Resolver="org.apache.asterix.external.util.IdentitiyResolverFactory"
+storage.buffercache.size=128MB
+storage.memorycomponent.globalbudget=512MB
+
+[cc]
+address = 127.0.0.1
+app.class=org.apache.asterix.hyracks.bootstrap.CCApplication
+heartbeat.period=2000
+heartbeat.max.misses=25
+credential.file=src/test/resources/security/passwd
+
+[common]
+log.dir = logs/
+log.level = INFO
+compiler.framesize=32KB
+compiler.sortmemory=320KB
+compiler.groupmemory=160KB
+compiler.joinmemory=256KB
+compiler.textsearchmemory=160KB
+compiler.windowmemory=192KB
+compiler.internal.sanitycheck=true
+messaging.frame.size=4096
+messaging.frame.count=512
+cloud.deployment=true
+storage.buffercache.pagesize=32KB
+storage.partitioning=static
+cloud.storage.scheme=azblob
+cloud.storage.bucket=cloud-storage-container
+cloud.storage.region=us-east-2
+cloud.storage.endpoint=http://127.0.0.1:15055
+cloud.storage.anonymous.auth=true
+cloud.storage.cache.policy=lazy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-gcs.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-gcs.conf
index 3c883a8..0046644 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-gcs.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-gcs.conf
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@
 cloud.storage.endpoint=http://127.0.0.1:4443
 cloud.storage.anonymous.auth=true
 cloud.storage.cache.policy=selective
+cloud.max.write.requests.per.second=1000
+cloud.max.read.requests.per.second=5000
+cloud.write.buffer.size=5
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad97753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd244d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f19b678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+select element test.array_countn((
+    select element x
+    from  [1,2,3,"four"] as x
+));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_02/countn_02.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_02/countn_02.1.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..261dfa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_02/countn_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+select value array_countn(x) from [
+{"x":[1,2,3]},
+{"x":[1,2,null]},
+{"x":[1,"two"]},
+{"x":[1,"two", null]},
+{"x":[null]},
+{"x":[]},
+{"a":[1,2,3]}
+] as list
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..526c423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+ {
+   't1': array_countn(distinct [10,20,30,10,20,30,10]),
+   't2': array_countn(distinct [null,missing,null,missing]),
+   't3': array_countn(distinct [40,null,missing,50,40,null,missing,50,40]),
+   't4': array_countn(distinct [10,20,30,10,20,"thirty",20]),
+   't5': array_countn(distinct [])
+ }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dcc111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that array_countn aggregation correctly returns 0 for an empty stream,
+ *                  without an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de14e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that array_countn aggregation correctly returns 0 for an empty stream,
+ *                  without an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eec594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that array_countn aggregation correctly returns null for an empty stream,
+ *                  without an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+select element array_countn((
+    select element x
+    from  [1,2,3] as x
+    where (x > 10)
+));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29f79ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that array_countn aggregation correctly returns 0 for an empty stream,
+ *                  with an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+
+create type test.TestType as
+ closed {
+  id : bigint,
+  val : double
+};
+
+create  dataset Test(TestType) primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..379d8e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that array_countn aggregation correctly returns 0 for an empty stream,
+ *                  with an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9ae713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that array_count aggregation correctly returns 0 for an empty stream,
+ *                  with an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+select element test.array_count((
+    select element x.val
+    from  Test as x
+));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6788afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+
+create type test.NumericType as
+{
+  id : bigint,
+  int8Field : tinyint?,
+  int16Field : smallint?,
+  int32Field : integer?,
+  int64Field : bigint?,
+  floatField : float?,
+  doubleField : double?
+};
+
+create external  dataset Numeric(NumericType) using localfs((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/nontagged/numericData.json`),(`format`=`adm`));
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd244d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a84b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+{'sql-count':test.array_countn((
+    select element x.doubleField
+    from  Numeric as x
+))};
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a5a783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of array_countn without nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0dcccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of array_countn without nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dce1b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of array_countn without nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+with  i8 as test.array_countn([test.tinyint('1'),test.tinyint('2'),test.tinyint('3')]),
+      i16 as test.array_countn([test.smallint('1'),test.smallint('2'),test.smallint('3')]),
+      i32 as test.array_countn([test.integer('1'),test.integer('2'),test.integer('3')]),
+      i64 as test.array_countn([test.bigint('1'),test.bigint('2'),test.bigint('3')]),
+      f as test.array_countn([test.float('1'),test.float('2'),test.float('3')]),
+      d as test.array_countn([test.double('1'),test.double('2'),test.double('3')]),
+      s as test.array_countn(['a','b','c'])
+select element i
+from  [i8,i16,i32,i64,f,d,s] as i
+;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b924afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of array_countn with an empty list.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee0152f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of array_countn with an empty list.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..901dda1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of array_countn with an empty list.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+select element test.array_countn([]);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a939bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of array_countn with nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63eec3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of array_countn with nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f2c33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of array_countn with nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+with  i8 as test.array_countn([test.tinyint('1'),test.tinyint('2'),test.tinyint('3'),null]),
+      i16 as test.array_countn([test.smallint('1'),test.smallint('2'),test.smallint('3'),null]),
+      i32 as test.array_countn([test.integer('1'),test.integer('2'),test.integer('3'),null]),
+      i64 as test.array_countn([test.bigint('1'),test.bigint('2'),test.bigint('3'),null]),
+      f as test.array_countn([test.float('1'),test.float('2'),test.float('3'),null]),
+      d as test.array_countn([test.double('1'),test.double('2'),test.double('3'),null]),
+      s as test.array_countn(['a','b','c',null]),
+      na as test.array_countn([null]),
+      n as test.array_countn(null),
+      m as test.array_countn(missing)
+select element i
+from  [i8,i16,i32,i64,f,d,s,na,n,m] as i
+;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad97753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd244d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31e7b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+select element test.strict_countn((
+    select element x
+    from  [1,2,3,"four"] as x
+));
+
+select element test.countn(x) from [
+{"x":1},{"x":2},{"x":3},{"x":"four"},{"x":null},{"x":[1,2,3]},{"x":"1"},{"x":{"k":1}}
+] as list;
+
+select n, test.countn(x) from [
+  {"x":1,"n":"a"},
+  {"x":2,"n":"a"},
+  {"x":3,"n":"b"},
+  {"x":"four","n":"a"},
+  {"x":null,"n":"b"},
+  {"x":[1,2,3],"n":"a"},
+  {"x":"1","n":"b"},
+  {"x":{"k":1},"n":"b"},
+  {"n":"b"}
+] as list group by n;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_02/countn_02.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_02/countn_02.1.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a10509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_02/countn_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+select value strict_countn(x) from [
+{"x":[1,2,3]},
+{"x":[1,2,null]},
+{"x":[1,"two"]},
+{"x":[1,"two", null]},
+{"x":[null]},
+{"x":[]},
+{"a":[1,2,3]}
+] as list
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..699d182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+ {
+   't1': strict_countn(distinct [10,20,30,10,20,30,10]),
+   't2': strict_countn(distinct [null,missing,null,missing]),
+   't3': strict_countn(distinct [40,null,missing,50,40,null,missing,50,40]),
+   't4': strict_countn(distinct [10,20,30,10,20,"thirty",20]),
+   't5': strict_countn(distinct [])
+ }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55cfa23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that countn aggregation correctly returns 0 for an empty stream,
+ *                  without an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcb559a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that countn aggregation correctly returns 0 for an empty stream,
+ *                  without an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9228733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that countn aggregation correctly returns null for an empty stream,
+ *                  without an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+select element strict_countn((
+    select element x
+    from  [1,2,3] as x
+    where (x > 10)
+));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..215fd1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that countn aggregation correctly returns 0 for an empty stream,
+ *                  with an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+
+create type test.TestType as
+ closed {
+  id : integer,
+  val : double
+};
+
+create  dataset Test(TestType) primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8ebd7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that countn aggregation correctly returns 0 for an empty stream,
+ *                  with an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2844438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests that countn aggregation correctly returns null for an empty stream,
+ *                  with an aggregate combiner.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+select element test.strict_countn((
+    select element x.val
+    from  Test as x
+));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f2c5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+
+create type test.NumericType as
+{
+  id : integer,
+  int8Field : tinyint?,
+  int16Field : smallint?,
+  int32Field : integer?,
+  int64Field : bigint?,
+  floatField : float?,
+  doubleField : double?
+};
+
+create external  dataset Numeric(NumericType) using localfs((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/nontagged/numericData.json`),(`format`=`adm`));
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd244d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a60c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+{'count':test.strict_countn((
+    select element x.doubleField
+    from  Numeric as x
+))};
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1172330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of count without nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..411b984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of count without nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd1b016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of count without nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+with  i8 as test.strict_countn([test.tinyint('1'),test.tinyint('2'),test.tinyint('3')]),
+      i16 as test.strict_countn([test.smallint('1'),test.smallint('2'),test.smallint('3')]),
+      i32 as test.strict_countn([test.integer('1'),test.integer('2'),test.integer('3')]),
+      i64 as test.strict_countn([test.bigint('1'),test.bigint('2'),test.bigint('3')]),
+      f as test.strict_countn([test.float('1'),test.float('2'),test.float('3')]),
+      d as test.strict_countn([test.double('1'),test.double('2'),test.double('3')]),
+      s as test.strict_countn(['a','b','c'])
+select element i
+from  [i8,i16,i32,i64,f,d,s] as i
+;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbcfff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of countn with an empty list.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6cd404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of countn with an empty list.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..201aef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of countn with an empty list.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+select element test.strict_countn([]);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb7c70c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of countn with nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7da5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of countn with nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..393d16e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description    : Tests the scalar version of countn with nulls.
+ * Success        : Yes
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+
+with  i8 as test.strict_countn([test.tinyint('1'),test.tinyint('2'),test.tinyint('3'),null]),
+      i16 as test.strict_countn([test.smallint('1'),test.smallint('2'),test.smallint('3'),null]),
+      i32 as test.strict_countn([test.integer('1'),test.integer('2'),test.integer('3'),null]),
+      i64 as test.strict_countn([test.bigint('1'),test.bigint('2'),test.bigint('3'),null]),
+      f as test.strict_countn([test.float('1'),test.float('2'),test.float('3'),null]),
+      d as test.strict_countn([test.double('1'),test.double('2'),test.double('3'),null]),
+      s as test.strict_countn(['a','b','c',null]),
+      na as test.strict_countn([null]),
+      n as test.strict_countn(null),
+      m as test.strict_countn(missing)
+select element i
+from  [i8,i16,i32,i64,f,d,s,na,n,m] as i
+;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8103562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+CREATE TYPE openType AS {id: int};
+CREATE DATASET ds(openType) primary key id;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a9171ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+UPSERT INTO ds {"id": 1, "arr": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..91a479a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+with arr as [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] select value
+{
+  "t1": (arr[2]),
+  "t2": (arr[2:4]),
+  "t3": (arr[2:10]),
+  "t4": (arr[-7:4]),
+  "t5": (arr[-7:10]),
+  "t6": (arr[-3:4]),
+  "t7": (arr[2:-1]),
+  "t8": (arr[2:]),
+  "t9": (arr[10:]),
+  "t10": (arr[-7:]),
+  "t11": (arr[:]),
+  "t12": (arr[0]),
+  "t13": (arr[:4]),
+  "t14": (arr[:10]),
+  "t15": (arr[:-7]),
+  "t16": ([][0:]),
+  "t17": ([][:0]),
+  "t18": (select value ds.arr[1:3] from ds),
+  "t19": (select value ds.arr[1:] from ds),
+  "t20": (select value ds.arr[:3] from ds),
+  "t21": (select value ds.arr[] from ds),
+  "t22": (select value ds.arr[:] from ds),
+  "t20": (select value ds.arr[:10] from ds)
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.4.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.4.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..43604c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.4.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+DROP DATASET ds;
+DROP TYPE openType;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.01.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.01.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36d00be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.01.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+DROP DATAVERSE test if exists;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+USE test;
+
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType1 AS {
+  id: integer
+};
+
+CREATE COLLECTION TestCollection(ColumnType1) PRIMARY KEY id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.02.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.02.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6ec758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.02.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks2")
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.03.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.03.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce68cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.03.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+insert into TestCollection({"id":1, "name": "John", "nested" : { "first" : "john" , "second":"JOHN" }  });
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks3")
+TYPE ( {id : string, name : string, nested: { first : string, second : string} }
+)
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.04.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.04.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e8d730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.04.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks4")
+TYPE ( {id : bigint,name : string, nested: { first : string } } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.05.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.05.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cda2519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.05.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks5")
+TYPE ( {  id : bigint, name : string, nested : string } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.06.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.06.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6db11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.06.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks6")
+TYPE ( {id : bigint,name : {  first : string },nested:{first : string,second : string} } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.07.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.07.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..851559a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.07.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks7")
+TYPE ( {id:int} )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet",
+    "row-group-size":"random"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.08.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.08.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f356fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.08.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks8")
+TYPE ( {id:int} )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet",
+    "page-size":"random"
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.09.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.09.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2293e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.09.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks9")
+TYPE ( { name:string } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet",
+    "compression":"rar"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.10.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.10.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f52164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.10.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks10")
+TYPE ( { name: } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet",
+    "schema":"message schema{"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.11.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.11.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca2cfc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.11.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks11")
+TYPE ( { id : int , name : binary } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.12.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.12.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86e55e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.12.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks12")
+TYPE ( { id :  int, name : string } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet",
+    "version" : 3
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.13.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.13.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..281610b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.13.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks13")
+TYPE ( { id :  int,  name : string, list : [int,string]} )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.14.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.14.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d1c6af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.14.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks14")
+TYPE ( {id :  int, name : string, list : [int |} )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.15.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.15.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a26624a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.15.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks15")
+TYPE ( {id : int, name : string, list : [int] )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.01.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.01.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56e79c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.01.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+DROP DATAVERSE test if exists;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+USE test;
+
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType1 AS {
+  id: integer,
+  name : string
+};
+
+CREATE COLLECTION TestCollection(ColumnType1) PRIMARY KEY id;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.02.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.02.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec1ac0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.02.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description  : create a dataset using year-month-duration as the primary key
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 7 May 2013
+ * Issue        : 363
+ */
+
+use test;
+/*
+insert into TestCollection({"id":`year-month-duration`("P16Y"), "name": "John"});
+insert into TestCollection({"id":`day-time-duration`("-P3829H849.392S"), "name": "Alex"});
+*/
+
+insert into TestCollection({"id":18, "name": "Virat" , "dateType":date("1988-11-05"), "timeType": time("03:10:00.493Z") , "boolType" : false , "doubleType" : 0.75, "datetimeType" : datetime("1900-02-01T00:00:00") });
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.03.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.03.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0012e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.03.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   select c.* from TestCollection c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-cover-data-types")
+TYPE ( {   name : string,  id : int,  dateType : date,   timeType : time,  boolType : boolean,   doubleType : double,  datetimeType : datetime   } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+};
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.04.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.04.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..310198e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.04.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType2 AS {
+};
+
+
+
+CREATE EXTERNAL DATASET TestDataset(ColumnType2) USING S3
+(
+  ("serviceEndpoint"="http://127.0.0.1:8001"),
+  ("region"="us-west-2"),
+  ("container"="playground"),
+  ("definition"="copy-to-result/parquet-cover-data-types/"),
+  ("include"="*.parquet"),
+  ("requireVersionChangeDetection"="false"),
+  ("format" = "parquet")
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.05.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.05.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b03fc5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.05.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+SELECT c.*
+FROM TestDataset c
+ORDER BY c.id;
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.01.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.01.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6be9489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.01.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+DROP DATAVERSE test if exists;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+USE test;
+
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType1 AS {
+    id: integer
+};
+
+CREATE COLLECTION TestCollection(ColumnType1) PRIMARY KEY id;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.02.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.02.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d569ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.02.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+INSERT INTO TestCollection {"id":2,"name":{"first":["power","star"]}};
+INSERT INTO TestCollection {"id":5,"name":{"first":[]}};
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.03.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.03.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a652d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.03.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+select c.* from TestCollection c
+    ) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-empty-array")
+TYPE ( { id : int,  name : { first :  [ string ] } } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+    };
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.04.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.04.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f17c4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.04.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType2 AS {
+    };
+
+
+
+CREATE EXTERNAL DATASET TestDataset(ColumnType2) USING S3
+(
+  ("serviceEndpoint"="http://127.0.0.1:8001"),
+  ("region"="us-west-2"),
+  ("container"="playground"),
+  ("definition"="copy-to-result/parquet-empty-array/"),
+  ("include"="*.parquet"),
+  ("requireVersionChangeDetection"="false"),
+  ("format" = "parquet")
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b03fc5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+SELECT c.*
+FROM TestDataset c
+ORDER BY c.id;
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.01.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.01.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76970a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.01.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+DROP DATAVERSE test if exists;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+USE test;
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType2 AS {
+};
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.02.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.02.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bec537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.02.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+COPY (
+   select "123" as id
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-simple")
+TYPE ( {id:string} )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet",
+    "version" : "2"
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.03.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.03.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5d7789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.03.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+CREATE EXTERNAL DATASET DatasetCopy(ColumnType2) USING S3
+(
+("accessKeyId"="dummyAccessKey"),
+("secretAccessKey"="dummySecretKey"),
+("sessionToken"="dummySessionToken"),
+("region"="us-west-2"),
+  ("serviceEndpoint"="http://127.0.0.1:8001"),
+  ("container"="playground"),
+  ("definition"="copy-to-result/parquet-simple"),
+  ("format" = "parquet"),
+  ("requireVersionChangeDetection"="false"),
+  ("include"="*.parquet")
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.04.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.04.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5aeedb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.04.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+SELECT id
+FROM DatasetCopy c
+ORDER BY c.id;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.01.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.01.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f890e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.01.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+DROP DATAVERSE test if exists;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+USE test;
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType1 AS {
+    id: string
+};
+
+CREATE DATASET DummyTweetDataset(ColumnType1)
+PRIMARY KEY id WITH {
+    "storage-format": {"format" : "column"}
+};
+
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType2 AS {
+};
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.02.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.02.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83a1140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.02.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+LOAD DATASET DummyTweetDataset USING localfs
+(
+    ("path" = "asterix_nc1://data/hdfs/parquet/dummy_tweet.json"),
+    ("format" = "json")
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.03.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.03.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aed4e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.03.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   SELECT c.* FROM DummyTweetDataset c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-tweet")
+TYPE ( {
+               coordinates: {
+                 coordinates: [
+                   double
+                 ],
+                 `type` : string
+               },
+               created_at: string,
+               entities: {
+                 urls: [
+                   {
+                     display_url: string,
+                     expanded_url: string,
+                     indices: [
+                       int
+                     ],
+                     url: string
+                   }
+                 ],
+                 user_mentions: [
+                   {
+                     id: int,
+                     id_str: string,
+                     indices: [
+                       int
+                     ],
+                     name: string,
+                     screen_name: string
+                   }
+                 ]
+               },
+               favorite_count: int,
+               favorited: boolean,
+               filter_level: string,
+               geo: {
+                 coordinates: [
+                   double
+                 ],
+                 `type`: string
+               },
+               id: string,
+               id_str: string,
+               in_reply_to_screen_name: string,
+               in_reply_to_status_id: int,
+               in_reply_to_status_id_str: string,
+               in_reply_to_user_id: int,
+               in_reply_to_user_id_str: string,
+               is_quote_status: boolean,
+               lang: string,
+               place: {
+                 bounding_box: {
+                   coordinates: [
+                     [
+                       [
+                         double
+                       ]
+                     ]
+                   ],
+                   `type`: string
+                 },
+                 country: string,
+                 country_code: string,
+                 full_name: string,
+                 id: string,
+                 name: string,
+                 place_type: string,
+                 url: string
+               },
+               possibly_sensitive: boolean,
+               quoted_status: {
+                 created_at: string,
+                 entities: {
+                   user_mentions: [
+                     {
+                       id: int,
+                       id_str: string,
+                       indices: [
+                         int
+                       ],
+                       name: string,
+                       screen_name: string
+                     }
+                   ]
+                 },
+                 favorite_count: int,
+                 favorited: boolean,
+                 filter_level: string,
+                 id: int,
+                 id_str: string,
+                 in_reply_to_screen_name: string,
+                 in_reply_to_status_id: int,
+                 in_reply_to_status_id_str: string,
+                 in_reply_to_user_id: int,
+                 in_reply_to_user_id_str: string,
+                 is_quote_status: boolean,
+                 lang: string,
+                 retweet_count: int,
+                 retweeted: boolean,
+                 source: string,
+                 text: string,
+                 truncated: boolean,
+                 user: {
+                   contributors_enabled: boolean,
+                   created_at: string,
+                   default_profile: boolean,
+                   default_profile_image: boolean,
+                   description: string,
+                   favourites_count: int,
+                   followers_count: int,
+                   friends_count: int,
+                   geo_enabled: boolean,
+                   id: int,
+                   id_str: string,
+                   is_translator: boolean,
+                   lang: string,
+                   listed_count: int,
+                   name: string,
+                   profile_background_color: string,
+                   profile_background_image_url: string,
+                   profile_background_image_url_https: string,
+                   profile_background_tile: boolean,
+                   profile_banner_url: string,
+                   profile_image_url: string,
+                   profile_image_url_https: string,
+                   profile_link_color: string,
+                   profile_sidebar_border_color: string,
+                   profile_sidebar_fill_color: string,
+                   profile_text_color: string,
+                   profile_use_background_image: boolean,
+                   protected: boolean,
+                   screen_name: string,
+                   statuses_count: int,
+                   verified: boolean
+                 }
+               },
+               quoted_status_id: int,
+               quoted_status_id_str: string,
+               retweet_count: int,
+               retweeted: boolean,
+               source: string,
+               text: string,
+               timestamp_ms: string,
+               truncated: boolean,
+               user: {
+                 contributors_enabled: boolean,
+                 created_at: string,
+                 default_profile: boolean,
+                 default_profile_image: boolean,
+                 description: string,
+                 favourites_count: int,
+                 followers_count: int,
+                 friends_count: int,
+                 geo_enabled: boolean,
+                 id: int,
+                 id_str: string,
+                 is_translator: boolean,
+                 lang: string,
+                 listed_count: int,
+                 location: string,
+                 name: string,
+                 profile_background_color: string,
+                 profile_background_image_url: string,
+                 profile_background_image_url_https: string,
+                 profile_background_tile: boolean,
+                 profile_banner_url: string,
+                 profile_image_url: string,
+                 profile_image_url_https: string,
+                 profile_link_color: string,
+                 profile_sidebar_border_color: string,
+                 profile_sidebar_fill_color: string,
+                 profile_text_color: string,
+                 profile_use_background_image: boolean,
+                 protected: boolean,
+                 screen_name: string,
+                 statuses_count: int,
+                 time_zone: string,
+                 url: string,
+                 utc_offset: int,
+                 verified: boolean
+               }
+             } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+};
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.04.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.04.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cf0c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.04.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+
+
+CREATE EXTERNAL DATASET DummyTweetDatasetCopy(ColumnType2) USING S3
+(
+  ("serviceEndpoint"="http://127.0.0.1:8001"),
+  ("region"="us-west-2"),
+  ("container"="playground"),
+  ("definition"="copy-to-result/parquet-tweet/"),
+  ("include"="*.parquet"),
+  ("requireVersionChangeDetection"="false"),
+  ("format" = "parquet")
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.05.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.05.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13587f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.05.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+SELECT c.*
+FROM DummyTweetDatasetCopy c
+ORDER BY c.id;
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.01.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.01.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfc64ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.01.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+DROP DATAVERSE test if exists;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+USE test;
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType1 AS {
+    id: int
+};
+
+CREATE DATASET NameCommentDataset(ColumnType1)
+PRIMARY KEY id WITH {
+    "storage-format": {"format" : "column"}
+};
+
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType2 AS {
+};
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.02.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.02.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8591369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.02.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+LOAD DATASET NameCommentDataset USING localfs
+(
+    ("path" = "asterix_nc1://data/hdfs/parquet/id_name_comment.json"),
+    ("format" = "json")
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.03.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.03.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a1c9a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.03.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+   SELECT c.* FROM NameCommentDataset c
+) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-utf8")
+TYPE ( { comment:string, id:bigint, name:string } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+};
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.04.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.04.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fd41f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.04.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+
+
+CREATE EXTERNAL DATASET NameCommentDatasetCopy(ColumnType2) USING S3
+(
+  ("serviceEndpoint"="http://127.0.0.1:8001"),
+  ("region"="us-west-2"),
+  ("container"="playground"),
+  ("definition"="copy-to-result/parquet-utf8/"),
+  ("include"="*.parquet"),
+  ("requireVersionChangeDetection"="false"),
+  ("format" = "parquet")
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.05.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.05.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17cd027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.05.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+SELECT c.*
+FROM NameCommentDatasetCopy c
+ORDER BY c.id;
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/datatype/primitive.02.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/datatype/primitive.02.update.sqlpp
index 3ab3bc6..6bc1564 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/datatype/primitive.02.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/datatype/primitive.02.update.sqlpp
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@
 {"id": 129, "myGeometry": st_geom_from_geojson({"type": "MultiPolygon","coordinates": [[[[40, 40], [20, 45], [45, 30], [40, 40]]],[[[20, 35], [10, 30], [10, 10], [30, 5], [45, 20], [20, 35]],[[30, 20], [20, 15], [20, 25], [30, 20]]]]})},
 {"id": 130, "myGeometry": st_make_point(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829)},
 {"id": 131, "myGeometry": st_make_point(1.0,2.0,3.0)},
-{"id": 132, "myGeometry": st_make_point(1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0)},
+/* The query below is intentionally commented as JTS WKBWriter does not support 4 dimensional coordinates https://github.com/locationtech/jts/issues/733, If uncommented add the below assertions to the files mentioned
+line 9 at result.03.adm should have the result { "Geometries": { "id": 132, "myGeometry": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[1,2,3,4]} } }
+line 9 at result.04.adm should have the result {{ "Type": "Point", "Area": 0.0, "Coordinate dimension": 4, "Dimension": 0, "NPoints": 1, "XMax": 1.0, "XMin": 1.0, "YMax": 2.0, "YMin": 2.0, "Binary": hex("01B90B0000000000000000F03F000000000000004000000000000008400000000000001040"), "GeoJSON": "{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[1,2,3,4]}", "WKT": "POINT ZM (1 2 3 4)" }
+line 4 at result.05.adm should have the result { "X": 1.0, "Y": 2.0, "Z": 3.0, "M": 4.0 }
+line 9 at result.09.adm should have the result { "IsClosed": true, "IsCollection": false, "IsEmpty": false, "IsSimple": true }
+*/
+/* {"id": 132, "myGeometry": st_make_point(1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0)}, */
 {"id": 133, "myGeometry": st_geom_from_text('POLYGON((743238 2967416,743238 2967450,743265 2967450,743265.625 2967416,743238 2967416))')},
 {"id": 134, "myGeometry": st_geom_from_wkb(hex("0102000000020000001F85EB51B87E5CC0D34D621058994340105839B4C87E5CC0295C8FC2F5984340"))},
 {"id": 135, "myGeometry": st_line_from_multipoint(st_geom_from_text('MULTIPOINT(1 2 , 4 5 , 7 8 )'))},
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/index/index.19.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/index/index.19.update.sqlpp
index bdfef62..02d5064 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/index/index.19.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/index/index.19.update.sqlpp
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@
 {"id": 129, "myGeometry": st_geom_from_geojson({"type": "MultiPolygon","coordinates": [[[[40, 40], [20, 45], [45, 30], [40, 40]]],[[[20, 35], [10, 30], [10, 10], [30, 5], [45, 20], [20, 35]],[[30, 20], [20, 15], [20, 25], [30, 20]]]]})},
 {"id": 130, "myGeometry": st_make_point(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829)},
 {"id": 131, "myGeometry": st_make_point(1.0,2.0,3.0)},
-{"id": 132, "myGeometry": st_make_point(1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0)},
+/* The query below is intentionally commented as JTS WKBWriter does not support 4 dimensional coordinates https://github.com/locationtech/jts/issues/733, If uncommented add the below assertions to the files mentioned
+line 9 at result.20.adm should have the result { "Geometries": { "id": 132, "myGeometry": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[1,2,3,4]} } }
+line 2 at result.21.adm should have the result 132
+*/
+/* {"id": 132, "myGeometry": st_make_point(1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0)}, */
 {"id": 133, "myGeometry": st_geom_from_text('POLYGON((743238 2967416,743238 2967450,743265 2967450,743265.625 2967416,743238 2967416))')},
 {"id": 134, "myGeometry": st_geom_from_wkb(hex("0102000000020000001F85EB51B87E5CC0D34D621058994340105839B4C87E5CC0295C8FC2F5984340"))},
 {"id": 135, "myGeometry": st_line_from_multipoint(st_geom_from_text('MULTIPOINT(1 2 , 4 5 , 7 8 )'))},
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/single-method/predicate.15.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/single-method/predicate.15.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1637ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/geojson/single-method/predicate.15.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+st_z_max(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON EMPTY"));
+st_z_min(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON EMPTY"));
+st_z_max(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 0, 1 1 0, 1 -1 0, 0 0 0))"));
+st_z_min(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 0, 1 1 0, 1 -1 0, 0 0 0))"));
+st_z_max(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 1, 1 1 2, 1 -1 3, 0 0 1))"));
+st_z_min(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 1, 1 1 2, 1 -1 3, 0 0 1))"));
+st_z_max(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 -1, 1 1 -2, 1 -1 -3, 0 0 -1))"));
+st_z_min(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 -1, 1 1 -2, 1 -1 -3, 0 0 -1))"));
+st_z_max(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 -1, 1 1 0, 1 -1 1, 0 0 -1))"));
+st_z_min(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 -1, 1 1 0, 1 -1 1, 0 0 -1))"));
+st_z_max(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 0, 1 1 0, 1 -1 2, 0 0 0))"));
+st_z_min(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 0, 1 1 0, 1 -1 2, 0 0 0))"));
+st_z_max(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 0, 1 1 -1, 1 -1 0, 0 0 0))"));
+st_z_min(st_geom_from_text("POLYGON Z ((0 0 0, 1 1 -1, 1 -1 0, 0 0 0))"));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4271f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: This test case is to verify the fix for ASTERIXDB-3419
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+create type dt1 as {itemid: int};
+
+create dataset collection1(dt1) PRIMARY KEY itemid;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d805bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+insert into collection1
+([
+    {
+       "categories": "Category 1, Category 2, Category 6, Category 9, Category 10, Category 12, Category 13, Category 14, Category 16, Category 17, Category 18, Category 19, Category 20, Category 21, Category 22",
+       "itemid":10,
+       "description":"ABC"
+    },
+    {
+           "categories": "Category 1, Category 3, Category 5, Category 7, Category 8, Category 9, Category 10, Category 19, Category 10, Category 20, Category 21, Category 22, Category 23, Category 31, Category 32",
+           "itemid":12,
+           "description":"XYZ"
+        }
+]);
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9081a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: This test case is to verify the fix for ASTERIXDB-3410
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+SELECT VALUE OBJECT_REMOVE(t, 'categories')
+FROM (
+  SELECT t.*,
+         to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 1")) AS `Category 1`
+  FROM (
+    SELECT t.*,
+           to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 2")) AS `Category 2`
+    FROM (
+      SELECT t.*,
+             to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 3")) AS `Category 3`
+      FROM (
+        SELECT t.*,
+               to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 4")) AS `Category 4`
+        FROM (
+          SELECT t.*,
+                 to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 5")) AS `Category 5`
+          FROM (
+            SELECT t.*,
+                   to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 6")) AS `Category 6`
+            FROM (
+              SELECT t.*,
+                     to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 7")) AS `Category 7`
+              FROM (
+                SELECT t.*,
+                       to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 8")) AS `Category 8`
+                FROM (
+                  SELECT t.*,
+                         to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 9")) AS `Category 9`
+                  FROM (
+                    SELECT t.*,
+                           to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 10")) AS `Category 10`
+                    FROM (
+                      SELECT t.*,
+                             to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 11")) AS `Category 11`
+                      FROM (
+                        SELECT t.*,
+                               to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 12")) AS `Category 12`
+                        FROM (
+                          SELECT t.*,
+                                 to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 13")) AS `Category 13`
+                          FROM (
+                            SELECT t.*,
+                                   to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 14")) AS `Category 14`
+                            FROM (
+                              SELECT t.*,
+                                     to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 15")) AS `Category 15`
+                              FROM (
+                                SELECT t.*,
+                                       to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 16")) AS `Category 16`
+                                FROM (
+                                  SELECT t.*,
+                                         to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 17")) AS `Category 17`
+                                  FROM (
+                                    SELECT t.*,
+                                           to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 18")) AS `Category 18`
+                                    FROM (
+                                      SELECT t.*,
+                                             to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 19")) AS `Category 19`
+                                      FROM (
+                                        SELECT t.*,
+                                               to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 20")) AS `Category 20`
+                                        FROM (
+                                          SELECT t.*,
+                                                 to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 21")) AS `Category 21`
+                                          FROM (
+                                            SELECT t.*,
+                                                   to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 22")) AS `Category 22`
+                                            FROM (
+                                              SELECT t.*,
+                                                     to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 23")) AS `Category 23`
+                                              FROM (
+                                                SELECT t.*,
+                                                       to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 24")) AS `Category 24`
+                                                FROM (
+                                                  SELECT t.*,
+                                                         to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 25")) AS `Category 25`
+                                                  FROM (
+                                                    SELECT t.*,
+                                                           to_bigint(CONTAINS(categories, "Category 26")) AS `Category 26`
+                                                    FROM collection1 t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ) AS t ORDER BY itemid;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00750ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_01/countn_01.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_02/countn_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_02/countn_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..565b903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_02/countn_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+3
+2
+1
+1
+0
+0
+0
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1f0a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "t1": 3, "t2": 0, "t3": 2, "t4": 3, "t5": 0 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c227083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..573541a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c4c7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/countn_null/countn_null.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "sql-count": 3 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_count.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_count.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3230e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn/scalar_count.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
+0
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..573541a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4f89e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate-sql/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
+0
+0
+0
+0
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d6b377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_01/countn_01.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+3
+3
+{ "$1": 2, "n": "a" }
+{ "$1": 1, "n": "b" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_02/countn_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_02/countn_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ede1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_02/countn_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+3
+null
+1
+null
+null
+0
+0
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae0b195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_distinct/countn_distinct.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "t1": 3, "t2": null, "t3": null, "t4": 3, "t5": 0 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..573541a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_empty_01/countn_empty_01.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c227083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_empty_02/countn_empty_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fb8b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/countn_null/countn_null.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "count": null }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3230e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/scalar_countn/scalar_countn.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
+0
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c227083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/scalar_countn_empty/scalar_countn_empty.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b533851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/aggregate/scalar_countn_null/scalar_countn_null.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+null
+null
+null
+null
+null
+null
+null
+null
+0
+0
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
index 52981ae..9d53805 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@
     "compiler\.indexonly" : true,
     "compiler\.internal\.sanitycheck" : true,
     "compiler\.joinmemory" : 262144,
+    "compiler\.max\.variable\.occurrences\.inlining" : 128,
     "compiler.min.groupmemory" : 524288,
     "compiler.min.joinmemory" : 524288,
     "compiler\.min\.memory\.allocation" : true,
     "compiler.min.sortmemory" : 524288,
     "compiler.min.windowmemory" : 524288,
+    "compiler.orderfields" : false,
     "compiler\.parallelism" : 0,
     "compiler.queryplanshape" : "zigzag",
     "compiler.runtime.memory.overhead" : 5,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
index 0d4967a..0b23562 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@
     "compiler\.indexonly" : true,
     "compiler\.internal\.sanitycheck" : false,
     "compiler\.joinmemory" : 262144,
+    "compiler\.max\.variable\.occurrences\.inlining" : 128,
     "compiler.min.groupmemory" : 524288,
     "compiler.min.joinmemory" : 524288,
     "compiler\.min\.memory\.allocation" : true,
     "compiler.min.sortmemory" : 524288,
     "compiler.min.windowmemory" : 524288,
+    "compiler.orderfields" : false,
     "compiler\.parallelism" : -1,
     "compiler.queryplanshape" : "zigzag",
     "compiler.runtime.memory.overhead" : 5,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
index 0295ab2..0d77d05 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@
     "compiler\.indexonly" : true,
     "compiler\.internal\.sanitycheck" : false,
     "compiler\.joinmemory" : 262144,
+    "compiler\.max\.variable\.occurrences\.inlining" : 128,
     "compiler.min.groupmemory" : 524288,
     "compiler.min.joinmemory" : 524288,
     "compiler\.min\.memory\.allocation" : true,
     "compiler.min.sortmemory" : 524288,
     "compiler.min.windowmemory" : 524288,
+    "compiler.orderfields" : false,
     "compiler\.parallelism" : 3,
     "compiler.queryplanshape" : "zigzag",
     "compiler.runtime.memory.overhead" : 5,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8c7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/array_fun/array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation/array_slice_bracket_notation.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "t1": 2, "t2": [ 2, 3 ], "t3": null, "t4": null, "t5": null, "t6": [ 3 ], "t7": [ 2, 3, 4 ], "t8": [ 2, 3, 4, 5 ], "t9": null, "t10": null, "t11": [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ], "t12": 0, "t13": [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ], "t14": null, "t15": null, "t16": null, "t17": null, "t18": [ [ 1, 2 ] ], "t19": [ [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] ], "t20": [ [ 0, 1, 2 ] ], "t21": [ [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] ], "t22": [ [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] ] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.05.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.05.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fc863e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-cover-data-types/parquet-cover-data-types.05.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "name": "Virat", "id": 18, "dateType": date("1988-11-05"), "timeType": time("03:10:00.493"), "boolType": false, "doubleType": 0.75, "datetimeType": datetime("1900-02-01T00:00:00.000") }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.adm
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+{ "id": 2, "name": { "first": [ "power", "star" ] } }
+{ "id": 5, "name": { "first": [  ] } }
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.04.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-simple/parquet-simple.04.adm
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "id": "123" }
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.05.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-tweet/parquet-tweet.05.adm
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+{ "coordinates": { "coordinates": [ 1.1 ], "type": "string" }, "created_at": "string", "entities": { "urls": [ { "display_url": "string", "expanded_url": "string", "indices": [ 1 ], "url": "string" } ], "user_mentions": [ { "id": 1, "id_str": "string", "indices": [ 1 ], "name": "string", "screen_name": "string" } ] }, "favorite_count": 1, "favorited": true, "filter_level": "string", "geo": { "coordinates": [ 1.1 ], "type": "string" }, "id": "0000000", "id_str": "string", "in_reply_to_screen_name": "string", "in_reply_to_status_id": 1, "in_reply_to_status_id_str": "string", "in_reply_to_user_id": 1, "in_reply_to_user_id_str": "string", "is_quote_status": true, "lang": "string", "place": { "bounding_box": { "coordinates": [ [ [ 1.1 ] ] ], "type": "string" }, "country": "string", "country_code": "string", "full_name": "string", "id": "string", "name": "string", "place_type": "string", "url": "string" }, "possibly_sensitive": true, "quoted_status": { "created_at": "string", "entities": { "user_mentions": [ { "id": 1, "id_str": "string", "indices": [ 1 ], "name": "string", "screen_name": "string" } ] }, "favorite_count": 1, "favorited": true, "filter_level": "string", "id": 1, "id_str": "string", "in_reply_to_screen_name": "string", "in_reply_to_status_id": 1, "in_reply_to_status_id_str": "string", "in_reply_to_user_id": 1, "in_reply_to_user_id_str": "string", "is_quote_status": true, "lang": "string", "retweet_count": 1, "retweeted": true, "source": "string", "text": "string", "truncated": true, "user": { "contributors_enabled": true, "created_at": "string", "default_profile": true, "default_profile_image": true, "description": "string", "favourites_count": 1, "followers_count": 1, "friends_count": 1, "geo_enabled": true, "id": 1, "id_str": "string", "is_translator": true, "lang": "string", "listed_count": 1, "name": "string", "profile_background_color": "string", "profile_background_image_url": "string", "profile_background_image_url_https": "string", "profile_background_tile": true, "profile_banner_url": "string", "profile_image_url": "string", "profile_image_url_https": "string", "profile_link_color": "string", "profile_sidebar_border_color": "string", "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "string", "profile_text_color": "string", "profile_use_background_image": true, "protected": true, "screen_name": "string", "statuses_count": 1, "verified": true } }, "quoted_status_id": 1, "quoted_status_id_str": "string", "retweet_count": 1, "retweeted": true, "source": "string", "text": "string", "timestamp_ms": "string", "truncated": true, "user": { "contributors_enabled": true, "created_at": "string", "default_profile": true, "default_profile_image": true, "description": "string", "favourites_count": 1, "followers_count": 1, "friends_count": 1, "geo_enabled": true, "id": 1, "id_str": "string", "is_translator": true, "lang": "string", "listed_count": 1, "location": "string", "name": "string", "profile_background_color": "string", "profile_background_image_url": "string", "profile_background_image_url_https": "string", "profile_background_tile": true, "profile_banner_url": "string", "profile_image_url": "string", "profile_image_url_https": "string", "profile_link_color": "string", "profile_sidebar_border_color": "string", "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "string", "profile_text_color": "string", "profile_use_background_image": true, "protected": true, "screen_name": "string", "statuses_count": 1, "time_zone": "string", "url": "string", "utc_offset": 1, "verified": true } }
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.05.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.05.adm
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index 0000000..c60145d
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+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-utf8/parquet-utf8.05.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ "id": 1, "name": "John" }
+{ "id": 2, "name": "Abel" }
+{ "id": 3, "name": "Sandy" }
+{ "id": 4, "name": "Alex" }
+{ "id": 5, "name": "Mike" }
+{ "id": 6, "name": "Tom" }
+{ "comment": "😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا", "id": 7, "name": "Jerry" }
+{ "comment": "😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. Coffee ☕‼️😃. حسنا😢😢💉💉 = 𩸽 😢😢💉💉. 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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/datatype/result.03.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/datatype/result.03.adm
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/datatype/result.04.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/datatype/result.04.adm
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index 044e31a..39ced5e 100644
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--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/datatype/result.07.adm
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/datatype/result.08.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/datatype/result.08.adm
index c0d2341..1987970 100644
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/datatype/result.09.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/datatype/result.09.adm
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/index/result.20.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/index/result.20.adm
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--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/index/result.20.adm
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-{ "Geometries": { "id": 128, "myGeometry": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[10,10],[20,20],[10,40]],[[40,40],[30,30],[40,20],[30,10]]],"crs":null} } }
-{ "Geometries": { "id": 129, "myGeometry": {"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[[[[40,40],[20,45],[45,30],[40,40]]],[[[20,35],[10,30],[10,10],[30,5],[45,20],[20,35]],[[30,20],[20,15],[20,25],[30,20]]]],"crs":null} } }
-{ "Geometries": { "id": 130, "myGeometry": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[-71.1043443253471,42.3150676015829],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} } }
-{ "Geometries": { "id": 131, "myGeometry": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[1,2,3],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} } }
-{ "Geometries": { "id": 132, "myGeometry": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[1,2,3,4],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} } }
-{ "Geometries": { "id": 133, "myGeometry": {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[743238,2967416],[743265.625,2967416],[743265,2967450],[743238,2967450],[743238,2967416]]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} } }
-{ "Geometries": { "id": 134, "myGeometry": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[-113.98,39.198],[-113.981,39.195]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} } }
-{ "Geometries": { "id": 135, "myGeometry": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[1,2],[4,5],[7,8]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} } }
-{ "Geometries": { "id": 136, "myGeometry": {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[10,10],[11,10],[11,11],[10,11],[10,10]]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} } }
-{ "Geometries": { "id": 137, "myGeometry": {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[35,10],[45,45],[15,40],[10,20],[35,10]],[[20,30],[35,35],[30,20],[20,30]]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} } }
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "Geometries": { "id": 123, "myGeometry": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[-118.4,33.93]} } }
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+{ "Geometries": { "id": 127, "myGeometry": {"type":"MultiPoint","coordinates":[[10,40],[40,30],[20,20],[30,10]]} } }
+{ "Geometries": { "id": 128, "myGeometry": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[10,10],[20,20],[10,40]],[[40,40],[30,30],[40,20],[30,10]]]} } }
+{ "Geometries": { "id": 129, "myGeometry": {"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[[[[40,40],[20,45],[45,30],[40,40]]],[[[20,35],[10,30],[10,10],[30,5],[45,20],[20,35]],[[30,20],[20,15],[20,25],[30,20]]]]} } }
+{ "Geometries": { "id": 130, "myGeometry": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[-71.1043443253471,42.3150676015829]} } }
+{ "Geometries": { "id": 131, "myGeometry": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[1,2,3]} } }
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+{ "Geometries": { "id": 135, "myGeometry": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[1,2],[4,5],[7,8]]} } }
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/index/result.21.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/index/result.21.adm
index 2ceb6e0..7628d62 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/index/result.21.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/index/result.21.adm
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 131
-132
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/single-method/result.10.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/single-method/result.10.adm
index a1e16dd..bfa005e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/single-method/result.10.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/single-method/result.10.adm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-7,4.2],[-7.1,5],[-7.1,4.3],[-7,4.2]]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-7,4.2],[-7.1,5],[-7.1,4.3],[-7,4.2]]]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/single-method/result.15.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/single-method/result.15.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9243a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/single-method/result.15.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+NaN
+NaN
+0.0
+0.0
+3.0
+1.0
+-1.0
+-3.0
+1.0
+-1.0
+2.0
+0.0
+0.0
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/two-geometries/result.04.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/two-geometries/result.04.adm
index e353336..57d5885 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/two-geometries/result.04.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/two-geometries/result.04.adm
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ "Union": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,2],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "SymDifference": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} }
-{ "Union": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,1],[2,2]],[[0,2],[1,2],[2,2]],[[2,2],[3,3]],[[3,3],[4,2],[5,2]],[[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]]],"crs":null}, "Intersection": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[2,2],[3,3]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "SymDifference": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[0,2],[1,2],[2,2],[1,1]],[[5,2],[4,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]]],"crs":null} }
-{ "Union": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[0,2]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,0],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "SymDifference": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[0,2]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} }
-{ "Union": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[1,1],[-1,-1],[2,3.5],[1,3],[1,2],[2,1]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[-1,-1],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "SymDifference": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[1,1],[-1,-1],[2,3.5],[1,3],[1,2],[2,1]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} }
-{ "Union": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,1],[2,2]],[[0,2],[1,2],[2,2]],[[2,2],[3,2],[4,2],[5,2]],[[2,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]]],"crs":null}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[2,2],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "SymDifference": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,1],[2,2]],[[0,2],[1,2],[2,2]],[[2,2],[3,2],[4,2],[5,2]],[[2,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]]],"crs":null} }
-{ "Union": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[1,1],[2,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "Intersection": {"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[],"crs":null}, "SymDifference": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[1,1],[2,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} }
-{ "Union": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[5,5],[10,10]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "Intersection": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[5,5],[10,10]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "SymDifference": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[],"crs":null} }
-{ "Union": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,2],[3,4]],[[5,6],[7,8]]],"crs":null}, "Intersection": {"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[],"crs":null}, "SymDifference": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,2],[3,4]],[[5,6],[7,8]]],"crs":null} }
-{ "Union": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,2],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "SymDifference": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} }
-{ "Union": {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[0,0],[1,0],[1,1],[0,1],[0,0]]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "Intersection": {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[0.25,0.25],[0.5,0.25],[0.5,0.5],[0.25,0.5],[0.25,0.25]]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}, "SymDifference": {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[0,0],[1,0],[1,1],[0,1],[0,0]],[[0.25,0.25],[0.25,0.5],[0.5,0.5],[0.5,0.25],[0.25,0.25]]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]]}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,2]}, "SymDifference": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]]} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,1],[2,2]],[[2,2],[3,3]],[[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]],[[0,2],[1,2],[2,2]],[[3,3],[4,2],[5,2]]]}, "Intersection": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[2,2],[3,3]]}, "SymDifference": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,1],[2,2]],[[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]],[[0,2],[1,2],[2,2]],[[3,3],[4,2],[5,2]]]} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[0,2]]}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,0]}, "SymDifference": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[0,2]]} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,1],[-1,-1],[1,2]],[[1,2],[2,3.5],[1,3],[1,2]],[[1,2],[2,1]]]}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[-1,-1]}, "SymDifference": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,1],[-1,-1],[1,2]],[[1,2],[2,3.5],[1,3],[1,2]],[[1,2],[2,1]]]} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,1],[2,2]],[[2,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]],[[0,2],[1,2],[2,2]],[[2,2],[3,2],[4,2],[5,2]]]}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[2,2]}, "SymDifference": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,1],[2,2]],[[2,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]],[[0,2],[1,2],[2,2]],[[2,2],[3,2],[4,2],[5,2]]]} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"GeometryCollection","geometries":[{"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,0]},{"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[1,1],[2,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]]}]}, "Intersection": , "SymDifference": {"type":"GeometryCollection","geometries":[{"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,0]},{"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[1,1],[2,2],[3,3],[4,4],[5,5],[6,6]]}]} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[0,0],[5,5]],[[5,5],[10,10]]]}, "Intersection": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[0,0],[5,5]],[[5,5],[10,10]]]}, "SymDifference": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[]} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,2],[3,4]],[[5,6],[7,8]]]}, "Intersection": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[]}, "SymDifference": {"type":"MultiLineString","coordinates":[[[1,2],[3,4]],[[5,6],[7,8]]]} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]]}, "Intersection": {"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,2]}, "SymDifference": {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[0,0],[1,1],[0,2]]} }
+{ "Union": {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[0,0],[0,1],[1,1],[1,0],[0,0]]]}, "Intersection": {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[0.25,0.25],[0.25,0.5],[0.5,0.5],[0.5,0.25],[0.25,0.25]]]}, "SymDifference": {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[0,0],[0,1],[1,1],[1,0],[0,0]],[[0.25,0.25],[0.5,0.25],[0.5,0.5],[0.25,0.5],[0.25,0.25]]]} }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/two-geometries/result.05.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/two-geometries/result.05.adm
index 5123e09..d7e9872 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/two-geometries/result.05.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/geojson/two-geometries/result.05.adm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"type":"MultiPoint","coordinates":[[1,1],[1,2]],"crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"}}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"type":"MultiPoint","coordinates":[[1,1],[1,2]]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c44767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-3410/query-ASTERIXDB-3410.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{ "Category 1": 1, "Category 2": 1, "Category 3": 0, "Category 4": 0, "Category 5": 0, "Category 6": 1, "Category 7": 0, "Category 8": 0, "Category 9": 1, "Category 10": 1, "Category 11": 0, "Category 12": 1, "Category 13": 1, "Category 14": 1, "Category 15": 0, "Category 16": 1, "Category 17": 1, "Category 18": 1, "Category 19": 1, "Category 20": 1, "Category 21": 1, "Category 22": 1, "Category 23": 0, "Category 24": 0, "Category 25": 0, "Category 26": 0, "itemid": 10, "description": "ABC" }
+{ "Category 1": 1, "Category 2": 1, "Category 3": 1, "Category 4": 0, "Category 5": 1, "Category 6": 0, "Category 7": 1, "Category 8": 1, "Category 9": 1, "Category 10": 1, "Category 11": 0, "Category 12": 0, "Category 13": 0, "Category 14": 0, "Category 15": 0, "Category 16": 0, "Category 17": 0, "Category 18": 0, "Category 19": 1, "Category 20": 1, "Category 21": 1, "Category 22": 1, "Category 23": 1, "Category 24": 0, "Category 25": 0, "Category 26": 0, "itemid": 12, "description": "XYZ" }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cbo/column/filter/subplan/subplan.042.plan b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cbo/column/filter/subplan/subplan.042.plan
index 7fe9bcc..6428718 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cbo/column/filter/subplan/subplan.042.plan
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cbo/column/filter/subplan/subplan.042.plan
@@ -1,72 +1,72 @@
-distribute result [$$70] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 28.6]
+distribute result [$$70] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 23.6]
 -- DISTRIBUTE_RESULT  |UNPARTITIONED|
-  exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 28.6]
+  exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 23.6]
   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |UNPARTITIONED|
-    aggregate [$$70] <- [agg-sql-sum($$76)] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 28.6]
+    aggregate [$$70] <- [agg-sql-sum($$76)] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 23.6]
     -- AGGREGATE  |UNPARTITIONED|
-      exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 28.6]
+      exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 23.6]
       -- RANDOM_MERGE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-        aggregate [$$76] <- [agg-sql-count(1)] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 28.6]
+        aggregate [$$76] <- [agg-sql-count(1)] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 23.6]
         -- AGGREGATE  |PARTITIONED|
-          exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 28.6]
+          exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 23.6]
           -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-            join (or(eq($$71, "7"), neq($$69, 0))) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 12.6, total-cost: 28.6]
+            join (or(eq($$71, "7"), neq($$69, 0))) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 12.6, total-cost: 23.6]
             -- NESTED_LOOP  |PARTITIONED|
-              exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+              exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
               -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                project ([$$71]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                project ([$$71]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                 -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                  assign [$$71] <- [$$p.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text")] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                  assign [$$71] <- [$$p.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text")] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                   -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
-                    project ([$$p]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                    project ([$$p]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                     -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                      assign [$$p] <- [$$b2] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                      assign [$$p] <- [$$b2] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                       -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
-                        exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                        exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                         -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                          replicate [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                          replicate [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                           -- REPLICATE  |PARTITIONED|
-                            exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                            exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                              project ([$$b2]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                              project ([$$b2]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                               -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                                exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                                exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                                 -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                                  data-scan []<-[$$68, $$b2] <- test.ColumnDataset project ({arrayOrObject:<[{text:any}],{text:any}>}) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 6.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                                  data-scan []<-[$$68, $$b2] <- test.ColumnDataset project ({arrayOrObject:<[{text:any}],{text:any}>}) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 1.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                                   -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
                                     exchange [cardinality: 0.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 0.0]
                                     -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
                                       empty-tuple-source [cardinality: 0.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 0.0]
                                       -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
-              exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+              exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
               -- BROADCAST_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                aggregate [$$69] <- [agg-sum($$75)] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                aggregate [$$69] <- [agg-sum($$75)] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                 -- AGGREGATE  |UNPARTITIONED|
-                  exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                  exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                   -- RANDOM_MERGE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                    aggregate [$$75] <- [agg-count(1)] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                    aggregate [$$75] <- [agg-count(1)] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                     -- AGGREGATE  |PARTITIONED|
-                      select (eq($$ao.getField("text"), "1")) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                      select (eq($$ao.getField("text"), "1")) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                       -- STREAM_SELECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                        project ([$$ao]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                        project ([$$ao]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                         -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                          unnest $$ao <- scan-collection($$72) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                          unnest $$ao <- scan-collection($$72) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                           -- UNNEST  |PARTITIONED|
-                            project ([$$72]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                            project ([$$72]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                             -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                              assign [$$72] <- [$$b2.getField("arrayOrObject")] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                              assign [$$72] <- [$$b2.getField("arrayOrObject")] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                               -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
-                                exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                                exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                                 -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                                  replicate [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                                  replicate [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                                   -- REPLICATE  |PARTITIONED|
-                                    exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                                    exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                                     -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                                      project ([$$b2]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                                      project ([$$b2]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                                       -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                                        exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                                        exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                                         -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                                          data-scan []<-[$$68, $$b2] <- test.ColumnDataset project ({arrayOrObject:<[{text:any}],{text:any}>}) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 6.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                                          data-scan []<-[$$68, $$b2] <- test.ColumnDataset project ({arrayOrObject:<[{text:any}],{text:any}>}) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 1.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                                           -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
                                             exchange [cardinality: 0.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 0.0]
                                             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cbo/column/filter/subplan/subplan.062.plan b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cbo/column/filter/subplan/subplan.062.plan
index 70f874e..345fc12 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cbo/column/filter/subplan/subplan.062.plan
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cbo/column/filter/subplan/subplan.062.plan
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-distribute result [$$63] [cardinality: 2.1, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 20.41]
+distribute result [$$63] [cardinality: 2.1, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 15.41]
 -- DISTRIBUTE_RESULT  |PARTITIONED|
-  exchange [cardinality: 2.1, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 20.41]
+  exchange [cardinality: 2.1, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 15.41]
   -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-    join (true) [cardinality: 2.1, op-cost: 4.41, total-cost: 20.41]
+    join (true) [cardinality: 2.1, op-cost: 4.41, total-cost: 15.41]
     -- NESTED_LOOP  |PARTITIONED|
       exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
       -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
@@ -10,59 +10,59 @@
         -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
           select (eq($$p.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text"), "7")) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
           -- STREAM_SELECT  |PARTITIONED|
-            project ([$$p]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+            project ([$$p]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
             -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-              assign [$$p] <- [$$p2] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+              assign [$$p] <- [$$p2] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
               -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
-                exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                 -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                  replicate [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                  replicate [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                   -- REPLICATE  |PARTITIONED|
-                    exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                    exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                     -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                      project ([$$p2]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                      project ([$$p2]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                       -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                        exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                        exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                         -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                          data-scan []<-[$$62, $$p2] <- test.ColumnDataset project ({arrayOrObject:<[{text:any}],{text:any}>}) filter on: or(eq($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text"), "7"), and(ge(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "1"), le(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "2"))) range-filter on: or(eq($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text"), "7"), and(ge(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "1"), le(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "2"))) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 6.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                          data-scan []<-[$$62, $$p2] <- test.ColumnDataset project ({arrayOrObject:<[{text:any}],{text:any}>}) filter on: or(eq($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text"), "7"), and(ge(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "1"), le(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "2"))) range-filter on: or(eq($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text"), "7"), and(ge(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "1"), le(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "2"))) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 1.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                           -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
                             exchange [cardinality: 0.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 0.0]
                             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
                               empty-tuple-source [cardinality: 0.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 0.0]
                               -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
-      exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+      exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
       -- BROADCAST_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-        aggregate [$$63] <- [agg-sql-sum($$67)] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+        aggregate [$$63] <- [agg-sql-sum($$67)] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
         -- AGGREGATE  |UNPARTITIONED|
-          exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+          exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
           -- RANDOM_MERGE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-            aggregate [$$67] <- [agg-sql-count(1)] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+            aggregate [$$67] <- [agg-sql-count(1)] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
             -- AGGREGATE  |PARTITIONED|
-              select (and(ge($$60, "1"), le($$60, "2"))) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+              select (and(ge($$60, "1"), le($$60, "2"))) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
               -- STREAM_SELECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                project ([$$60]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                project ([$$60]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                 -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                  assign [$$60] <- [$$ao.getField("text")] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                  assign [$$60] <- [$$ao.getField("text")] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                   -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
-                    project ([$$ao]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                    project ([$$ao]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                     -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                      unnest $$ao <- scan-collection($$65) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                      unnest $$ao <- scan-collection($$65) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                       -- UNNEST  |PARTITIONED|
-                        project ([$$65]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                        project ([$$65]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                         -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                          assign [$$65] <- [$$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")] [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                          assign [$$65] <- [$$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")] [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                           -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
-                            exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                            exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                             -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                              replicate [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                              replicate [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                               -- REPLICATE  |PARTITIONED|
-                                exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                                exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                                 -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                                  project ([$$p2]) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                                  project ([$$p2]) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                                   -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
-                                    exchange [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 10.0]
+                                    exchange [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 4.0, total-cost: 5.0]
                                     -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
-                                      data-scan []<-[$$62, $$p2] <- test.ColumnDataset project ({arrayOrObject:<[{text:any}],{text:any}>}) filter on: or(eq($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text"), "7"), and(ge(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "1"), le(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "2"))) range-filter on: or(eq($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text"), "7"), and(ge(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "1"), le(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "2"))) [cardinality: 6.0, op-cost: 6.0, total-cost: 6.0]
+                                      data-scan []<-[$$62, $$p2] <- test.ColumnDataset project ({arrayOrObject:<[{text:any}],{text:any}>}) filter on: or(eq($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text"), "7"), and(ge(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "1"), le(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "2"))) range-filter on: or(eq($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject").getField("text"), "7"), and(ge(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "1"), le(scan-collection($$p2.getField("arrayOrObject")).getField("text"), "2"))) [cardinality: 1.0, op-cost: 1.0, total-cost: 1.0]
                                       -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
                                         exchange [cardinality: 0.0, op-cost: 0.0, total-cost: 0.0]
                                         -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta.1.adm
index e460060..1f0dd69 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta/create_dataset_with_filter_on_meta.1.adm
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "KVStore", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "key" ] ], "IsPrimary": true, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "SearchKeySourceIndicator": [ 1 ] }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "s_location", "IndexStructure": "RTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "location" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0 }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "s_rating", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "area_code" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "ExcludeUnknownKey": false }
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "KVStore", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "key" ] ], "IsPrimary": true, "Timestamp": "Mon Oct 14 07:37:28 UTC 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "SearchKeySourceIndicator": [ 1 ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "s_location", "IndexStructure": "RTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "location" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "KeyVerse", "DatasetName": "KVStore", "IndexName": "s_rating", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "area_code" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:12:54 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "ExcludeUnknownKey": false, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/index-cast-null/index-cast-null.015.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/index-cast-null/index-cast-null.015.adm
index 52eaa75..797b6a6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/index-cast-null/index-cast-null.015.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/ddl/index-cast-null/index-cast-null.015.adm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "DatasetName": "ds2", "IndexName": "ds2_o_idx2", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "o_s_f" ], [ "o_d_f" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:18:19 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "SearchKeyType": [ "double", "string" ], "ExcludeUnknownKey": false, "Cast": { "Default": null } }
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "DatasetName": "ds2", "IndexName": "ds2_o_idx2", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "o_s_f" ], [ "o_d_f" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Mon Oct 14 07:37:29 UTC 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "SearchKeyType": [ "double", "string" ], "ExcludeUnknownKey": false, "Cast": { "Default": null }, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/fulltext/stopwords-full-text-filter-1/stopwords-full-text-filter-1.7.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/fulltext/stopwords-full-text-filter-1/stopwords-full-text-filter-1.7.adm
index 0003857..73c6eb5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/fulltext/stopwords-full-text-filter-1/stopwords-full-text-filter-1.7.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/fulltext/stopwords-full-text-filter-1/stopwords-full-text-filter-1.7.adm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageId" ] ], "IsPrimary": true, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:33:32 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0 }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_0", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:33:33 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0 }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_1", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:33:34 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "FullTextConfig": "my_first_stopword_config" }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_2", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Sat Sep 30 23:33:34 PDT 2023", "PendingOp": 0, "FullTextConfig": "my_second_stopword_config" }
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexStructure": "BTREE", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageId" ] ], "IsPrimary": true, "Timestamp": "Wed Oct 09 14:02:40 IST 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_0", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Wed Oct 09 14:04:53 IST 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_1", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Wed Oct 09 14:06:04 IST 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "FullTextConfig": "my_first_stopword_config", "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "MyDataVerse", "DatasetName": "MyMessageDataset", "IndexName": "message_ft_index_2", "IndexStructure": "SINGLE_PARTITION_WORD_INVIX", "SearchKey": [ [ "myMessageBody" ] ], "IsPrimary": false, "Timestamp": "Wed Oct 09 14:08:21 IST 2024", "PendingOp": 0, "FullTextConfig": "my_second_stopword_config", "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/synonym/synonym-01/synonym-01.9.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/synonym/synonym-01/synonym-01.9.adm
index 6427b88..886eef8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/synonym/synonym-01/synonym-01.9.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/synonym/synonym-01/synonym-01.9.adm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "SynonymName": "TweetMessagesSynonym", "ObjectDataverseName": "test", "ObjectName": "TweetMessages", "ObjectDatabaseName": "Default" }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "SynonymName": "TweetMessagesSynonym2", "ObjectDataverseName": "test", "ObjectName": "TweetMessagesSynonym", "ObjectDatabaseName": "Default" }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "SynonymName": "TwitterUsersSynonym", "ObjectDataverseName": "test", "ObjectName": "TwitterUsers", "ObjectDatabaseName": "Default" }
-{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "SynonymName": "TwitterUsersSynonym2", "ObjectDataverseName": "test", "ObjectName": "TwitterUsersSynonym", "ObjectDatabaseName": "Default" }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "SynonymName": "TweetMessagesSynonym", "ObjectDataverseName": "test", "ObjectName": "TweetMessages", "ObjectDatabaseName": "Default", "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "SynonymName": "TweetMessagesSynonym2", "ObjectDataverseName": "test", "ObjectName": "TweetMessagesSynonym", "ObjectDatabaseName": "Default", "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "SynonymName": "TwitterUsersSynonym", "ObjectDataverseName": "test", "ObjectName": "TwitterUsers", "ObjectDatabaseName": "Default", "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
+{ "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "SynonymName": "TwitterUsersSynonym2", "ObjectDataverseName": "test", "ObjectName": "TwitterUsersSynonym", "ObjectDatabaseName": "Default", "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/user-defined-functions/udf32_metadata/udf32_metadata.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/user-defined-functions/udf32_metadata/udf32_metadata.2.adm
index a1c751b..7556190 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/user-defined-functions/udf32_metadata/udf32_metadata.2.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_cloud/user-defined-functions/udf32_metadata/udf32_metadata.2.adm
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn001", "Arity": "0", "Params": [  ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "42", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ] } }
-{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn002", "Arity": "1", "Params": [ "a" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ] } }
-{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn003", "Arity": "2", "Params": [ "a", "b" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a + b", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ] } }
-{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn004", "Arity": "-1", "Params": [ "args" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "args", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ] } }
-{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn005", "Arity": "1", "Params": [ "a" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ] } }
-{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn005", "Arity": "2", "Params": [ "a", "b" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a + b", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ] } }
-{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn006", "Arity": "-1", "Params": [ "args" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "args", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ] } }
-{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn006", "Arity": "1", "Params": [ "a" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ] } }
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn001", "Arity": "0", "Params": [  ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "42", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } } }
+{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn002", "Arity": "1", "Params": [ "a" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } } }
+{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn003", "Arity": "2", "Params": [ "a", "b" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a + b", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } } }
+{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn004", "Arity": "-1", "Params": [ "args" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "args", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } } }
+{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn005", "Arity": "1", "Params": [ "a" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } } }
+{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn005", "Arity": "2", "Params": [ "a", "b" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a + b", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } } }
+{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn006", "Arity": "-1", "Params": [ "args" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "args", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } } }
+{ "fn": { "DatabaseName": "Default", "DataverseName": "test", "Name": "myfn006", "Arity": "1", "Params": [ "a" ], "ReturnType": "", "Definition": "a", "Language": "SQLPP", "Kind": "SCALAR", "Dependencies": [ [  ], [  ], [  ] ], "Creator": { "Name": "@sys", "Uuid": "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523" } } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/sqlpp_queries.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/sqlpp_queries.xml
index 923d6c0..2370d93 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/sqlpp_queries.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/sqlpp_queries.xml
@@ -626,6 +626,36 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_01">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_01</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_02</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_empty_01">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_empty_01</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_empty_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_empty_02</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_null">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_null</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_distinct">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_distinct</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
       <compilation-unit name="kurtosis_double">
         <output-dir compare="Text">kurtosis_double</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
@@ -761,6 +791,21 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
+      <compilation-unit name="scalar_countn">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">scalar_countn</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
+      <compilation-unit name="scalar_countn_empty">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">scalar_countn_empty</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
+      <compilation-unit name="scalar_countn_null">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">scalar_countn_null</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate">
       <compilation-unit name="scalar_kurtosis">
         <output-dir compare="Text">scalar_kurtosis</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
@@ -1904,6 +1949,36 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_01">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_01</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_02</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_empty_01">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_empty_01</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_empty_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_empty_02</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_null">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_null</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
+      <compilation-unit name="countn_distinct">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">countn_distinct</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
       <compilation-unit name="kurtosis_double">
         <output-dir compare="Text">kurtosis_double</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
@@ -2039,6 +2114,21 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
+      <compilation-unit name="scalar_countn">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">scalar_countn</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
+      <compilation-unit name="scalar_countn_empty">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">scalar_countn_empty</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
+      <compilation-unit name="scalar_countn_null">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">scalar_countn_null</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="aggregate-sql">
       <compilation-unit name="scalar_kurtosis">
         <output-dir compare="Text">scalar_kurtosis</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
@@ -3041,6 +3131,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="array_fun">
+      <compilation-unit name="array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">array_slice/array_slice_bracket_notation</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="array_fun">
       <compilation-unit name="array_slice/array_slice_double_argument">
         <output-dir compare="Text">array_slice/array_slice_double_argument</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
@@ -7431,6 +7526,11 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">remove_listify</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="misc">
+      <compilation-unit name="query-ASTERIXDB-3410">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">query-ASTERIXDB-3410</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
   </test-group>
   <test-group name="multipart-dataverse">
     <test-case FilePath="multipart-dataverse">
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
index 2c7af49..aadc42b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,31 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="copy-to">
+      <compilation-unit name="parquet-simple">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">parquet-simple</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="copy-to">
+      <compilation-unit name="parquet-tweet">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">parquet-tweet</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="copy-to">
+      <compilation-unit name="parquet-utf8">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">parquet-utf8</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="copy-to">
+      <compilation-unit name="parquet-cover-data-types">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">parquet-cover-data-types</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="copy-to">
+      <compilation-unit name="parquet-empty-array">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">parquet-empty-array</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="copy-to">
       <compilation-unit name="empty-path">
         <output-dir compare="Text">empty-path</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
@@ -80,11 +105,30 @@
       <compilation-unit name="supported-adapter-format-compression">
         <output-dir compare="Text">supported-adapter-format-compression</output-dir>
         <expected-error>ASX1188: Unsupported writing adapter 'AZUREBLOB'. Supported adapters: [gcs, localfs, s3]</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX1189: Unsupported writing format 'csv'. Supported formats: [json]</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX1096: Unknown compression scheme rar. Supported schemes are [gzip]</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1189: Unsupported writing format 'csv'. Supported formats: [json, parquet]</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1202: Unsupported compression scheme rar. Supported schemes for json are [gzip]</expected-error>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="copy-to/negative">
+      <compilation-unit name="parquet-error-checks">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">parquet-error-checks</output-dir>
+        <expected-error>ASX1079: Compilation error: TYPE() Expression is required for parquet format</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0037: Type mismatch: expected value of type integer, but got the value of type BINARY</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>HYR0132: Extra field in the result, field 'second' does not exist at 'nested' in the schema</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>HYR0131: Result does not follow the schema, group type expected but found primitive type at 'nested'</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>HYR0131: Result does not follow the schema, primitive type expected but found group type at 'name'</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1206: Storage units expected for the field 'row-group-size' (e.g., 0.1KB, 100kb, 1mb, 3MB, 8.5GB ...). Provided 'random'</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1206: Storage units expected for the field 'page-size' (e.g., 0.1KB, 100kb, 1mb, 3MB, 8.5GB ...). Provided 'random'</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1202: Unsupported compression scheme rar. Supported schemes for parquet are [gzip, snappy, zstd]</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1001: Syntax error</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1204: 'binary' type not supported in parquet format</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1205: Invalid Parquet Writer Version provided '3'. Supported values: [1, 2]</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1001: Syntax error</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1001: Syntax error</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1001: Syntax error</expected-error>
+        </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="copy-to/negative">
       <compilation-unit name="empty-over">
         <output-dir compare="Text">empty-over</output-dir>
         <expected-error>ASX1001: Syntax error: OVER-clause cannot be empty</expected-error>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml
index 659a6d7..9244979 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -16,181 +16,258 @@
  ! specific language governing permissions and limitations
  ! under the License.
  !-->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
-    <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.9.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-  <artifactId>asterix-cloud</artifactId>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
+        <version>0.9.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>asterix-cloud</artifactId>
 
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
-      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-      <distribution>repo</distribution>
-      <comments>A business-friendly OSS license</comments>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+            <distribution>repo</distribution>
+            <comments>A business-friendly OSS license</comments>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
 
-  <properties>
-    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
-  </properties>
+    <properties>
+        <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+    </properties>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default</id>
-            <phase>validate</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>check</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <licenses>
-                <license implementation="org.apache.rat.analysis.license.ApacheSoftwareLicense20"/>
-              </licenses>
-              <excludes combine.children="append">
-                <exclude>src/test/resources/result/**</exclude>
-              </excludes>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin</groupId>
-        <artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>install-fake-gcs</id>
-            <phase>${gcs.download.stage}</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>wget</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <url>https://github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server/releases/download/v1.48.0/fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar.gz</url>
-              <outputFileName>fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar.gz</outputFileName>
-              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>extract-gcs</id>
-            <phase>${gcs.install.stage}</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <target>
-                <echo message="Extracting fake-gcs-server" />
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server" />
-                <gunzip src="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar.gz" dest="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar" />
-                <untar src="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar" dest="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server" />
-                <chmod file="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server/fake-gcs-server" perm="ugo+rx" />
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-      <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-          <id>fake-gcs-server</id>
-          <phase>${gcs.stage}</phase>
-          <goals>
-            <goal>exec</goal>
-          </goals>
-          <configuration>
-            <executable>${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server/fake-gcs-server</executable>
-            <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server</workingDirectory>
-            <arguments>
-              <argument>-port</argument>
-              <argument>4443</argument>
-              <argument>-scheme</argument>
-              <argument>http</argument>
-              <argument>-host</argument>
-              <argument>127.0.0.1</argument>
-              <argument>-log-level</argument>
-              <argument>error</argument>
-              <argument>-filesystem-root</argument>
-              <argument>${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server/storage</argument>
-            </arguments>
-            <async>true</async>
-          </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>default</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <licenses>
+                                <license implementation="org.apache.rat.analysis.license.ApacheSoftwareLicense20"/>
+                            </licenses>
+                            <excludes combine.children="append">
+                                <exclude>src/test/resources/result/**</exclude>
+                            </excludes>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.4.2</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>install-fake-gcs</id>
+                        <phase>${gcs.download.stage}</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>wget</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <url>
+                                https://github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server/releases/download/v1.48.0/fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar.gz
+                            </url>
+                            <outputFileName>fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar.gz</outputFileName>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>extract-gcs</id>
+                        <phase>${gcs.install.stage}</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <target>
+                                <echo message="Extracting fake-gcs-server"/>
+                                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server"/>
+                                <gunzip src="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar.gz"
+                                        dest="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar"/>
+                                <untar src="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server_1.48.0_Linux_amd64.tar"
+                                       dest="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server"/>
+                                <chmod file="${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server/fake-gcs-server" perm="ugo+rx"/>
+                            </target>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>run</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>fake-gcs-server</id>
+                        <phase>${gcs.stage}</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>exec</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <executable>${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server/fake-gcs-server</executable>
+                            <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server</workingDirectory>
+                            <arguments>
+                                <argument>-port</argument>
+                                <argument>4443</argument>
+                                <argument>-scheme</argument>
+                                <argument>http</argument>
+                                <argument>-host</argument>
+                                <argument>127.0.0.1</argument>
+                                <argument>-log-level</argument>
+                                <argument>error</argument>
+                                <argument>-filesystem-root</argument>
+                                <argument>${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server/storage</argument>
+                            </arguments>
+                            <async>true</async>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>azurite</id>
+                        <phase>${azurite.stage}</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>exec</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!--suppress UnresolvedMavenProperty -->
+                            <executable>${project.build.directory}/npm/node_modules/.bin/azurite-blob</executable>
+                            <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}</workingDirectory>
+                            <environmentVariables>
+                                <PATH>${project.build.directory}/npm/node</PATH>
+                            </environmentVariables>
+                            <arguments>
+                                <argument>--blobPort</argument>
+                                <argument>15055</argument>
+                                <argument>--location</argument>
+                                <argument>${project.build.directory}/azurite</argument>
+                                <argument>--debug</argument>
+                                <argument>${project.build.directory}/azurite/logs/azurite-debug.log</argument>
+                            </arguments>
+                            <async>true</async>
+                            <outputFile>${project.build.directory}/azurite/logs/azurite.log</outputFile>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hyracks-cloud</artifactId>
-      <version>${hyracks.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-      <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-      <artifactId>asterix-external-data</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <!-- aws s3 start -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
-      <artifactId>sdk-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
-      <artifactId>s3</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
-      <artifactId>regions</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
-      <artifactId>auth</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
-      <artifactId>s3-transfer-manager</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk.crt</groupId>
-      <artifactId>aws-crt</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.findify</groupId>
-      <artifactId>s3mock_2.12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
-      <artifactId>akka-http-core_2.12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <!-- aws s3 end -->
-  </dependencies>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>azurite-tests</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.13.4</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <nodeVersion>v14.15.4</nodeVersion>
+                            <npmVersion>6.14.11</npmVersion>
+                            <workingDirectory>target/npm</workingDirectory>
+                            <installDirectory>target/npm</installDirectory>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>install node and yarn</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <phase>${azurite.npm.install.stage}</phase>
+                            </execution>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>azurite blob</id>
+                                <phase>${azurite.install.stage}</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>npm</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <arguments>install azurite</arguments>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hyracks-cloud</artifactId>
+            <version>${hyracks.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asterix-external-data</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- aws s3 start -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>sdk-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>s3</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>regions</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>auth</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>s3-transfer-manager</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk.crt</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aws-crt</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.findify</groupId>
+            <artifactId>s3mock_2.12</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>akka-http-core_2.12</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- aws s3 end -->
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
+            <artifactId>azure-storage-blob-batch</artifactId>
+            <version>12.23.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/AbstractCloudIOManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/AbstractCloudIOManager.java
index c005253..da014a4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/AbstractCloudIOManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/AbstractCloudIOManager.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.file.FileStore;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOBulkOperation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.IoUtil;
+import org.apache.hyracks.cloud.filesystem.PhysicalDrive;
 import org.apache.hyracks.cloud.io.ICloudIOManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.cloud.io.request.ICloudBeforeRetryRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.cloud.io.request.ICloudRequest;
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@
     protected final List<FileReference> partitionPaths;
     protected final IOManager localIoManager;
     protected final INamespacePathResolver nsPathResolver;
+    private final List<FileStore> drivePaths;
 
     public AbstractCloudIOManager(IOManager ioManager, CloudProperties cloudProperties,
             INamespacePathResolver nsPathResolver, ICloudGuardian guardian) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@
         partitions = new HashSet<>();
         partitionPaths = new ArrayList<>();
         this.localIoManager = ioManager;
+        drivePaths = PhysicalDrive.getDrivePaths(ioDevices);
     }
 
     /*
@@ -474,4 +478,9 @@
         }
         return size;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getTotalDiskUsage() {
+        return PhysicalDrive.getUsedSpace(drivePaths);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/CloudClientProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/CloudClientProvider.java
index ee43a2c..c98c6b4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/CloudClientProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/CloudClientProvider.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.aws.s3.S3ClientConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.aws.s3.S3CloudClient;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage.AzBlobStorageClientConfig;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage.AzBlobStorageCloudClient;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.google.gcs.GCSClientConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.google.gcs.GCSCloudClient;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.CloudProperties;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
     private static final boolean UNSTABLE = isUnstable();
     public static final String S3 = "s3";
     public static final String GCS = "gs";
+    public static final String AZ_BLOB = "azblob";
 
     private CloudClientProvider() {
         throw new AssertionError("do not instantiate");
@@ -45,6 +48,9 @@
         } else if (GCS.equalsIgnoreCase(storageScheme)) {
             GCSClientConfig config = GCSClientConfig.of(cloudProperties);
             cloudClient = new GCSCloudClient(config, guardian);
+        } else if (AZ_BLOB.equalsIgnoreCase(storageScheme)) {
+            AzBlobStorageClientConfig config = AzBlobStorageClientConfig.of(cloudProperties);
+            cloudClient = new AzBlobStorageCloudClient(config, guardian);
         } else {
             throw new IllegalStateException("unsupported cloud storage scheme: " + storageScheme);
         }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageBufferedWriter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageBufferedWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a79c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageBufferedWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudBufferedWriter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudGuardian;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import com.azure.core.util.BinaryData;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobContainerClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.BlobStorageException;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.specialized.BlockBlobClient;
+
+public class AzBlobStorageBufferedWriter implements ICloudBufferedWriter {
+    private static final String PUT_UPLOAD_ID = "putUploadId";
+    private static final int MAX_RETRIES = 3;
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+    private final List<String> blockIDArrayList;
+    private final ICloudGuardian guardian;
+    private int blockNumber;
+    private final String path;
+    private String uploadID;
+
+    private final BlobContainerClient blobContainerClient;
+
+    private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
+
+    private final String bucket;
+
+    public AzBlobStorageBufferedWriter(BlobContainerClient blobContainerClient, IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler,
+            ICloudGuardian guardian, String bucket, String path) {
+        this.blobContainerClient = blobContainerClient;
+        this.profiler = profiler;
+        this.guardian = guardian;
+        this.bucket = bucket;
+        this.path = path;
+        this.blockIDArrayList = new ArrayList<>();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void upload(InputStream stream, int length) {
+        profiler.objectMultipartUpload();
+        if (length <= 0) {
+            String errMsg = String.format("A block with size %d cannot be staged for upload", length);
+            LOGGER.error(errMsg);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(errMsg);
+        }
+        guardian.checkIsolatedWriteAccess(bucket, path);
+        try {
+            BlockBlobClient blockBlobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(path).getBlockBlobClient();
+            BufferedInputStream bufferedInputStream = IOUtils.buffer(stream, length);
+            String blockID =
+                    Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(UUID.randomUUID().toString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            initBlockBlobUploads(blockID);
+            blockIDArrayList.add(blockID);
+            blockBlobClient.stageBlock(blockID, bufferedInputStream, length);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Error while uploading blocks of data: {}", e.getMessage());
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        blockNumber++;
+    }
+
+    private void initBlockBlobUploads(String blockID) {
+        if (this.uploadID == null) {
+            this.uploadID = blockID;
+            this.blockNumber = 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void uploadLast(InputStream stream, ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (uploadID == null) {
+            profiler.objectWrite();
+            BlobClient blobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(path);
+            BinaryData binaryData = BinaryData.fromBytes(getDataFromBuffer(buffer));
+            blobClient.upload(binaryData);
+            uploadID = PUT_UPLOAD_ID; // uploadID should be updated if the put-object operation succeeds
+        } else {
+            upload(stream, buffer.limit());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private byte[] getDataFromBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer) {
+        byte[] data = new byte[buffer.limit()];
+        buffer.get(data, 0, buffer.limit());
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isEmpty() {
+        return this.uploadID == null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void finish() throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (this.uploadID == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot finish without writing any bytes");
+        } else if (PUT_UPLOAD_ID.equals(uploadID)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        int currRetryAttempt = 0;
+        BlockBlobClient blockBlobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(path).getBlockBlobClient();
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                guardian.checkWriteAccess(bucket, path);
+                profiler.objectMultipartUpload();
+                blockBlobClient.commitBlockList(blockIDArrayList);
+                break;
+            } catch (BlobStorageException e) {
+                currRetryAttempt++;
+                if (currRetryAttempt == MAX_RETRIES) {
+                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+                }
+                LOGGER.info(() -> "AzBlob storage write retry, encountered: " + e.getMessage());
+
+                // Backoff for 1 sec for the first 2 retries, and 2 seconds from there onward
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(currRetryAttempt < 2 ? 1 : 2));
+                } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                    Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                    throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void abort() throws HyracksDataException {
+        // Todo: As of the current Azure Java SDK, it does not support aborting a staged or under-upload block.
+        // https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/31150
+        LOGGER.warn("Multipart upload for {} was aborted", path);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageClientConfig.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageClientConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9aedfc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageClientConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.config.CloudProperties;
+
+import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredential;
+import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder;
+
+public class AzBlobStorageClientConfig {
+    private final int writeBufferSize;
+    // Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/blob-batch?tabs=microsoft-entra-id
+    static final int DELETE_BATCH_SIZE = 256;
+    private final String region;
+    private final String endpoint;
+    private final String prefix;
+
+    private final boolean anonymousAuth;
+    private final long profilerLogInterval;
+    private final String bucket;
+    private final long tokenAcquireTimeout;
+    private final int writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    private final int readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+
+    public AzBlobStorageClientConfig(String region, String endpoint, String prefix, boolean anonymousAuth,
+            long profilerLogInterval, String bucket, long tokenAcquireTimeout, int writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds,
+            int readMaxRequestsPerSeconds, int writeBufferSize) {
+        this.region = Objects.requireNonNull(region, "region");
+        this.endpoint = endpoint;
+        this.prefix = Objects.requireNonNull(prefix, "prefix");
+        this.anonymousAuth = anonymousAuth;
+        this.profilerLogInterval = profilerLogInterval;
+        this.bucket = bucket;
+        this.tokenAcquireTimeout = tokenAcquireTimeout;
+        this.writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds = writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+        this.readMaxRequestsPerSeconds = readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+        this.writeBufferSize = writeBufferSize;
+    }
+
+    public static AzBlobStorageClientConfig of(CloudProperties cloudProperties) {
+        return new AzBlobStorageClientConfig(cloudProperties.getStorageRegion(), cloudProperties.getStorageEndpoint(),
+                cloudProperties.getStoragePrefix(), cloudProperties.isStorageAnonymousAuth(),
+                cloudProperties.getProfilerLogInterval(), cloudProperties.getStorageBucket(),
+                cloudProperties.getTokenAcquireTimeout(), cloudProperties.getWriteMaxRequestsPerSecond(),
+                cloudProperties.getReadMaxRequestsPerSecond(), cloudProperties.getWriteBufferSize());
+    }
+
+    public String getRegion() {
+        return region;
+    }
+
+    public String getEndpoint() {
+        return endpoint;
+    }
+
+    public String getPrefix() {
+        return prefix;
+    }
+
+    public String getBucket() {
+        return bucket;
+    }
+
+    public long getProfilerLogInterval() {
+        return profilerLogInterval;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isAnonymousAuth() {
+        return anonymousAuth;
+    }
+
+    public DefaultAzureCredential createCredentialsProvider() {
+        return new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder().build();
+    }
+
+    public long getTokenAcquireTimeout() {
+        return tokenAcquireTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public int getWriteMaxRequestsPerSeconds() {
+        return writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    }
+
+    public int getReadMaxRequestsPerSeconds() {
+        return readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    }
+
+    public int getWriteBufferSize() {
+        return writeBufferSize;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageCloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageCloudClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9f9421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageCloudClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,402 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage.AzBlobStorageClientConfig.DELETE_BATCH_SIZE;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.BufferOverflowException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ReadOnlyBufferException;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.CloudResettableInputStream;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.IWriteBufferProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.CloudFile;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudBufferedWriter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudClient;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudGuardian;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudWriter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.IParallelDownloader;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.CountRequestProfilerLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import com.azure.core.http.rest.PagedIterable;
+import com.azure.core.util.BinaryData;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobContainerClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobContainerClientBuilder;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.batch.BlobBatchClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.batch.BlobBatchClientBuilder;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.BlobErrorCode;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.BlobItem;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.BlobListDetails;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.BlobRange;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.BlobStorageException;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.ListBlobsOptions;
+import com.azure.storage.common.StorageSharedKeyCredential;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+public class AzBlobStorageCloudClient implements ICloudClient {
+    private static final String BUCKET_ROOT_PATH = "";
+    public static final String AZURITE_ENDPOINT = "http://127.0.0.1:15055/devstoreaccount1/";
+    private static final String AZURITE_ACCOUNT_NAME = "devstoreaccount1";
+    private static final String AZURITE_ACCOUNT_KEY =
+            "Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==";
+    private final ICloudGuardian guardian;
+    private BlobContainerClient blobContainerClient;
+    private AzBlobStorageClientConfig config;
+    private IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
+    private final BlobBatchClient blobBatchClient;
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+
+    public AzBlobStorageCloudClient(AzBlobStorageClientConfig config, ICloudGuardian guardian) {
+        this(config, buildClient(config), guardian);
+    }
+
+    public AzBlobStorageCloudClient(AzBlobStorageClientConfig config, BlobContainerClient blobContainerClient,
+            ICloudGuardian guardian) {
+        this.blobContainerClient = blobContainerClient;
+        this.config = config;
+        this.guardian = guardian;
+        long profilerInterval = config.getProfilerLogInterval();
+        AzureRequestRateLimiter limiter = new AzureRequestRateLimiter(config);
+        if (profilerInterval > 0) {
+            profiler = new CountRequestProfilerLimiter(profilerInterval, limiter);
+        } else {
+            profiler = new RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler(limiter);
+        }
+        guardian.setCloudClient(this);
+        blobBatchClient = new BlobBatchClientBuilder(blobContainerClient.getServiceClient()).buildClient();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getWriteBufferSize() {
+        return config.getWriteBufferSize();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IRequestProfilerLimiter getProfilerLimiter() {
+        return profiler;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ICloudWriter createWriter(String bucket, String path, IWriteBufferProvider bufferProvider) {
+        ICloudBufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new AzBlobStorageBufferedWriter(blobContainerClient, profiler, guardian,
+                bucket, config.getPrefix() + path);
+        return new CloudResettableInputStream(bufferedWriter, bufferProvider);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<CloudFile> listObjects(String bucket, String path, FilenameFilter filter) {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
+        profiler.objectsList();
+        PagedIterable<BlobItem> blobItems = getBlobItems(bucket, config.getPrefix() + path);
+        Stream<CloudFile> cloudFileStream = mapBlobItemsToStreamOfCloudFiles(blobItems);
+        return filterCloudFiles(filter, cloudFileStream);
+    }
+
+    private Set<CloudFile> filterCloudFiles(FilenameFilter filter, Stream<CloudFile> cloudFileStream) {
+        if (filter == null) {
+            return cloudFileStream.map(this::removeCloudPrefixFromBlobName).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        }
+        return cloudFileStream.filter(cloudFile -> filter.accept(null, cloudFile.getPath()))
+                .map(this::removeCloudPrefixFromBlobName).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    }
+
+    private CloudFile removeCloudPrefixFromBlobName(CloudFile cloudFile) {
+        String fullyQualifiedBlobName = cloudFile.getPath();
+        fullyQualifiedBlobName = fullyQualifiedBlobName.substring(config.getPrefix().length());
+        return CloudFile.of(fullyQualifiedBlobName, cloudFile.getSize());
+    }
+
+    private Stream<CloudFile> mapBlobItemsToStreamOfCloudFiles(PagedIterable<BlobItem> blobItems) {
+        return blobItems.stream()
+                .map(blobItem -> CloudFile.of(blobItem.getName(), blobItem.getProperties().getContentLength()));
+    }
+
+    private PagedIterable<BlobItem> getBlobItems(String bucket, String path) {
+        ListBlobsOptions options =
+                new ListBlobsOptions().setPrefix(path).setDetails(new BlobListDetails().setRetrieveMetadata(true));
+        return blobContainerClient.listBlobs(options, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int read(String bucket, String path, long offset, ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
+        profiler.objectGet();
+        BlobClient blobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(config.getPrefix() + path);
+        ByteArrayOutputStream blobStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(buffer.capacity());
+        long rem = buffer.remaining();
+        BlobRange blobRange = new BlobRange(offset, rem);
+        downloadBlob(blobClient, blobStream, blobRange);
+        readBlobStreamIntoBuffer(buffer, blobStream);
+        if (buffer.remaining() != 0)
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Expected buffer remaining = 0, found: " + buffer.remaining());
+        return ((int) rem - buffer.remaining());
+    }
+
+    private void readBlobStreamIntoBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer, ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        byte[] byteArray = byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray();
+        try {
+            buffer.put(byteArray);
+            byteArrayOutputStream.close();
+        } catch (BufferOverflowException | ReadOnlyBufferException | IOException ex) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void downloadBlob(BlobClient blobClient, ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream, BlobRange blobRange)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            blobClient.downloadStreamWithResponse(byteArrayOutputStream, blobRange, null, null, false, null, null);
+        } catch (BlobStorageException ex) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] readAllBytes(String bucket, String path) throws HyracksDataException {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
+        profiler.objectGet();
+        BlobClient blobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(config.getPrefix() + path);
+        try {
+            BinaryData binaryData = blobClient.downloadContent();
+            return binaryData.toBytes();
+        } catch (BlobStorageException ex) {
+            BlobErrorCode errorCode = ex.getErrorCode();
+            if (errorCode.equals(BlobErrorCode.BLOB_NOT_FOUND)) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Blob not found on cloud: {}", path);
+                return null;
+            }
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream getObjectStream(String bucket, String path, long offset, long length) {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
+        profiler.objectGet();
+        BlobRange blobRange = new BlobRange(offset, length);
+        BlobClient blobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(config.getPrefix() + path);
+        try {
+            return blobClient.openInputStream(blobRange, null);
+        } catch (BlobStorageException ex) {
+            LOGGER.error("error getting object stream for path: {}. Exception: {}", path, ex.getMessage());
+            throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(String bucket, String path, byte[] data) {
+        guardian.checkWriteAccess(bucket, path);
+        profiler.objectWrite();
+        BinaryData binaryData = BinaryData.fromBytes(data);
+        BlobClient blobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(config.getPrefix() + path);
+        blobClient.upload(binaryData, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void copy(String bucket, String srcPath, FileReference destPath) {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, srcPath);
+        profiler.objectGet();
+        BlobClient srcBlobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(config.getPrefix() + srcPath);
+        String srcBlobUrl = srcBlobClient.getBlobUrl();
+        profiler.objectCopy();
+        guardian.checkWriteAccess(bucket, destPath.getRelativePath());
+        BlobClient destBlobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(destPath.getFile().getPath());
+        destBlobClient.beginCopy(srcBlobUrl, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void deleteObjects(String bucket, Collection<String> paths) {
+        if (paths.isEmpty())
+            return;
+        Set<BlobItem> blobsToDelete = getBlobsMatchingThesePaths(paths);
+        List<String> blobURLs = getBlobURLs(blobsToDelete);
+        if (blobURLs.isEmpty())
+            return;
+        Collection<List<String>> batchedBlobURLs = getBatchedBlobURLs(blobURLs);
+        for (List<String> batch : batchedBlobURLs) {
+            blobBatchClient.deleteBlobs(batch, null).stream().count();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Collection<List<String>> getBatchedBlobURLs(List<String> blobURLs) {
+        int startIdx = 0;
+        Collection<List<String>> batchedBLOBURLs = new ArrayList<>();
+        Iterator<String> iterator = blobURLs.iterator();
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            List<String> batch = new ArrayList<>();
+            while (startIdx < DELETE_BATCH_SIZE && iterator.hasNext()) {
+                batch.add(iterator.next());
+                startIdx++;
+            }
+            batchedBLOBURLs.add(batch);
+            startIdx = 0;
+        }
+        return batchedBLOBURLs;
+    }
+
+    private Set<BlobItem> getBlobsMatchingThesePaths(Collection<String> paths) {
+        List<String> pathWithPrefix =
+                paths.stream().map(path -> config.getPrefix() + path).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        PagedIterable<BlobItem> blobItems = blobContainerClient.listBlobs();
+        return blobItems.stream().filter(blobItem -> pathWithPrefix.contains(blobItem.getName()))
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getObjectSize(String bucket, String path) throws HyracksDataException {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
+        profiler.objectGet();
+        try {
+            BlobClient blobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(config.getPrefix() + path);
+            return blobClient.getProperties().getBlobSize();
+        } catch (BlobStorageException ex) {
+            BlobErrorCode errorCode = ex.getErrorCode();
+            if (errorCode.equals(BlobErrorCode.BLOB_NOT_FOUND)) {
+                LOGGER.error("error while getting blob size; no such blob found: {} ", config.getPrefix() + path);
+                return 0;
+            }
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            LOGGER.error("error getting size of the blob: {}. Exception: {}", path, ex.getMessage());
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean exists(String bucket, String path) throws HyracksDataException {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
+        profiler.objectGet();
+        try {
+            BlobClient blobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(config.getPrefix() + path);
+            return blobClient.exists();
+        } catch (BlobStorageException ex) {
+            BlobErrorCode errorCode = ex.getErrorCode();
+            if (errorCode.equals(BlobErrorCode.BLOB_NOT_FOUND)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isEmptyPrefix(String bucket, String path) throws HyracksDataException {
+        profiler.objectsList();
+        ListBlobsOptions listBlobsOptions = new ListBlobsOptions().setPrefix(config.getPrefix() + path);
+        //MAX_VALUE below represents practically no timeout
+        PagedIterable<BlobItem> blobItems =
+                blobContainerClient.listBlobs(listBlobsOptions, Duration.ofDays(Long.MAX_VALUE));
+        return blobItems.stream().findAny().isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IParallelDownloader createParallelDownloader(String bucket, IOManager ioManager) {
+        return new AzureParallelDownloader(ioManager, blobContainerClient, profiler, config);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode listAsJson(ObjectMapper objectMapper, String bucket) {
+        profiler.objectsList();
+        PagedIterable<BlobItem> blobItems = getBlobItems(bucket, BUCKET_ROOT_PATH);
+        List<BlobItem> blobs = blobItems.stream().distinct().collect(Collectors.toList());
+        blobs = sortBlobItemsByName(blobs);
+        return mapBlobItemsToJson(blobs, objectMapper);
+    }
+
+    private List<BlobItem> sortBlobItemsByName(List<BlobItem> blobs) {
+        return blobs.stream()
+                .sorted((blob1, blob2) -> String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER.compare(blob1.getName(), blob2.getName()))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    private ArrayNode mapBlobItemsToJson(List<BlobItem> blobs, ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
+        ArrayNode objectsInfo = objectMapper.createArrayNode();
+        for (BlobItem blob : blobs) {
+            ObjectNode objectInfo = objectsInfo.addObject();
+            objectInfo.put("path", blob.getName());
+            objectInfo.put("size", blob.getProperties().getContentLength());
+        }
+        return objectsInfo;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        // Closing Azure Blob Clients is not required as the underlying netty connection pool
+        // handles the same for the apps.
+        // Ref: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/17903
+        // Hence this implementation is a no op.
+    }
+
+    private static BlobContainerClient buildClient(AzBlobStorageClientConfig config) {
+        BlobContainerClientBuilder blobContainerClientBuilder =
+                new BlobContainerClientBuilder().containerName(config.getBucket()).endpoint(getEndpoint(config));
+        configCredentialsToAzClient(blobContainerClientBuilder, config);
+        BlobContainerClient blobContainerClient = blobContainerClientBuilder.buildClient();
+        blobContainerClient.createIfNotExists();
+        return blobContainerClient;
+    }
+
+    private static void configCredentialsToAzClient(BlobContainerClientBuilder builder,
+            AzBlobStorageClientConfig config) {
+        if (config.isAnonymousAuth()) {
+            StorageSharedKeyCredential creds =
+                    new StorageSharedKeyCredential(AZURITE_ACCOUNT_NAME, AZURITE_ACCOUNT_KEY);
+            builder.credential(creds);
+        } else {
+            builder.credential(config.createCredentialsProvider());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String getEndpoint(AzBlobStorageClientConfig config) {
+        return config.isAnonymousAuth() ? AZURITE_ENDPOINT + config.getBucket()
+                : config.getEndpoint() + "/" + config.getBucket();
+    }
+
+    private List<String> getBlobURLs(Set<BlobItem> blobs) {
+        final String blobURLPrefix = blobContainerClient.getBlobContainerUrl() + "/";
+        return blobs.stream().map(BlobItem::getName).map(blobName -> blobURLPrefix + blobName)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzureParallelDownloader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzureParallelDownloader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4980587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzureParallelDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.IParallelDownloader;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import com.azure.core.http.rest.PagedIterable;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobContainerClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.BlobItem;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.ListBlobsOptions;
+
+public class AzureParallelDownloader implements IParallelDownloader {
+    public static final String STORAGE_SUB_DIR = "storage";
+    private final IOManager ioManager;
+    private final BlobContainerClient blobContainerClient;
+    private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
+    private final AzBlobStorageClientConfig config;
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+
+    public AzureParallelDownloader(IOManager ioManager, BlobContainerClient blobContainerClient,
+            IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler, AzBlobStorageClientConfig config) {
+        this.ioManager = ioManager;
+        this.blobContainerClient = blobContainerClient;
+        this.profiler = profiler;
+        this.config = config;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void downloadFiles(Collection<FileReference> toDownload) throws HyracksDataException {
+        for (FileReference fileReference : toDownload) {
+            BlobClient blobClient =
+                    blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(config.getPrefix() + fileReference.getRelativePath());
+            Path absPath = Path.of(fileReference.getAbsolutePath());
+            Path parentPath = absPath.getParent();
+            OutputStream fileOutputStream = null;
+            try {
+                createDirectories(parentPath);
+                fileOutputStream = Files.newOutputStream(absPath);
+                blobClient.downloadStream(fileOutputStream);
+                fileOutputStream.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+            } finally {
+                closeOutputStream(fileOutputStream);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void closeOutputStream(OutputStream fileOutputStream) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (fileOutputStream != null) {
+            try {
+                fileOutputStream.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<FileReference> downloadDirectories(Collection<FileReference> directories)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        Set<FileReference> failedFiles = new HashSet<>();
+        for (FileReference directory : directories) {
+            PagedIterable<BlobItem> blobsInDir = getBlobItems(directory);
+            for (BlobItem blobItem : blobsInDir) {
+                profiler.objectGet();
+                download(blobItem, failedFiles);
+            }
+        }
+        return failedFiles;
+    }
+
+    private void download(BlobItem blobItem, Set<FileReference> failedFiles) throws HyracksDataException {
+        BlobClient blobClient = blobContainerClient.getBlobClient(blobItem.getName());
+        FileReference diskDestFile = ioManager.resolve(createDiskSubPath(blobItem.getName()));
+        Path absDiskBlobPath = getDiskDestPath(diskDestFile);
+        Path parentDiskPath = absDiskBlobPath.getParent();
+        createDirectories(parentDiskPath);
+        FileOutputStream outputStreamToDest = getOutputStreamToDest(diskDestFile);
+        try {
+            blobClient.downloadStream(outputStreamToDest);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            FileReference failedFile = ioManager.resolve(blobItem.getName());
+            failedFiles.add(failedFile);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String createDiskSubPath(String blobName) {
+        if (!blobName.startsWith(STORAGE_SUB_DIR)) {
+            blobName = blobName.substring(blobName.indexOf(STORAGE_SUB_DIR));
+        }
+        return blobName;
+    }
+
+    private FileOutputStream getOutputStreamToDest(FileReference destFile) throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            return new FileOutputStream(destFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void createDirectories(Path parentPath) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (Files.notExists(parentPath))
+            try {
+                Files.createDirectories(parentPath);
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+            }
+    }
+
+    private Path getDiskDestPath(FileReference destFile) throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            return Path.of(destFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        } catch (InvalidPathException ex) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private PagedIterable<BlobItem> getBlobItems(FileReference directoryToDownload) {
+        ListBlobsOptions listBlobsOptions =
+                new ListBlobsOptions().setPrefix(config.getPrefix() + directoryToDownload.getRelativePath());
+        return blobContainerClient.listBlobs(listBlobsOptions, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        // Closing Azure Blob Clients is not required as the underlying netty connection pool
+        // handles the same for the apps.
+        // Ref: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/17903
+        // Hence this implementation is a no op.
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzureRequestRateLimiter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzureRequestRateLimiter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a76952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzureRequestRateLimiter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.IRateLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.IRequestRateLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.NoOpRateLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.TokenBasedRateLimiter;
+
+public final class AzureRequestRateLimiter implements IRequestRateLimiter {
+    private final IRateLimiter writeLimiter;
+    private final IRateLimiter readLimiter;
+
+    public AzureRequestRateLimiter(AzBlobStorageClientConfig config) {
+        long tokenAcquireTimeout = config.getTokenAcquireTimeout();
+        this.writeLimiter = createLimiter(config.getWriteMaxRequestsPerSeconds(), tokenAcquireTimeout);
+        this.readLimiter = createLimiter(config.getReadMaxRequestsPerSeconds(), tokenAcquireTimeout);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeRequest() {
+        writeLimiter.acquire();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void readRequest() {
+        readLimiter.acquire();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void listRequest() {
+        readLimiter.acquire();
+    }
+
+    private static IRateLimiter createLimiter(int maxRequestsPerSecond, long tokeAcquireTimeout) {
+        if (maxRequestsPerSecond > 0) {
+            return new TokenBasedRateLimiter(maxRequestsPerSecond, tokeAcquireTimeout);
+        }
+        return NoOpRateLimiter.INSTANCE;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSClientConfig.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSClientConfig.java
index 4edb7a7..e4e471d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSClientConfig.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSClientConfig.java
@@ -19,52 +19,68 @@
 package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.google.gcs;
 
 import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.google.gcs.GCSConstants.ENDPOINT_FIELD_NAME;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.google.gcs.GCSConstants.STORAGE_PREFIX;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.CloudProperties;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.util.StorageUtil;
 
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.OAuth2Credentials;
 import com.google.cloud.NoCredentials;
 
 public class GCSClientConfig {
-    public static final int WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE = StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(1, StorageUtil.StorageUnit.MEGABYTE);
+
     // The maximum number of files that can be deleted (GCS restriction): https://cloud.google.com/storage/quotas#json-requests
     static final int DELETE_BATCH_SIZE = 100;
     private final String region;
     private final String endpoint;
-    private final String prefix;
     private final boolean anonymousAuth;
     private final long profilerLogInterval;
+    private final long tokenAcquireTimeout;
+    private final int readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    private final int writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    private final int writeBufferSize;
+    private final String prefix;
 
-    public GCSClientConfig(String region, String endpoint, String prefix, boolean anonymousAuth,
-            long profilerLogInterval) {
+    private GCSClientConfig(String region, String endpoint, boolean anonymousAuth, long profilerLogInterval,
+            long tokenAcquireTimeout, int writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds, int readMaxRequestsPerSeconds,
+            int writeBufferSize, String prefix) {
         this.region = region;
         this.endpoint = endpoint;
-        this.prefix = prefix;
         this.anonymousAuth = anonymousAuth;
         this.profilerLogInterval = profilerLogInterval;
+        this.tokenAcquireTimeout = tokenAcquireTimeout;
+        this.writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds = writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+        this.readMaxRequestsPerSeconds = readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+        this.writeBufferSize = writeBufferSize;
+        this.prefix = prefix;
+    }
+
+    public GCSClientConfig(String region, String endpoint, boolean anonymousAuth, long profilerLogInterval,
+            int writeBufferSize, String prefix) {
+        this(region, endpoint, anonymousAuth, profilerLogInterval, 1, 0, 0, writeBufferSize, prefix);
     }
 
     public static GCSClientConfig of(CloudProperties cloudProperties) {
         return new GCSClientConfig(cloudProperties.getStorageRegion(), cloudProperties.getStorageEndpoint(),
-                cloudProperties.getStoragePrefix(), cloudProperties.isStorageAnonymousAuth(),
-                cloudProperties.getProfilerLogInterval());
+                cloudProperties.isStorageAnonymousAuth(), cloudProperties.getProfilerLogInterval(),
+                cloudProperties.getTokenAcquireTimeout(), cloudProperties.getWriteMaxRequestsPerSecond(),
+                cloudProperties.getReadMaxRequestsPerSecond(), cloudProperties.getWriteBufferSize(),
+                cloudProperties.getStoragePrefix());
     }
 
-    public static GCSClientConfig of(Map<String, String> configuration) {
+    public static GCSClientConfig of(Map<String, String> configuration, int writeBufferSize) {
         String endPoint = configuration.getOrDefault(ENDPOINT_FIELD_NAME, "");
         long profilerLogInterval = 0;
 
         String region = "";
-        String prefix = "";
+        String prefix = configuration.getOrDefault(STORAGE_PREFIX, "");
         boolean anonymousAuth = false;
 
-        return new GCSClientConfig(region, endPoint, prefix, anonymousAuth, profilerLogInterval);
+        return new GCSClientConfig(region, endPoint, anonymousAuth, profilerLogInterval, writeBufferSize, prefix);
     }
 
     public String getRegion() {
@@ -75,10 +91,6 @@
         return endpoint;
     }
 
-    public String getPrefix() {
-        return prefix;
-    }
-
     public long getProfilerLogInterval() {
         return profilerLogInterval;
     }
@@ -94,4 +106,24 @@
             throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
         }
     }
+
+    public long getTokenAcquireTimeout() {
+        return tokenAcquireTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public int getWriteMaxRequestsPerSeconds() {
+        return writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    }
+
+    public int getReadMaxRequestsPerSeconds() {
+        return readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    }
+
+    public int getWriteBufferSize() {
+        return writeBufferSize;
+    }
+
+    public String getPrefix() {
+        return prefix;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java
index de242bd..62ca4ec 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.IParallelDownloader;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.CountRequestProfilerLimiter;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter;
-import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.NoOpRequestLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.CleanupUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.IoUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
 
@@ -68,16 +68,19 @@
     private final GCSClientConfig config;
     private final ICloudGuardian guardian;
     private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profilerLimiter;
+    private final int writeBufferSize;
 
     public GCSCloudClient(GCSClientConfig config, Storage gcsClient, ICloudGuardian guardian) {
         this.gcsClient = gcsClient;
         this.config = config;
         this.guardian = guardian;
+        this.writeBufferSize = config.getWriteBufferSize();
         long profilerInterval = config.getProfilerLogInterval();
+        GCSRequestRateLimiter limiter = new GCSRequestRateLimiter(config);
         if (profilerInterval > 0) {
-            profilerLimiter = new CountRequestProfilerLimiter(profilerInterval, NoOpRequestLimiter.INSTANCE);
+            profilerLimiter = new CountRequestProfilerLimiter(profilerInterval, limiter);
         } else {
-            profilerLimiter = NoOpRequestProfilerLimiter.INSTANCE;
+            profilerLimiter = new RequestLimiterNoOpProfiler(limiter);
         }
         guardian.setCloudClient(this);
     }
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public int getWriteBufferSize() {
-        return GCSClientConfig.WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE;
+        return writeBufferSize;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -98,20 +101,20 @@
 
     @Override
     public ICloudWriter createWriter(String bucket, String path, IWriteBufferProvider bufferProvider) {
-        return new GCSWriter(bucket, path, gcsClient, profilerLimiter);
+        return new GCSWriter(bucket, config.getPrefix() + path, gcsClient, profilerLimiter, guardian, writeBufferSize);
     }
 
     @Override
     public Set<CloudFile> listObjects(String bucket, String path, FilenameFilter filter) {
         guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
         profilerLimiter.objectsList();
-        Page<Blob> blobs =
-                gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.prefix(path), BlobListOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.SIZE));
+        Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.prefix(config.getPrefix() + path),
+                BlobListOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.SIZE));
 
         Set<CloudFile> files = new HashSet<>();
         for (Blob blob : blobs.iterateAll()) {
             if (filter.accept(null, IoUtil.getFileNameFromPath(blob.getName()))) {
-                files.add(CloudFile.of(blob.getName(), blob.getSize()));
+                files.add(CloudFile.of(stripCloudPrefix(blob.getName()), blob.getSize()));
             }
         }
         return files;
@@ -119,8 +122,9 @@
 
     @Override
     public int read(String bucket, String path, long offset, ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
         profilerLimiter.objectGet();
-        BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucket, path);
+        BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucket, config.getPrefix() + path);
         long readTo = offset + buffer.remaining();
         int totalRead = 0;
         try (ReadChannel from = gcsClient.reader(blobId).limit(readTo)) {
@@ -140,8 +144,9 @@
 
     @Override
     public byte[] readAllBytes(String bucket, String path) {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
         profilerLimiter.objectGet();
-        BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucket, path);
+        BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucket, config.getPrefix() + path);
         try {
             return gcsClient.readAllBytes(blobId);
         } catch (StorageException e) {
@@ -151,12 +156,15 @@
 
     @Override
     public InputStream getObjectStream(String bucket, String path, long offset, long length) {
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
         profilerLimiter.objectGet();
-        try (ReadChannel reader = gcsClient.reader(bucket, path).limit(offset + length)) {
+        ReadChannel reader = null;
+        try {
+            reader = gcsClient.reader(bucket, config.getPrefix() + path).limit(offset + length);
             reader.seek(offset);
             return Channels.newInputStream(reader);
-        } catch (StorageException | IOException e) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+        } catch (StorageException | IOException ex) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(CleanupUtils.close(reader, ex));
         }
     }
 
@@ -164,14 +172,15 @@
     public void write(String bucket, String path, byte[] data) {
         guardian.checkWriteAccess(bucket, path);
         profilerLimiter.objectWrite();
-        BlobInfo blobInfo = BlobInfo.newBuilder(bucket, path).build();
+        BlobInfo blobInfo = BlobInfo.newBuilder(bucket, config.getPrefix() + path).build();
         gcsClient.create(blobInfo, data);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void copy(String bucket, String srcPath, FileReference destPath) {
-        Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.prefix(srcPath));
+        guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, srcPath);
         profilerLimiter.objectsList();
+        Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.prefix(config.getPrefix() + srcPath));
         for (Blob blob : blobs.iterateAll()) {
             profilerLimiter.objectCopy();
             BlobId source = blob.getBlobId();
@@ -194,7 +203,7 @@
         while (pathIter.hasNext()) {
             batchRequest = gcsClient.batch();
             for (int i = 0; pathIter.hasNext() && i < DELETE_BATCH_SIZE; i++) {
-                BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucket, pathIter.next());
+                BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucket, config.getPrefix() + pathIter.next());
                 guardian.checkWriteAccess(bucket, blobId.getName());
                 batchRequest.delete(blobId);
             }
@@ -208,7 +217,8 @@
     public long getObjectSize(String bucket, String path) {
         guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
         profilerLimiter.objectGet();
-        Blob blob = gcsClient.get(bucket, path, Storage.BlobGetOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.SIZE));
+        Blob blob =
+                gcsClient.get(bucket, config.getPrefix() + path, Storage.BlobGetOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.SIZE));
         if (blob == null) {
             return 0;
         }
@@ -219,7 +229,8 @@
     public boolean exists(String bucket, String path) {
         guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
         profilerLimiter.objectGet();
-        Blob blob = gcsClient.get(bucket, path, Storage.BlobGetOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.values()));
+        Blob blob = gcsClient.get(bucket, config.getPrefix() + path,
+                Storage.BlobGetOption.fields(Storage.BlobField.values()));
         return blob != null && blob.exists();
     }
 
@@ -227,7 +238,7 @@
     public boolean isEmptyPrefix(String bucket, String path) {
         guardian.checkReadAccess(bucket, path);
         profilerLimiter.objectsList();
-        Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.prefix(path));
+        Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket, BlobListOption.prefix(config.getPrefix() + path));
         return !blobs.hasNextPage();
     }
 
@@ -272,4 +283,8 @@
         }
         return builder.build().getService();
     }
-}
+
+    private String stripCloudPrefix(String objectName) {
+        return objectName.substring(config.getPrefix().length());
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSParallelDownloader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSParallelDownloader.java
index 0994cea..0d30120 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSParallelDownloader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSParallelDownloader.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     private final Storage gcsClient;
     private final TransferManager transferManager;
     private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
+    private final GCSClientConfig config;
 
     public GCSParallelDownloader(String bucket, IOManager ioManager, GCSClientConfig config,
             IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -70,18 +71,21 @@
         this.gcsClient = builder.build().getService();
         this.transferManager =
                 TransferManagerConfig.newBuilder().setStorageOptions(builder.build()).build().getService();
+        this.config = config;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void downloadFiles(Collection<FileReference> toDownload) throws HyracksDataException {
-        ParallelDownloadConfig.Builder config = ParallelDownloadConfig.newBuilder().setBucketName(bucket);
+        ParallelDownloadConfig.Builder downConfig =
+                ParallelDownloadConfig.newBuilder().setBucketName(bucket).setStripPrefix(this.config.getPrefix());
+
         Map<Path, List<BlobInfo>> pathListMap = new HashMap<>();
         try {
             for (FileReference fileReference : toDownload) {
                 profiler.objectGet();
                 FileUtils.createParentDirectories(fileReference.getFile());
-                addToMap(pathListMap, fileReference.getDeviceHandle().getMount().toPath(),
-                        BlobInfo.newBuilder(BlobId.of(bucket, fileReference.getRelativePath())).build());
+                addToMap(pathListMap, fileReference.getDeviceHandle().getMount().toPath(), BlobInfo
+                        .newBuilder(BlobId.of(bucket, config.getPrefix() + fileReference.getRelativePath())).build());
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@
         List<DownloadJob> downloadJobs = new ArrayList<>(pathListMap.size());
         for (Map.Entry<Path, List<BlobInfo>> entry : pathListMap.entrySet()) {
             downloadJobs.add(transferManager.downloadBlobs(entry.getValue(),
-                    config.setDownloadDirectory(entry.getKey()).build()));
+                    downConfig.setDownloadDirectory(entry.getKey()).build()));
         }
         downloadJobs.forEach(DownloadJob::getDownloadResults);
     }
@@ -98,20 +102,22 @@
     public Collection<FileReference> downloadDirectories(Collection<FileReference> toDownload)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         Set<FileReference> failedFiles = new HashSet<>();
-        ParallelDownloadConfig.Builder config = ParallelDownloadConfig.newBuilder().setBucketName(bucket);
+        ParallelDownloadConfig.Builder config =
+                ParallelDownloadConfig.newBuilder().setBucketName(bucket).setStripPrefix(this.config.getPrefix());
 
         Map<Path, List<BlobInfo>> pathListMap = new HashMap<>();
         for (FileReference fileReference : toDownload) {
             profiler.objectMultipartDownload();
-            Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket, Storage.BlobListOption.prefix(fileReference.getRelativePath()));
+            Page<Blob> blobs = gcsClient.list(bucket,
+                    Storage.BlobListOption.prefix(this.config.getPrefix() + fileReference.getRelativePath()));
             for (Blob blob : blobs.iterateAll()) {
                 addToMap(pathListMap, fileReference.getDeviceHandle().getMount().toPath(), blob.asBlobInfo());
             }
         }
         List<DownloadJob> downloadJobs = new ArrayList<>(pathListMap.size());
         for (Map.Entry<Path, List<BlobInfo>> entry : pathListMap.entrySet()) {
-            downloadJobs.add(transferManager.downloadBlobs(entry.getValue(),
-                    config.setDownloadDirectory(entry.getKey()).build()));
+            ParallelDownloadConfig parallelDownloadConfig = config.setDownloadDirectory(entry.getKey()).build();
+            downloadJobs.add(transferManager.downloadBlobs(entry.getValue(), parallelDownloadConfig));
         }
         List<DownloadResult> results;
         for (DownloadJob job : downloadJobs) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSRequestRateLimiter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSRequestRateLimiter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f6b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSRequestRateLimiter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.google.gcs;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.IRateLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.IRequestRateLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.NoOpRateLimiter;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.limiter.TokenBasedRateLimiter;
+
+public class GCSRequestRateLimiter implements IRequestRateLimiter {
+    private final IRateLimiter writeLimiter;
+    private final IRateLimiter readLimiter;
+
+    public GCSRequestRateLimiter(GCSClientConfig config) {
+        long tokenAcquireTimeout = config.getTokenAcquireTimeout();
+        this.writeLimiter = createLimiter(config.getWriteMaxRequestsPerSeconds(), tokenAcquireTimeout);
+        this.readLimiter = createLimiter(config.getReadMaxRequestsPerSeconds(), tokenAcquireTimeout);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeRequest() {
+        writeLimiter.acquire();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void readRequest() {
+        readLimiter.acquire();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void listRequest() {
+        readLimiter.acquire();
+    }
+
+    private static IRateLimiter createLimiter(int maxRequestsPerSecond, long tokeAcquireTimeout) {
+        if (maxRequestsPerSecond > 0) {
+            return new TokenBasedRateLimiter(maxRequestsPerSecond, tokeAcquireTimeout);
+        }
+        return NoOpRateLimiter.INSTANCE;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSWriter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSWriter.java
index 41d1a71..8d68f01 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSWriter.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSWriter.java
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.google.gcs;
 
-import static org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.google.gcs.GCSClientConfig.WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudGuardian;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudWriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.profiler.IRequestProfilerLimiter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
@@ -40,14 +39,20 @@
     private final String path;
     private final IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler;
     private final Storage gcsClient;
+    private final ICloudGuardian guardian;
+    private final int writeBufferSize;
+
     private WriteChannel writer = null;
     private long writtenBytes;
 
-    public GCSWriter(String bucket, String path, Storage gcsClient, IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler) {
+    public GCSWriter(String bucket, String path, Storage gcsClient, IRequestProfilerLimiter profiler,
+            ICloudGuardian guardian, int writeBufferSize) {
         this.bucket = bucket;
         this.path = path;
         this.profiler = profiler;
         this.gcsClient = gcsClient;
+        this.guardian = guardian;
+        this.writeBufferSize = writeBufferSize;
         writtenBytes = 0;
     }
 
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public int write(ByteBuffer page) throws HyracksDataException {
+        guardian.checkIsolatedWriteAccess(bucket, path);
         profiler.objectMultipartUpload();
         setUploadId();
         int written = 0;
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public void finish() throws HyracksDataException {
+        guardian.checkWriteAccess(bucket, path);
         setUploadId();
         profiler.objectMultipartUpload();
         try {
@@ -115,7 +122,7 @@
     private void setUploadId() {
         if (writer == null) {
             writer = gcsClient.writer(BlobInfo.newBuilder(BlobId.of(bucket, path)).build());
-            writer.setChunkSize(WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE);
+            writer.setChunkSize(writeBufferSize);
             writtenBytes = 0;
             log("STARTED");
         }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/lazy/filesystem/HolePuncherProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/lazy/filesystem/HolePuncherProvider.java
index 91de5ae..e50559f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/lazy/filesystem/HolePuncherProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/lazy/filesystem/HolePuncherProvider.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
         // Running a debug hole puncher on a non-Linux box
         String osName = FileSystemOperationDispatcherUtil.getOSName();
-        LOGGER.warn("Using 'DebugHolePuncher' as the OS '{}' does not support punishing holes", osName);
+        LOGGER.warn("Using 'DebugHolePuncher' as the OS '{}' does not support punching holes", osName);
         return new DebugHolePuncher(cloudIOManager, bufferProvider);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/writer/GCSExternalFileWriterFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/writer/GCSExternalFileWriterFactory.java
index 9e9c003..886f20d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/writer/GCSExternalFileWriterFactory.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/writer/GCSExternalFileWriterFactory.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
     @Override
     ICloudClient createCloudClient() throws CompilationException {
-        GCSClientConfig config = GCSClientConfig.of(configuration);
+        GCSClientConfig config = GCSClientConfig.of(configuration, writeBufferSize);
         return new GCSCloudClient(config, GCSUtils.buildClient(configuration),
                 ICloudGuardian.NoOpCloudGuardian.INSTANCE);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/azure/LSMAzBlobStorageTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/azure/LSMAzBlobStorageTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f49fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/azure/LSMAzBlobStorageTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.cloud.azure;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.AbstractLSMTest;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudGuardian;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage.AzBlobStorageClientConfig;
+import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.azure.blobstorage.AzBlobStorageCloudClient;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.StorageUtil;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+
+import com.azure.core.http.rest.PagedIterable;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobContainerClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobServiceClient;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.BlobServiceClientBuilder;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.BlobItem;
+import com.azure.storage.blob.models.ListBlobsOptions;
+import com.azure.storage.common.StorageSharedKeyCredential;
+
+public class LSMAzBlobStorageTest extends AbstractLSMTest {
+    private static BlobContainerClient client;
+
+    private static BlobServiceClient blobServiceClient;
+    private static final int MOCK_SERVER_PORT = 15055;
+    private static final String MOCK_SERVER_HOSTNAME = "http://127.0.0.1:" + MOCK_SERVER_PORT;
+    private static final String MOCK_SERVER_REGION = "us-west-2";
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup() throws Exception {
+        LOGGER.info("LSMAzBlobStorageTest setup");
+
+        String endpointString = "http://127.0.0.1:15055/devstoreaccount1/" + PLAYGROUND_CONTAINER;
+        final String accKey =
+                "Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==";
+        final String accName = "devstoreaccount1";
+
+        blobServiceClient = new BlobServiceClientBuilder().endpoint(endpointString)
+                .credential(new StorageSharedKeyCredential(accName, accKey)).buildClient();
+
+        // Start the test clean by deleting any residual data from previous tests
+        blobServiceClient.deleteBlobContainerIfExists(PLAYGROUND_CONTAINER);
+        client = blobServiceClient.createBlobContainerIfNotExists(PLAYGROUND_CONTAINER);
+
+        LOGGER.info("Az Blob Client created successfully");
+        int writeBufferSize = StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(5, StorageUtil.StorageUnit.MEGABYTE);
+        AzBlobStorageClientConfig config = new AzBlobStorageClientConfig(MOCK_SERVER_REGION, MOCK_SERVER_HOSTNAME, "",
+                true, 0, PLAYGROUND_CONTAINER, 1, 0, 0, writeBufferSize);
+        CLOUD_CLIENT = new AzBlobStorageCloudClient(config, ICloudGuardian.NoOpCloudGuardian.INSTANCE);
+    }
+
+    private static void cleanup() {
+        try {
+            PagedIterable<BlobItem> blobItems = client.listBlobs(new ListBlobsOptions().setPrefix(""), null);
+            // Delete all the contents of the container
+            for (BlobItem blobItem : blobItems) {
+                BlobClient blobClient = client.getBlobClient(blobItem.getName());
+                blobClient.delete();
+            }
+            // Delete the container
+            blobServiceClient.deleteBlobContainer(PLAYGROUND_CONTAINER);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        LOGGER.info("Shutdown Azurite");
+        // Azure clients do not need explicit closure.
+        cleanup();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/gcs/LSMGCSTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/gcs/LSMGCSTest.java
index 3c62cce..08864ac 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/gcs/LSMGCSTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/gcs/LSMGCSTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.ICloudGuardian;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.google.gcs.GCSClientConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.clients.google.gcs.GCSCloudClient;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.StorageUtil;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 
@@ -48,7 +49,9 @@
         client.create(BucketInfo.newBuilder(PLAYGROUND_CONTAINER).setStorageClass(StorageClass.STANDARD)
                 .setLocation(MOCK_SERVER_REGION).build());
         LOGGER.info("Client created successfully");
-        GCSClientConfig config = new GCSClientConfig(MOCK_SERVER_REGION, MOCK_SERVER_HOSTNAME, "", true, 0);
+        int writeBufferSize = StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(5, StorageUtil.StorageUnit.MEGABYTE);
+        GCSClientConfig config =
+                new GCSClientConfig(MOCK_SERVER_REGION, MOCK_SERVER_HOSTNAME, true, 0, writeBufferSize, "");
         CLOUD_CLIENT = new GCSCloudClient(config, ICloudGuardian.NoOpCloudGuardian.INSTANCE);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/assembler/AssemblerBuilderVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/assembler/AssemblerBuilderVisitor.java
index 6480c30..cb447c8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/assembler/AssemblerBuilderVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/assembler/AssemblerBuilderVisitor.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.column.assembler;
 
-import static org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.DUMMY_FIELD_NAME_INDEX;
+import static org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.DUMMY_FIELD_NAME_INDEX;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.BitSet;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/ObjectSchemaNode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/ObjectSchemaNode.java
index 0bea188..1f74fb3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/ObjectSchemaNode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/ObjectSchemaNode.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema;
 
-import static org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.DUMMY_FIELD_NAME_INDEX;
+import static org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.DUMMY_FIELD_NAME_INDEX;
 
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/visitor/SchemaBuilderFromIATypeVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/visitor/SchemaBuilderFromIATypeVisitor.java
index 05c4eda..c7d3df1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/visitor/SchemaBuilderFromIATypeVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/visitor/SchemaBuilderFromIATypeVisitor.java
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.AbstractSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.ObjectSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.collection.AbstractCollectionSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.primitive.MissingFieldSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.operation.lsm.flush.FlushColumnMetadata;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AbstractCollectionType;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/visitor/SchemaClipperVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/visitor/SchemaClipperVisitor.java
index afe8368..ff05568 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/visitor/SchemaClipperVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/schema/visitor/SchemaClipperVisitor.java
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.AbstractSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.ObjectSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.UnionSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.collection.AbstractCollectionSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.primitive.MissingFieldSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.primitive.PrimitiveSchemaNode;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/lsm/flush/FlushColumnMetadata.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/lsm/flush/FlushColumnMetadata.java
index f514638..87f9ff3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/lsm/flush/FlushColumnMetadata.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/lsm/flush/FlushColumnMetadata.java
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.AbstractColumnMetadata;
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.PathInfoSerializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.AbstractSchemaNestedNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.AbstractSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.ObjectSchemaNode;
@@ -51,6 +49,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.column.values.IColumnValuesWriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.values.IColumnValuesWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.values.writer.AbstractColumnValuesWriter;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/query/QueryColumnMetadata.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/query/QueryColumnMetadata.java
index e507d53..15a6277 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/query/QueryColumnMetadata.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/query/QueryColumnMetadata.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.column.filter.range.IColumnRangeFilterEvaluatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.filter.range.IColumnRangeFilterValueAccessor;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.AbstractColumnImmutableReadMetadata;
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.IFieldNamesDictionary;
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.AbstractSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.ObjectSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.visitor.SchemaClipperVisitor;
@@ -50,6 +48,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.column.values.IColumnValuesReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.values.IColumnValuesReaderFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.values.reader.PrimitiveColumnValuesReader;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.projection.FunctionCallInformation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/query/QueryColumnWithMetaMetadata.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/query/QueryColumnWithMetaMetadata.java
index 356ddaa..d931242 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/query/QueryColumnWithMetaMetadata.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/operation/query/QueryColumnWithMetaMetadata.java
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.column.filter.iterable.IColumnIterableFilterEvaluatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.filter.range.IColumnRangeFilterEvaluatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.filter.range.IColumnRangeFilterValueAccessor;
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.IFieldNamesDictionary;
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.AbstractSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.ObjectSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.visitor.SchemaClipperVisitor;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.values.IColumnValuesReader;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.values.IColumnValuesReaderFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.values.reader.PrimitiveColumnValuesReader;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.projection.FunctionCallInformation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/util/SchemaJSONBuilderVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/util/SchemaJSONBuilderVisitor.java
index b425a26..a4b9240 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/util/SchemaJSONBuilderVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/util/SchemaJSONBuilderVisitor.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.AbstractSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.ISchemaNodeVisitor;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.ObjectSchemaNode;
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.primitive.PrimitiveSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AStringSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AString;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ByteArrayAccessibleDataInputStream;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/util/SchemaStringBuilderVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/util/SchemaStringBuilderVisitor.java
index 6d991cf..ad0e460 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/util/SchemaStringBuilderVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/util/SchemaStringBuilderVisitor.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.AbstractSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.ISchemaNodeVisitor;
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.ObjectSchemaNode;
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.schema.primitive.PrimitiveSchemaNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AStringSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AString;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ByteArrayAccessibleDataInputStream;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/trie/FieldNameDictionaryPerfTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/trie/FieldNameDictionaryPerfTest.java
index 63c2b22..4b33e19 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/trie/FieldNameDictionaryPerfTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/trie/FieldNameDictionaryPerfTest.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.IFieldNamesDictionary;
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.FieldNamesHashDictionary;
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.FieldNamesTrieDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AStringSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableString;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.FieldNamesHashDictionary;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.FieldNamesTrieDictionary;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/trie/FieldNameTrieTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/trie/FieldNameTrieTest.java
index c9f58d5..1ec468c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/trie/FieldNameTrieTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/trie/FieldNameTrieTest.java
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.FieldNameTrie;
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.FieldNamesTrieDictionary;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.FieldNameTrie;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.FieldNamesTrieDictionary;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/api/IIdentifierMapper.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/api/IIdentifierMapper.java
index b6bce47..ba26ba7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/api/IIdentifierMapper.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/api/IIdentifierMapper.java
@@ -19,13 +19,29 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.common.api;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
 @FunctionalInterface
 public interface IIdentifierMapper {
 
     enum Modifier {
         SINGULAR,
+        SINGULAR_CAPITALIZED,
         PLURAL,
-        NONE
+        PLURAL_CAPITALIZED,
+        NONE,
+        NONE_CAPITALIZED;
+
+        public String fixup(String input) {
+            switch (this) {
+                case SINGULAR_CAPITALIZED:
+                case PLURAL_CAPITALIZED:
+                case NONE_CAPITALIZED:
+                    return StringUtils.capitalize(input);
+                default:
+                    return input;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     String map(String identifier, Modifier modifier);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CompilerProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CompilerProperties.java
index 8ca5c94..6f11e1e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CompilerProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CompilerProperties.java
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@
         COMPILER_COPY_TO_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE(
                 getRangedIntegerType(5, Integer.MAX_VALUE),
                 StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(8, StorageUtil.StorageUnit.MEGABYTE),
-                "The COPY TO write buffer size in bytes. (default: 8MB, min: 5MB)");
+                "The COPY TO write buffer size in bytes. (default: 8MB, min: 5MB)"),
+        COMPILER_MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING(
+                getRangedIntegerType(0, Integer.MAX_VALUE),
+                128,
+                "Maximum occurrences of a variable allowed in an expression for inlining"),
+        COMPILER_ORDERFIELDS(BOOLEAN, AlgebricksConfig.ORDERED_FIELDS, "Enable/disable select order list");
 
         private final IOptionType type;
         private final Object defaultValue;
@@ -234,6 +239,11 @@
 
     public static final String COMPILER_COLUMN_FILTER_KEY = Option.COMPILER_COLUMN_FILTER.ini();
 
+    public static final String COMPILER_MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING_KEY =
+            Option.COMPILER_MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING.ini();
+
+    public static final String COMPILER_ORDERFIELDS_KEY = Option.COMPILER_ORDERFIELDS.ini();
+
     public static final int COMPILER_PARALLELISM_AS_STORAGE = 0;
 
     public CompilerProperties(PropertiesAccessor accessor) {
@@ -362,6 +372,10 @@
         return accessor.getBoolean(Option.COMPILER_COLUMN_FILTER);
     }
 
+    public boolean isOrderedFields() {
+        return accessor.getBoolean(Option.COMPILER_ORDERFIELDS);
+    }
+
     public int getRuntimeMemoryOverheadPercentage() {
         return accessor.getInt(Option.COMPILER_RUNTIME_MEMORY_OVERHEAD);
     }
@@ -369,4 +383,8 @@
     public int getCopyToWriteBufferSize() {
         return accessor.getInt(Option.COMPILER_COPY_TO_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE);
     }
+
+    public int getMaxVariableOccurrencesForInlining() {
+        return accessor.getInt(Option.COMPILER_MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/OptimizationConfUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/OptimizationConfUtil.java
index 160c04d..fe5ec9e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/OptimizationConfUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/OptimizationConfUtil.java
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
                 compilerProperties.getQueryPlanShapeMode());
         boolean columnFilter = getBoolean(querySpecificConfig, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_COLUMN_FILTER_KEY,
                 compilerProperties.isColumnFilter());
+        int maxVariableOccurrencesForInlining =
+                getMaxVariableOccurrencesForInlining(compilerProperties, querySpecificConfig, sourceLoc);
+        boolean orderFields = getBoolean(querySpecificConfig, CompilerProperties.COMPILER_ORDERFIELDS_KEY,
+                compilerProperties.isOrderedFields());
 
         PhysicalOptimizationConfig physOptConf = new PhysicalOptimizationConfig();
         physOptConf.setFrameSize(frameSize);
@@ -123,6 +127,8 @@
         physOptConf.setMinJoinFrames(compilerProperties.getMinJoinMemoryFrames());
         physOptConf.setMinGroupFrames(compilerProperties.getMinGroupMemoryFrames());
         physOptConf.setMinWindowFrames(compilerProperties.getMinWindowMemoryFrames());
+        physOptConf.setMaxVariableOccurrencesForInlining(maxVariableOccurrencesForInlining);
+        physOptConf.setOrderFields(orderFields);
 
         // We should have already validated the parameter names at this point...
         Set<String> filteredParameterNames = new HashSet<>(parameterNames);
@@ -219,4 +225,16 @@
         }
         return defaultValue;
     }
+
+    private static int getMaxVariableOccurrencesForInlining(CompilerProperties compilerProperties,
+            Map<String, Object> querySpecificConfig, SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws AsterixException {
+        String valueInQuery =
+                (String) querySpecificConfig.get(CompilerProperties.COMPILER_MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING_KEY);
+        try {
+            return valueInQuery == null ? compilerProperties.getMaxVariableOccurrencesForInlining()
+                    : OptionTypes.NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER.parse(valueInQuery);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            throw AsterixException.create(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_ERROR, sourceLoc, e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
index 091fb67..ea7cc3b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.IdentifierUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IError;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ErrorMessageUtil;
 
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@
     UNSUPPORTED_COLUMN_TYPE(67),
     INVALID_KEY_TYPE(68),
     FAILED_TO_READ_KEY(69),
-
     UNSUPPORTED_JRE(100),
 
     EXTERNAL_UDF_RESULT_TYPE_ERROR(200),
@@ -304,7 +304,11 @@
     INCOMPATIBLE_FIELDS_IN_PRIMARY_KEY(1199),
     PREFIX_SHOULD_NOT_START_WITH_SLASH(1200),
     INVALID_DELTA_TABLE_FORMAT(1201),
-
+    UNSUPPORTED_WRITER_COMPRESSION_SCHEME(1202),
+    INVALID_PARQUET_SCHEMA(1203),
+    TYPE_UNSUPPORTED_PARQUET_WRITE(1204),
+    INVALID_PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION(1205),
+    ILLEGAL_SIZE_PROVIDED(1206),
     // Feed errors
     DATAFLOW_ILLEGAL_STATE(3001),
     UTIL_DATAFLOW_UTILS_TUPLE_TOO_LARGE(3002),
@@ -461,8 +465,8 @@
     }
 
     private static class ErrorMessageMapHolder {
-        private static final String[] enumMessages =
-                ErrorMessageUtil.defineMessageEnumOrdinalMap(values(), RESOURCE_PATH);
+        private static final String[] enumMessages = IdentifierUtil
+                .replaceIdentifiers(ErrorMessageUtil.defineMessageEnumOrdinalMap(values(), RESOURCE_PATH));
 
         private static String get(ErrorCode errorCode) {
             return enumMessages[errorCode.ordinal()];
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/metadata/MetadataConstants.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/metadata/MetadataConstants.java
index 9b1d5ae..05b21af 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/metadata/MetadataConstants.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/metadata/MetadataConstants.java
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
     public static final String SYSTEM_DATABASE = "System";
     public static final String DEFAULT_DATABASE = "Default";
 
+    // Pre-defined creator
+    public static final String DEFAULT_CREATOR = "@sys";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_CREATOR_UUID = "97c793f3-bcbf-4595-8bf0-e9d6a5953523";
+
     // Name of the dataverse the metadata lives in.
     public static final DataverseName METADATA_DATAVERSE_NAME = DataverseName.createBuiltinDataverseName("Metadata");
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/IdentifierMappingUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/IdentifierMappingUtil.java
index 8157125..a32f7f9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/IdentifierMappingUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/IdentifierMappingUtil.java
@@ -21,42 +21,59 @@
 
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.IdentifierUtil.DATASET;
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.IdentifierUtil.DATAVERSE;
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.IdentifierUtil.PRODUCT_ABBREVIATION;
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.utils.IdentifierUtil.PRODUCT_NAME;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IIdentifierMapper;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IIdentifierMapper.Modifier;
 
 public class IdentifierMappingUtil {
 
+    private static final String PLAIN_DATASET = "dataset";
     private static final String SINGULAR_DATASET = "a dataset";
     private static final String PLURAL_DATASET = "datasets";
 
+    private static final String PLAIN_DATAVERSE = "dataverse";
     private static final String SINGULAR_DATAVERSE = "a dataverse";
     private static final String PLURAL_DATAVERSE = "dataverses";
 
+    private static final String DEFAULT_PRODUCT_NAME = "Apache AsterixDB";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_PRODUCT_ABBREVIATION = "AsterixDB";
+
     private static final IIdentifierMapper DEFAULT_MAPPER = (identifier, modifier) -> {
         switch (identifier) {
             case DATASET:
                 switch (modifier) {
                     case NONE:
-                        return DATASET;
+                    case NONE_CAPITALIZED:
+                        return modifier.fixup(PLAIN_DATASET);
                     case SINGULAR:
-                        return SINGULAR_DATASET;
+                    case SINGULAR_CAPITALIZED:
+                        return modifier.fixup(SINGULAR_DATASET);
                     case PLURAL:
-                        return PLURAL_DATASET;
+                    case PLURAL_CAPITALIZED:
+                        return modifier.fixup(PLURAL_DATASET);
                     default:
                         throw new IllegalArgumentException("unknown modifier " + modifier);
                 }
             case DATAVERSE:
                 switch (modifier) {
                     case NONE:
-                        return DATAVERSE;
+                    case NONE_CAPITALIZED:
+                        return modifier.fixup(PLAIN_DATAVERSE);
                     case SINGULAR:
-                        return SINGULAR_DATAVERSE;
+                    case SINGULAR_CAPITALIZED:
+                        return modifier.fixup(SINGULAR_DATAVERSE);
                     case PLURAL:
-                        return PLURAL_DATAVERSE;
+                    case PLURAL_CAPITALIZED:
+                        return modifier.fixup(PLURAL_DATAVERSE);
                     default:
                         throw new IllegalArgumentException("unknown modifier " + modifier);
                 }
+            case PRODUCT_NAME:
+                return modifier.fixup(DEFAULT_PRODUCT_NAME);
+            case PRODUCT_ABBREVIATION:
+                return modifier.fixup(DEFAULT_PRODUCT_ABBREVIATION);
             default:
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("unmapped identifier: " + identifier);
         }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/IdentifierUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/IdentifierUtil.java
index 88b7190..addc192 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/IdentifierUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/utils/IdentifierUtil.java
@@ -22,10 +22,22 @@
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.api.IIdentifierMapper.Modifier;
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.api.IIdentifierMapper.Modifier.NONE;
 
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IIdentifierMapper;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
 public class IdentifierUtil {
 
-    public static final String DATASET = "dataset";
-    public static final String DATAVERSE = "dataverse";
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+    private static final Pattern MESSAGE_IDENTIFIERS = Pattern.compile("@([A-Z_]*)(:([A-Z_]*))?@");
+
+    public static final String DATASET = "DATASET";
+    public static final String DATAVERSE = "DATAVERSE";
+    public static final String PRODUCT_NAME = "PRODUCT_NAME";
+    public static final String PRODUCT_ABBREVIATION = "PRODUCT_ABBREVIATION";
 
     public static String dataset() {
         return IdentifierMappingUtil.map(DATASET, NONE);
@@ -38,4 +50,41 @@
     public static String dataverse() {
         return IdentifierMappingUtil.map(DATAVERSE, NONE);
     }
+
+    public static String productName() {
+        return IdentifierMappingUtil.map(PRODUCT_NAME, NONE);
+    }
+
+    public static String productAbbreviation() {
+        return IdentifierMappingUtil.map(PRODUCT_ABBREVIATION, NONE);
+    }
+
+    public static String replaceIdentifiers(String input) {
+        if (input == null || input.isEmpty()) {
+            return input;
+        }
+        Matcher m = MESSAGE_IDENTIFIERS.matcher(input);
+        String replacement = m.replaceAll(mr -> {
+            String identifier = mr.group(1);
+            String modifierStr = mr.group(3);
+            IIdentifierMapper.Modifier modifier;
+            if (modifierStr != null) {
+                modifier = IIdentifierMapper.Modifier.valueOf(modifierStr);
+            } else {
+                modifier = IIdentifierMapper.Modifier.NONE;
+            }
+            return IdentifierMappingUtil.map(identifier, modifier);
+        });
+        if (!input.equals(replacement)) {
+            LOGGER.debug("{} -> {}", input, replacement);
+        }
+        return replacement;
+    }
+
+    public static String[] replaceIdentifiers(String[] input) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
+            input[i] = IdentifierUtil.replaceIdentifiers(input[i]);
+        }
+        return input;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
index 8e3ccff..3e2f124 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@
 1199 = Fields '%1$s' and '%2$s' are incompatible for primary key
 1200 = Prefix should not start with "/". Prefix: '%1$s'
 1201 = Supported file format for 'delta' tables is 'parquet', but '%1$s' was provided.
+1202 = Unsupported compression scheme %1$s. Supported schemes for %2$s are %3$s
+1203 = Invalid schema provided: '%1$s'
+1204 = '%1$s' type not supported in parquet format
+1205 = Invalid Parquet Writer Version provided '%1$s'. Supported values: %2$s
+1206 = Storage units expected for the field '%1$s' (e.g., 0.1KB, 100kb, 1mb, 3MB, 8.5GB ...). Provided '%2$s'
 
 # Feed Errors
 3001 = Illegal state.
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md
index c996e23..2352c02 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@
 | common  | compiler.groupmemory                      | The memory budget (in bytes) for a group by operator instance in a partition | 33554432 (32 MB) |
 | common  | compiler.joinmemory                       | The memory budget (in bytes) for a join operator instance in a partition | 33554432 (32 MB) |
 | common  | compiler.parallelism                      | The degree of parallelism for query execution. Zero means to use the storage parallelism as the query execution parallelism, while other integer values dictate the number of query execution parallel partitions. The system will fall back to use the number of all available CPU cores in the cluster as the degree of parallelism if the number set by a user is too large or too small | 0 |
+| common  | compiler.orderfields                      | Enable/disbale select order fields in the response | false |
 | common  | compiler.sortmemory                       | The memory budget (in bytes) for a sort operator instance in a partition | 33554432 (32 MB) |
 | common  | compiler.sort.parallel                    | Enable full parallel sort for queries | true |
 | common  | compiler.sort.samples                     | The number of samples taken from each partition to guide the sort operation when full parallel sort is enabled | 100 |
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index fdacc68..21eaf71 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -420,8 +420,8 @@
       <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.esri.geometry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>esri-geometry-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.locationtech.jts</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jts-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
index d8f89c2..23aa5dc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
     public static final String KEY_EXPRESSION = "expression";
     public static final String KEY_LOCAL_SOCKET_PATH = "local-socket-path";
     public static final String KEY_FORMAT = "format";
+    public static final String KEY_SCHEMA = "schema";
+    public static final String KEY_PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE = "row-group-size";
+    public static final String PARQUET_DEFAULT_ROW_GROUP_SIZE = "10MB";
+    public static final String KEY_PARQUET_PAGE_SIZE = "page-size";
+    public static final String PARQUET_DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = "8KB";
     public static final String KEY_INCLUDE = "include";
     public static final String KEY_EXCLUDE = "exclude";
     public static final String KEY_QUOTE = "quote";
@@ -161,6 +166,8 @@
     public static final String CLASS_NAME_PARQUET_INPUT_FORMAT =
             "org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.reader.hdfs.parquet.MapredParquetInputFormat";
     public static final String CLASS_NAME_HDFS_FILESYSTEM = "org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem";
+    public static final String S3A_CHANGE_DETECTION_REQUIRED = "requireVersionChangeDetection";
+    public static final String S3A_CHANGE_DETECTION_REQUIRED_CONFIG_KEY = "fs.s3a.change.detection.version.required";
     /**
      * input formats aliases
      */
@@ -204,6 +211,13 @@
     public static final String FORMAT_CSV = "csv";
     public static final String FORMAT_TSV = "tsv";
     public static final String FORMAT_PARQUET = "parquet";
+    public static final String PARQUET_SCHEMA_KEY = "parquet-schema";
+    public static final String PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_KEY = "version";
+    public static final String PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_VALUE_1 = "1";
+    public static final String PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_VALUE_2 = "2";
+    public static final String DUMMY_DATABASE_NAME = "dbname";
+    public static final String DUMMY_TYPE_NAME = "typeName";
+    public static final String DUMMY_DATAVERSE_NAME = "a.b.c";
     public static final String FORMAT_APACHE_ICEBERG = "apache-iceberg";
     public static final String FORMAT_DELTA = "delta";
     public static final Set<String> ALL_FORMATS;
@@ -307,6 +321,8 @@
      * Compression constants
      */
     public static final String KEY_COMPRESSION_GZIP = "gzip";
+    public static final String KEY_COMPRESSION_SNAPPY = "snappy";
+    public static final String KEY_COMPRESSION_ZSTD = "zstd";
     public static final String KEY_COMPRESSION_GZIP_COMPRESSION_LEVEL = "gzipCompressionLevel";
 
     /**
@@ -319,13 +335,19 @@
     public static final int WRITER_MAX_RESULT_MINIMUM = 1000;
     public static final Set<String> WRITER_SUPPORTED_FORMATS;
     public static final Set<String> WRITER_SUPPORTED_ADAPTERS;
-    public static final Set<String> WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION;
+    public static final Set<String> TEXTUAL_WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION;
+    public static final Set<String> PARQUET_WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION;
+    public static final Set<String> PARQUET_WRITER_SUPPORTED_VERSION;
+    public static final int PARQUET_DICTIONARY_PAGE_SIZE = 1048576;
 
     static {
-        WRITER_SUPPORTED_FORMATS = Set.of(FORMAT_JSON_LOWER_CASE);
+        WRITER_SUPPORTED_FORMATS = Set.of(FORMAT_JSON_LOWER_CASE, FORMAT_PARQUET);
         WRITER_SUPPORTED_ADAPTERS = Set.of(ALIAS_LOCALFS_ADAPTER.toLowerCase(), KEY_ADAPTER_NAME_AWS_S3.toLowerCase(),
                 KEY_ADAPTER_NAME_GCS.toLowerCase());
-        WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION = Set.of(KEY_COMPRESSION_GZIP);
+        TEXTUAL_WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION = Set.of(KEY_COMPRESSION_GZIP);
+        PARQUET_WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION =
+                Set.of(KEY_COMPRESSION_GZIP, KEY_COMPRESSION_SNAPPY, KEY_COMPRESSION_ZSTD);
+        PARQUET_WRITER_SUPPORTED_VERSION = Set.of(PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_VALUE_1, PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_VALUE_2);
     }
 
     public static class ParquetOptions {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/HDFSUtils.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/HDFSUtils.java
index f7638b4..6bc013a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/HDFSUtils.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/HDFSUtils.java
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@
             configureParquet(configuration, conf);
         }
 
+        if (configuration.containsKey(ExternalDataConstants.S3A_CHANGE_DETECTION_REQUIRED)) {
+            conf.set(ExternalDataConstants.S3A_CHANGE_DETECTION_REQUIRED_CONFIG_KEY,
+                    configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.S3A_CHANGE_DETECTION_REQUIRED));
+        }
+
         return conf;
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/WriterValidationUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/WriterValidationUtil.java
index 843600e..5059ec8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/WriterValidationUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/WriterValidationUtil.java
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@
 
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode.INVALID_REQ_PARAM_VAL;
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode.MINIMUM_VALUE_ALLOWED_FOR_PARAM;
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode.PARAMETERS_REQUIRED;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.FORMAT_JSON_LOWER_CASE;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.FORMAT_PARQUET;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.KEY_PARQUET_PAGE_SIZE;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.KEY_PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE;
 import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.KEY_WRITER_MAX_RESULT;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_KEY;
 import static org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants.WRITER_MAX_RESULT_MINIMUM;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -31,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.StorageUtil;
 
 public class WriterValidationUtil {
 
@@ -41,7 +48,6 @@
             Map<String, String> configuration, SourceLocation sourceLocation) throws CompilationException {
         validateAdapter(adapter, supportedAdapters, sourceLocation);
         validateFormat(configuration, sourceLocation);
-        validateCompression(configuration, sourceLocation);
         validateMaxResult(configuration, sourceLocation);
     }
 
@@ -56,14 +62,74 @@
         String format = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_FORMAT);
         checkSupported(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_FORMAT, format, ExternalDataConstants.WRITER_SUPPORTED_FORMATS,
                 ErrorCode.UNSUPPORTED_WRITING_FORMAT, sourceLocation, false);
+        switch (format.toLowerCase()) {
+            case FORMAT_JSON_LOWER_CASE:
+                validateJSON(configuration, sourceLocation);
+                break;
+            case FORMAT_PARQUET:
+                validateParquet(configuration, sourceLocation);
+                break;
+        }
     }
 
-    private static void validateCompression(Map<String, String> configuration, SourceLocation sourceLocation)
+    private static void validateParquet(Map<String, String> configuration, SourceLocation sourceLocation)
+            throws CompilationException {
+        validateParquetCompression(configuration, sourceLocation);
+        validateParquetRowGroupSize(configuration);
+        validateParquetPageSize(configuration);
+        validateVersion(configuration, sourceLocation);
+    }
+
+    private static void validateVersion(Map<String, String> configuration, SourceLocation sourceLocation)
+            throws CompilationException {
+        String version = configuration.get(PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_KEY);
+        checkSupported(PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_KEY, version, ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_WRITER_SUPPORTED_VERSION,
+                ErrorCode.INVALID_PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION, sourceLocation, true);
+    }
+
+    private static void validateParquetRowGroupSize(Map<String, String> configuration) throws CompilationException {
+        String rowGroupSize = configuration.get(KEY_PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE);
+        if (rowGroupSize == null)
+            return;
+        try {
+            StorageUtil.getByteValue(rowGroupSize);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            throw CompilationException.create(ErrorCode.ILLEGAL_SIZE_PROVIDED, KEY_PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE,
+                    rowGroupSize);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void validateParquetPageSize(Map<String, String> configuration) throws CompilationException {
+        String pageSize = configuration.get(KEY_PARQUET_PAGE_SIZE);
+        if (pageSize == null)
+            return;
+        try {
+            StorageUtil.getByteValue(pageSize);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            throw CompilationException.create(ErrorCode.ILLEGAL_SIZE_PROVIDED, KEY_PARQUET_PAGE_SIZE, pageSize);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void validateJSON(Map<String, String> configuration, SourceLocation sourceLocation)
+            throws CompilationException {
+        validateTextualCompression(configuration, sourceLocation);
+    }
+
+    private static void validateParquetCompression(Map<String, String> configuration, SourceLocation sourceLocation)
             throws CompilationException {
         String compression = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_WRITER_COMPRESSION);
-        checkSupported(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_WRITER_COMPRESSION, compression,
-                ExternalDataConstants.WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION, ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_COMPRESSION_SCHEME,
-                sourceLocation, true);
+        checkCompressionSupported(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_WRITER_COMPRESSION, compression,
+                ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION,
+                ErrorCode.UNSUPPORTED_WRITER_COMPRESSION_SCHEME, sourceLocation, FORMAT_PARQUET, true);
+    }
+
+    private static void validateTextualCompression(Map<String, String> configuration, SourceLocation sourceLocation)
+            throws CompilationException {
+        String compression = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_WRITER_COMPRESSION);
+        checkCompressionSupported(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_WRITER_COMPRESSION, compression,
+                ExternalDataConstants.TEXTUAL_WRITER_SUPPORTED_COMPRESSION,
+                ErrorCode.UNSUPPORTED_WRITER_COMPRESSION_SCHEME, sourceLocation,
+                configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_FORMAT), true);
         if (ExternalDataUtils.isGzipCompression(compression)) {
             validateGzipCompressionLevel(configuration, sourceLocation);
         }
@@ -94,7 +160,7 @@
         }
 
         if (value == null) {
-            throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.PARAMETERS_REQUIRED, sourceLocation, paramKey);
+            throw new CompilationException(PARAMETERS_REQUIRED, sourceLocation, paramKey);
         }
 
         String normalizedValue = value.toLowerCase();
@@ -121,4 +187,22 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private static void checkCompressionSupported(String paramKey, String value, Set<String> supportedSet,
+            ErrorCode errorCode, SourceLocation sourceLocation, String format, boolean optional)
+            throws CompilationException {
+        if (optional && value == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (value == null) {
+            throw new CompilationException(PARAMETERS_REQUIRED, sourceLocation, paramKey);
+        }
+
+        String normalizedValue = value.toLowerCase();
+        if (!supportedSet.contains(normalizedValue)) {
+            List<String> sorted = supportedSet.stream().sorted().collect(Collectors.toList());
+            throw CompilationException.create(errorCode, sourceLocation, value, format, sorted.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/google/gcs/GCSConstants.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/google/gcs/GCSConstants.java
index f2dbde7..6314ce8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/google/gcs/GCSConstants.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/google/gcs/GCSConstants.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     public static final String APPLICATION_DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_FIELD_NAME = "applicationDefaultCredentials";
     public static final String JSON_CREDENTIALS_FIELD_NAME = "jsonCredentials";
     public static final String ENDPOINT_FIELD_NAME = "endpoint";
+    public static final String STORAGE_PREFIX = "prefix";
 
     /*
      * Hadoop internal configuration
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/ParquetExternalFilePrinter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/ParquetExternalFilePrinter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba7a1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/ParquetExternalFilePrinter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.reader.hdfs.parquet.AsterixParquetRuntimeException;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet.AsterixParquetWriter;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.writer.IExternalPrinter;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
+import org.apache.parquet.column.ParquetProperties;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetWriter;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageType;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageTypeParser;
+
+public class ParquetExternalFilePrinter implements IExternalPrinter {
+    private final IAType typeInfo;
+    private final CompressionCodecName compressionCodecName;
+    private MessageType schema;
+    private ParquetOutputFile parquetOutputFile;
+    private String parquetSchemaString;
+    private ParquetWriter<IValueReference> writer;
+    private final long rowGroupSize;
+    private final int pageSize;
+    private final ParquetProperties.WriterVersion writerVersion;
+
+    public ParquetExternalFilePrinter(CompressionCodecName compressionCodecName, String parquetSchemaString,
+            IAType typeInfo, long rowGroupSize, int pageSize, ParquetProperties.WriterVersion writerVersion) {
+        this.compressionCodecName = compressionCodecName;
+        this.parquetSchemaString = parquetSchemaString;
+        this.typeInfo = typeInfo;
+        this.rowGroupSize = rowGroupSize;
+        this.pageSize = pageSize;
+        this.writerVersion = writerVersion;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
+        schema = MessageTypeParser.parseMessageType(parquetSchemaString);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void newStream(OutputStream outputStream) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (parquetOutputFile != null) {
+            close();
+        }
+        parquetOutputFile = new ParquetOutputFile(outputStream);
+        Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+
+        try {
+            writer = AsterixParquetWriter.builder(parquetOutputFile).withCompressionCodec(compressionCodecName)
+                    .withType(schema).withTypeInfo(typeInfo).withRowGroupSize(rowGroupSize).withPageSize(pageSize)
+                    .withDictionaryPageSize(ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_DICTIONARY_PAGE_SIZE)
+                    .enableDictionaryEncoding().withValidation(false).withWriterVersion(writerVersion).withConf(conf)
+                    .build();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void print(IValueReference value) throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            this.writer.write(value);
+        } catch (AsterixParquetRuntimeException e) {
+            throw e.getHyracksDataException();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (this.writer != null) {
+            try {
+                this.writer.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/ParquetExternalFilePrinterFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/ParquetExternalFilePrinterFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ccd2fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/ParquetExternalFilePrinterFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.writer.IExternalPrinter;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.writer.IExternalPrinterFactory;
+import org.apache.parquet.column.ParquetProperties;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName;
+
+public class ParquetExternalFilePrinterFactory implements IExternalPrinterFactory {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8971234908711234L;
+    private final String parquetSchemaString;
+    private final IAType typeInfo;
+    private final CompressionCodecName compressionCodecName;
+    private final long rowGroupSize;
+    private final int pageSize;
+    private final ParquetProperties.WriterVersion writerVersion;
+
+    public ParquetExternalFilePrinterFactory(CompressionCodecName compressionCodecName, String parquetSchemaString,
+            IAType typeInfo, long rowGroupSize, int pageSize, ParquetProperties.WriterVersion writerVersion) {
+        this.compressionCodecName = compressionCodecName;
+        this.parquetSchemaString = parquetSchemaString;
+        this.typeInfo = typeInfo;
+        this.rowGroupSize = rowGroupSize;
+        this.pageSize = pageSize;
+        this.writerVersion = writerVersion;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IExternalPrinter createPrinter() {
+        return new ParquetExternalFilePrinter(compressionCodecName, parquetSchemaString, typeInfo, rowGroupSize,
+                pageSize, writerVersion);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/ParquetOutputFile.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/ParquetOutputFile.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5db600f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/ParquetOutputFile.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.util.HadoopStreams;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.OutputFile;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.PositionOutputStream;
+
+public class ParquetOutputFile implements OutputFile {
+    private final FSDataOutputStream fs;
+
+    /*
+     This class wraps OutputStream as a file that Parquet SDK supports writing to.
+     By default, this assumes output stream doesn't support block size which distributed file systems use.
+     Hadoop File System Library use this as a default block size
+     Ref : https://github.com/apache/hadoop/blob/74ff00705cf67911f1ff8320c6c97354350d6952/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java#L2756
+     */
+    private static final long DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE = 33554432L;
+
+    public ParquetOutputFile(OutputStream os) {
+        this.fs = new FSDataOutputStream(os, new FileSystem.Statistics("test"));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PositionOutputStream create(long blockSizeHint) throws IOException {
+        return HadoopStreams.wrap(fs);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PositionOutputStream createOrOverwrite(long blockSizeHint) throws IOException {
+        return HadoopStreams.wrap(fs);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsBlockSize() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long defaultBlockSize() {
+        return DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/AsterixParquetTypeMap.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/AsterixParquetTypeMap.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dcdb3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/AsterixParquetTypeMap.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.LogicalTypeAnnotation;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType;
+
+public class AsterixParquetTypeMap {
+
+    public static final Map<ATypeTag, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName> PRIMITIVE_TYPE_NAME_MAP =
+            Map.ofEntries(Map.entry(ATypeTag.BOOLEAN, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.BOOLEAN),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.STRING, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.BINARY),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.TINYINT, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.INT32),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.SMALLINT, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.INT32),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.INTEGER, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.INT32),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.BIGINT, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.INT64),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.FLOAT, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.FLOAT),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.DOUBLE, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.DOUBLE),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.DATE, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.INT32),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.TIME, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.INT32),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.DATETIME, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.INT64));
+
+    public static final Map<ATypeTag, LogicalTypeAnnotation> LOGICAL_TYPE_ANNOTATION_MAP =
+            Map.ofEntries(Map.entry(ATypeTag.STRING, LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType()),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.DATE, LogicalTypeAnnotation.dateType()),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.TIME,
+                            LogicalTypeAnnotation.timeType(true, LogicalTypeAnnotation.TimeUnit.MILLIS)),
+                    Map.entry(ATypeTag.DATETIME,
+                            LogicalTypeAnnotation.timestampType(true, LogicalTypeAnnotation.TimeUnit.MILLIS)));
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/AsterixParquetWriter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/AsterixParquetWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edeab1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/AsterixParquetWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
+import org.apache.parquet.column.ParquetProperties;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetWriter;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.api.WriteSupport;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.OutputFile;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageType;
+
+public class AsterixParquetWriter extends ParquetWriter<IValueReference> {
+    public static Builder builder(Path file) {
+        return new Builder(file);
+    }
+
+    public static Builder builder(OutputFile file) {
+        return new Builder(file);
+    }
+
+    AsterixParquetWriter(Path file, WriteSupport<IValueReference> writeSupport,
+            CompressionCodecName compressionCodecName, int blockSize, int pageSize, boolean enableDictionary,
+            boolean enableValidation, ParquetProperties.WriterVersion writerVersion, Configuration conf)
+            throws IOException {
+        super(file, writeSupport, compressionCodecName, blockSize, pageSize, pageSize, enableDictionary,
+                enableValidation, writerVersion, conf);
+    }
+
+    public static class Builder extends ParquetWriter.Builder<IValueReference, Builder> {
+        private MessageType type;
+        private IAType typeInfo;
+        private Map<String, String> extraMetaData;
+
+        private Builder(Path file) {
+            super(file);
+            this.type = null;
+            this.extraMetaData = new HashMap();
+        }
+
+        private Builder(OutputFile file) {
+            super(file);
+            this.type = null;
+            this.extraMetaData = new HashMap();
+        }
+
+        public Builder withType(MessageType type) {
+            this.type = type;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder withTypeInfo(IAType typeInfo) {
+            this.typeInfo = typeInfo;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder withExtraMetaData(Map<String, String> extraMetaData) {
+            this.extraMetaData = extraMetaData;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        protected Builder self() {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        protected WriteSupport<IValueReference> getWriteSupport(Configuration conf) {
+            return new ObjectWriteSupport(this.type, this.typeInfo, this.extraMetaData);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/FieldNamesDictionary.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/FieldNamesDictionary.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7058bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/FieldNamesDictionary.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.FieldNamesTrieDictionary;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
+
+public class FieldNamesDictionary {
+    private final FieldNamesTrieDictionary trie;
+    private final List<String> fieldNames;
+    private final StringBuilder builder;
+
+    public FieldNamesDictionary() {
+        trie = new FieldNamesTrieDictionary();
+        fieldNames = new ArrayList<>();
+        builder = new StringBuilder();
+    }
+
+    public String getOrCreateFieldNameIndex(IValueReference pointable) throws HyracksDataException {
+        int index = trie.getOrCreateFieldNameIndex(pointable);
+        if (index < fieldNames.size()) {
+            return fieldNames.get(index);
+        }
+
+        builder.setLength(0);
+        String fieldName = UTF8StringUtil.toString(pointable.getByteArray(), pointable.getStartOffset(), builder);
+        fieldNames.add(fieldName);
+        return fieldName;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ObjectWriteSupport.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ObjectWriteSupport.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..512b523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ObjectWriteSupport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.reader.hdfs.parquet.AsterixParquetRuntimeException;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.api.WriteSupport;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.api.RecordConsumer;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageType;
+
+public class ObjectWriteSupport extends WriteSupport<IValueReference> {
+    private MessageType schema;
+
+    private RecordConsumer recordConsumer;
+    private Map<String, String> extraMetaData;
+    ParquetRecordLazyVisitor parquetRecordLazyVisitor;
+
+    public ObjectWriteSupport(MessageType schema, IAType typeInfo, Map<String, String> extraMetaData) {
+        this.schema = schema;
+        this.extraMetaData = extraMetaData;
+        parquetRecordLazyVisitor = new ParquetRecordLazyVisitor(schema, typeInfo);
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return "asterix";
+    }
+
+    public WriteSupport.WriteContext init(Configuration configuration) {
+        return new WriteSupport.WriteContext(this.schema, this.extraMetaData);
+    }
+
+    public void prepareForWrite(RecordConsumer recordConsumer) {
+        this.recordConsumer = recordConsumer;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(IValueReference valueReference) {
+        try {
+            parquetRecordLazyVisitor.consumeRecord(valueReference, recordConsumer);
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            throw new AsterixParquetRuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetRecordLazyVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetRecordLazyVisitor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6e85ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetRecordLazyVisitor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet.ParquetValueWriter.ELEMENT_FIELD;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet.ParquetValueWriter.GROUP_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet.ParquetValueWriter.LIST_FIELD;
+import static org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet.ParquetValueWriter.PRIMITIVE_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.lazy.AbstractLazyVisitablePointable;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.lazy.AbstractListLazyVisitablePointable;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.lazy.FlatLazyVisitablePointable;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.lazy.ILazyVisitablePointableVisitor;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.lazy.RecordLazyVisitablePointable;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.lazy.TypedRecordLazyVisitablePointable;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.api.RecordConsumer;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.GroupType;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageType;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.Type;
+
+public class ParquetRecordLazyVisitor implements ILazyVisitablePointableVisitor<Void, Type> {
+
+    private final MessageType schema;
+    private final IAType typeInfo;
+    private final RecordLazyVisitablePointable rec;
+    private RecordConsumer recordConsumer;
+    private FieldNamesDictionary fieldNamesDictionary;
+
+    private final ParquetValueWriter parquetValueWriter;
+
+    public ParquetRecordLazyVisitor(MessageType schema, IAType typeInfo) {
+        this.schema = schema;
+        this.typeInfo = typeInfo;
+        if (typeInfo.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.OBJECT) {
+            this.rec = new TypedRecordLazyVisitablePointable((ARecordType) typeInfo);
+        } else if (typeInfo.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.ANY) {
+            this.rec = new RecordLazyVisitablePointable(true);
+        } else {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Type Unsupported for parquet printing");
+        }
+        this.fieldNamesDictionary = new FieldNamesDictionary();
+        this.parquetValueWriter = new ParquetValueWriter();
+    }
+
+    public MessageType getSchema() {
+        return schema;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visit(RecordLazyVisitablePointable pointable, Type type) throws HyracksDataException {
+
+        if (type.isPrimitive()) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.RESULT_DOES_NOT_FOLLOW_SCHEMA, GROUP_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD,
+                    PRIMITIVE_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD, type.getName());
+        }
+        GroupType groupType = type.asGroupType();
+        recordConsumer.startGroup();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < pointable.getNumberOfChildren(); i++) {
+            pointable.nextChild();
+            AbstractLazyVisitablePointable child = pointable.getChildVisitablePointable();
+            String columnName = fieldNamesDictionary.getOrCreateFieldNameIndex(pointable.getFieldName());
+
+            if (!groupType.containsField(columnName)) {
+                throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.EXTRA_FIELD_IN_RESULT_NOT_FOUND_IN_SCHEMA, columnName,
+                        groupType.getName());
+            }
+            recordConsumer.startField(columnName, groupType.getFieldIndex(columnName));
+            child.accept(this, groupType.getType(columnName));
+            recordConsumer.endField(columnName, groupType.getFieldIndex(columnName));
+        }
+        recordConsumer.endGroup();
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visit(AbstractListLazyVisitablePointable pointable, Type type) throws HyracksDataException {
+
+        if (type.isPrimitive()) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.RESULT_DOES_NOT_FOLLOW_SCHEMA, GROUP_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD,
+                    PRIMITIVE_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD, type.getName());
+        }
+        GroupType groupType = type.asGroupType();
+
+        if (!groupType.containsField(LIST_FIELD)) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.EXTRA_FIELD_IN_RESULT_NOT_FOUND_IN_SCHEMA, LIST_FIELD,
+                    groupType.getName());
+        }
+
+        if (groupType.getType(LIST_FIELD).isPrimitive()) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.RESULT_DOES_NOT_FOLLOW_SCHEMA, GROUP_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD,
+                    PRIMITIVE_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD, LIST_FIELD);
+        }
+
+        GroupType listType = groupType.getType(LIST_FIELD).asGroupType();
+
+        if (!listType.containsField(ELEMENT_FIELD)) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.EXTRA_FIELD_IN_RESULT_NOT_FOUND_IN_SCHEMA, ELEMENT_FIELD,
+                    listType.getName());
+        }
+
+        recordConsumer.startGroup();
+
+        if (pointable.getNumberOfChildren() > 0) {
+            recordConsumer.startField(LIST_FIELD, groupType.getFieldIndex(LIST_FIELD));
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < pointable.getNumberOfChildren(); i++) {
+                pointable.nextChild();
+                AbstractLazyVisitablePointable child = pointable.getChildVisitablePointable();
+
+                recordConsumer.startGroup();
+                recordConsumer.startField(ELEMENT_FIELD, listType.getFieldIndex(ELEMENT_FIELD));
+                child.accept(this, listType.getType(ELEMENT_FIELD));
+                recordConsumer.endField(ELEMENT_FIELD, listType.getFieldIndex(ELEMENT_FIELD));
+                recordConsumer.endGroup();
+
+            }
+
+            recordConsumer.endField(LIST_FIELD, groupType.getFieldIndex(LIST_FIELD));
+        }
+
+        recordConsumer.endGroup();
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visit(FlatLazyVisitablePointable pointable, Type type) throws HyracksDataException {
+
+        if (!type.isPrimitive()) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.RESULT_DOES_NOT_FOLLOW_SCHEMA, PRIMITIVE_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD,
+                    GROUP_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD, type.getName());
+        }
+        parquetValueWriter.addValueToColumn(recordConsumer, pointable, type.asPrimitiveType());
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void consumeRecord(IValueReference valueReference, RecordConsumer recordConsumer)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        rec.set(valueReference);
+        this.recordConsumer = recordConsumer;
+
+        recordConsumer.startMessage();
+        for (int i = 0; i < rec.getNumberOfChildren(); i++) {
+            rec.nextChild();
+            String columnName = fieldNamesDictionary.getOrCreateFieldNameIndex(rec.getFieldName());
+            AbstractLazyVisitablePointable child = rec.getChildVisitablePointable();
+
+            if (!schema.containsField(columnName)) {
+                throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.EXTRA_FIELD_IN_RESULT_NOT_FOUND_IN_SCHEMA, columnName,
+                        schema.getName());
+            }
+
+            recordConsumer.startField(columnName, schema.getFieldIndex(columnName));
+            child.accept(this, schema.getType(columnName));
+            recordConsumer.endField(columnName, schema.getFieldIndex(columnName));
+        }
+        recordConsumer.endMessage();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetValueWriter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetValueWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..206a3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetValueWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.RuntimeDataException;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.printers.PrintTools;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADateSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADoubleSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AFloatSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt16SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt8SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ATimeSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.lazy.FlatLazyVisitablePointable;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.utils.ResettableByteArrayOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.api.Binary;
+import org.apache.parquet.io.api.RecordConsumer;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType;
+
+public class ParquetValueWriter {
+    public static final String LIST_FIELD = "list";
+    public static final String ELEMENT_FIELD = "element";
+
+    public static final String GROUP_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD = "group";
+    public static final String PRIMITIVE_TYPE_ERROR_FIELD = "primitive";
+
+    private final VoidPointable voidPointable;
+    private final ResettableByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream;
+
+    ParquetValueWriter() {
+        this.voidPointable = VoidPointable.FACTORY.createPointable();
+        this.byteArrayOutputStream = new ResettableByteArrayOutputStream();
+    }
+
+    private void addIntegerType(long value, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName primitiveTypeName, ATypeTag typeTag,
+            RecordConsumer recordConsumer) throws HyracksDataException {
+        switch (primitiveTypeName) {
+            case INT32:
+                recordConsumer.addInteger((int) value);
+                break;
+            case INT64:
+                recordConsumer.addLong(value);
+                break;
+            case FLOAT:
+                recordConsumer.addFloat(value);
+                break;
+            case DOUBLE:
+                recordConsumer.addDouble(value);
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw RuntimeDataException.create(ErrorCode.TYPE_MISMATCH_GENERIC, typeTag, primitiveTypeName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void addValueToColumn(RecordConsumer recordConsumer, FlatLazyVisitablePointable pointable,
+            PrimitiveType type) throws HyracksDataException {
+
+        ATypeTag typeTag = pointable.getTypeTag();
+        byte[] b = pointable.getByteArray();
+        int s, l;
+
+        if (pointable.isTagged()) {
+            s = pointable.getStartOffset() + 1;
+            l = pointable.getLength() - 1;
+        } else {
+            s = pointable.getStartOffset();
+            l = pointable.getLength();
+        }
+        voidPointable.set(b, s, l);
+
+        PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName primitiveTypeName = type.getPrimitiveTypeName();
+
+        switch (typeTag) {
+            case TINYINT:
+                byte tinyIntValue = AInt8SerializerDeserializer.getByte(b, s);
+                addIntegerType(tinyIntValue, primitiveTypeName, typeTag, recordConsumer);
+                break;
+            case SMALLINT:
+                short smallIntValue = AInt16SerializerDeserializer.getShort(b, s);
+                addIntegerType(smallIntValue, primitiveTypeName, typeTag, recordConsumer);
+                break;
+            case INTEGER:
+                int intValue = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(b, s);
+                addIntegerType(intValue, primitiveTypeName, typeTag, recordConsumer);
+                break;
+            case BIGINT:
+                long bigIntValue = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(b, s);
+                addIntegerType(bigIntValue, primitiveTypeName, typeTag, recordConsumer);
+                break;
+            case FLOAT:
+                float floatValue = AFloatSerializerDeserializer.getFloat(b, s);
+                switch (primitiveTypeName) {
+                    case INT32:
+                        recordConsumer.addInteger((int) floatValue);
+                        break;
+                    case INT64:
+                        recordConsumer.addLong((long) floatValue);
+                        break;
+                    case FLOAT:
+                        recordConsumer.addFloat(floatValue);
+                        break;
+                    case DOUBLE:
+                        recordConsumer.addDouble(floatValue);
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        throw RuntimeDataException.create(ErrorCode.TYPE_MISMATCH_GENERIC, typeTag, primitiveTypeName);
+                }
+                break;
+            case DOUBLE:
+                double doubleValue = ADoubleSerializerDeserializer.getDouble(b, s);
+                switch (primitiveTypeName) {
+                    case INT32:
+                        recordConsumer.addInteger((int) doubleValue);
+                        break;
+                    case INT64:
+                        recordConsumer.addLong((long) doubleValue);
+                        break;
+                    case FLOAT:
+                        recordConsumer.addFloat((float) doubleValue);
+                        break;
+                    case DOUBLE:
+                        recordConsumer.addDouble(doubleValue);
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        throw RuntimeDataException.create(ErrorCode.TYPE_MISMATCH_GENERIC, typeTag, primitiveTypeName);
+                }
+                break;
+            case STRING:
+                int utfLength = UTF8StringUtil.getUTFLength(b, s);
+                if (primitiveTypeName == PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.BINARY) {
+                    byteArrayOutputStream.reset();
+                    try {
+                        PrintTools.writeUTF8StringAsJSONUnquoted(b, s, l, utfLength, byteArrayOutputStream);
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+                    }
+                    recordConsumer.addBinary(Binary.fromReusedByteArray(byteArrayOutputStream.getByteArray(), 0,
+                            byteArrayOutputStream.getLength()));
+
+                } else {
+                    throw RuntimeDataException.create(ErrorCode.TYPE_MISMATCH_GENERIC, typeTag, primitiveTypeName);
+                }
+                break;
+            case BOOLEAN:
+                boolean booleanValue = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(b, s);
+                if (primitiveTypeName == PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.BOOLEAN) {
+                    recordConsumer.addBoolean(booleanValue);
+                } else {
+                    throw RuntimeDataException.create(ErrorCode.TYPE_MISMATCH_GENERIC, typeTag, primitiveTypeName);
+                }
+                break;
+            case DATE:
+                int dateValue = ADateSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(b, s);
+                addIntegerType(dateValue, primitiveTypeName, typeTag, recordConsumer);
+                break;
+            case TIME:
+                int timeValue = ATimeSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(b, s);
+                addIntegerType(timeValue, primitiveTypeName, typeTag, recordConsumer);
+                break;
+            case DATETIME:
+                long dateTimeValue = ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(b, s);
+                addIntegerType(dateTimeValue, primitiveTypeName, typeTag, recordConsumer);
+            case NULL:
+            case MISSING:
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw RuntimeDataException.create(ErrorCode.TYPE_MISMATCH_GENERIC, typeTag, primitiveTypeName);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/SchemaConverterVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/SchemaConverterVisitor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b25d1f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/SchemaConverterVisitor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AbstractCollectionType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IATypeVisitor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.LogicalTypeAnnotation;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageType;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.Types;
+
+public class SchemaConverterVisitor implements IATypeVisitor<Void, Pair<Types.Builder, String>> {
+    public static String MESSAGE_NAME = "asterix_schema";
+    private final ARecordType schemaType;
+    private ATypeTag unsupportedType;
+
+    private SchemaConverterVisitor(ARecordType schemaType) {
+        this.schemaType = schemaType;
+        this.unsupportedType = null;
+    }
+
+    public static String convertToParquetSchemaString(ARecordType schemaType) throws CompilationException {
+        SchemaConverterVisitor schemaConverterVisitor = new SchemaConverterVisitor(schemaType);
+        return schemaConverterVisitor.getParquetSchema().toString();
+    }
+
+    private MessageType getParquetSchema() throws CompilationException {
+        Types.MessageTypeBuilder builder = Types.buildMessage();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < schemaType.getFieldNames().length; i++) {
+            String fieldName = schemaType.getFieldNames()[i];
+            IAType childType = schemaType.getFieldType(fieldName);
+            childType.accept(this, new Pair<>(builder, fieldName));
+            if (unsupportedType != null) {
+                throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.TYPE_UNSUPPORTED_PARQUET_WRITE, unsupportedType.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        return builder.named(MESSAGE_NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visit(ARecordType recordType, Pair<Types.Builder, String> arg) {
+        Types.Builder builder = arg.first;
+        String fieldName = arg.second;
+
+        Types.BaseGroupBuilder childBuilder = getGroupChild(builder);
+        for (int i = 0; i < recordType.getFieldNames().length; i++) {
+            String childFieldName = recordType.getFieldNames()[i];
+            IAType childType = recordType.getFieldType(childFieldName);
+
+            childType.accept(this, new Pair<>(childBuilder, childFieldName));
+
+        }
+        childBuilder.named(fieldName);
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visit(AbstractCollectionType collectionType, Pair<Types.Builder, String> arg) {
+        Types.Builder builder = arg.first;
+        String fieldName = arg.second;
+
+        Types.BaseListBuilder childBuilder = getListChild(builder);
+        IAType child = collectionType.getItemType();
+        child.accept(this, new Pair<>(childBuilder, fieldName));
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visit(AUnionType unionType, Pair<Types.Builder, String> arg) {
+        // Shouldn't reach here.
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Void visitFlat(IAType flatType, Pair<Types.Builder, String> arg) {
+        Types.Builder builder = arg.first;
+        String fieldName = arg.second;
+
+        PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName primitiveTypeName =
+                AsterixParquetTypeMap.PRIMITIVE_TYPE_NAME_MAP.get(flatType.getTypeTag());
+
+        if (primitiveTypeName == null) {
+            unsupportedType = flatType.getTypeTag();
+        }
+
+        LogicalTypeAnnotation logicalTypeAnnotation =
+                AsterixParquetTypeMap.LOGICAL_TYPE_ANNOTATION_MAP.get(flatType.getTypeTag());
+
+        getPrimitiveChild(builder, primitiveTypeName, logicalTypeAnnotation).named(fieldName);
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static Types.BaseGroupBuilder getGroupChild(Types.Builder parent) {
+        if (parent instanceof Types.BaseGroupBuilder) {
+            return ((Types.BaseGroupBuilder<?, ?>) parent).optionalGroup();
+        } else if (parent instanceof Types.BaseListBuilder) {
+            return ((Types.BaseListBuilder<?, ?>) parent).optionalGroupElement();
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Types.BaseListBuilder getListChild(Types.Builder parent) {
+        if (parent instanceof Types.BaseGroupBuilder) {
+            return ((Types.BaseGroupBuilder<?, ?>) parent).optionalList();
+        } else if (parent instanceof Types.BaseListBuilder) {
+            return ((Types.BaseListBuilder<?, ?>) parent).optionalListElement();
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Types.Builder getPrimitiveChild(Types.Builder parent, PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName type,
+            LogicalTypeAnnotation annotation) {
+        if (parent instanceof Types.BaseGroupBuilder) {
+            return ((Types.BaseGroupBuilder<?, ?>) parent).optional(type).as(annotation);
+        } else if (parent instanceof Types.BaseListBuilder) {
+            return ((Types.BaseListBuilder<?, ?>) parent).optionalElement(type).as(annotation);
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/parser/test/ADMDataParserTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/parser/test/ADMDataParserTest.java
index 189c842..f6da684 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/parser/test/ADMDataParserTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/external/parser/test/ADMDataParserTest.java
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
 
 public class ADMDataParserTest {
 
@@ -192,10 +191,10 @@
                     SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getNonTaggedSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AGEOMETRY);
             Object point = geomDeser.deserialize(dataIn);
             Assert.assertTrue(point instanceof AGeometry);
-            Assert.assertTrue(((AGeometry) point).getGeometry() instanceof OGCPoint);
-            OGCPoint p = (OGCPoint) ((AGeometry) point).getGeometry();
-            Assert.assertEquals(3.0, p.X(), 1E-5);
-            Assert.assertEquals(4.0, p.Y(), 1E-5);
+            Assert.assertTrue(((AGeometry) point).getGeometry() instanceof Point);
+            Point p = (Point) ((AGeometry) point).getGeometry();
+            Assert.assertEquals(3.0, p.getX(), 1E-5);
+            Assert.assertEquals(4.0, p.getY(), 1E-5);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
             Assert.fail("Error in parsing");
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/pom.xml
index e4cd8ff..7568d5d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/pom.xml
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.esri.geometry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>esri-geometry-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.locationtech.jts</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jts-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/aggregates/STUnionAggregateFunction.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/aggregates/STUnionAggregateFunction.java
index 4676851..5d64e9d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/aggregates/STUnionAggregateFunction.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/aggregates/STUnionAggregateFunction.java
@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Point;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
 
 /**
  * STUnion aggregates a set of objects into one object. If the input is a set of overlapping polygons, their union is
@@ -55,14 +53,13 @@
  * output is a GeometryCollection.
  */
 public class STUnionAggregateFunction extends AbstractAggregateFunction {
-    /**Use WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) as the default coordinate reference system*/
-    public static final SpatialReference DEFAULT_CRS = SpatialReference.create(4326);
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private ISerializerDeserializer<AGeometry> geometrySerde =
             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AGEOMETRY);
     private IPointable inputVal = new VoidPointable();
     private IScalarEvaluator eval;
-    protected OGCGeometry geometry;
+    protected Geometry geometry;
+    protected GeometryFactory geometryFactory;
 
     private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
 
@@ -75,7 +72,8 @@
     @Override
     public void init() throws HyracksDataException {
         // Initialize the resulting geometry with an empty point.
-        geometry = new OGCPoint(new Point(), DEFAULT_CRS);
+        geometryFactory = new GeometryFactory();
+        geometry = geometryFactory.createPoint((Coordinate) null);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@
             processNull();
         } else if (typeTag == ATypeTag.GEOMETRY) {
             DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data, offset + 1, len - 1));
-            OGCGeometry geometry1 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getGeometry();
+            Geometry geometry1 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getGeometry();
             geometry = geometry.union(geometry1);
         }
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor.java
index 97c30a1..8a85751 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABoolean;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AGeometry;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
@@ -40,13 +39,11 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public abstract class AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
 
-    abstract protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1)
-            throws HyracksDataException;
+    abstract protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException;
 
     @Override
     public IScalarEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args) {
@@ -106,13 +103,13 @@
                 }
 
                 DataInputStream dataIn0 = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes0, offset0 + 1, len0 - 1));
-                OGCGeometry geometry0 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn0).getGeometry();
+                Geometry geometry0 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn0).getGeometry();
                 DataInputStream dataIn1 = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes1, offset1 + 1, len1 - 1));
-                OGCGeometry geometry1 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn1).getGeometry();
+                Geometry geometry1 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn1).getGeometry();
                 Object finalResult = evaluateOGCGeometry(geometry0, geometry1);
-                if (finalResult instanceof OGCGeometry) {
+                if (finalResult instanceof Geometry) {
                     out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                    AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(new AGeometry((OGCGeometry) finalResult), out);
+                    AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize((Geometry) finalResult, out);
                 } else if (finalResult instanceof Boolean) {
                     SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ABOOLEAN)
                             .serialize((boolean) finalResult ? ABoolean.TRUE : ABoolean.FALSE, out);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTGeometryNDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTGeometryNDescriptor.java
index 1420214..5d281ec 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTGeometryNDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTGeometryNDescriptor.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AGeometry;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
@@ -38,14 +37,13 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public abstract class AbstractSTGeometryNDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-    abstract protected OGCGeometry evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry, int n) throws HyracksDataException;
+    abstract protected Geometry evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry, int n) throws HyracksDataException;
 
     @Override
     public IScalarEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args) {
@@ -101,13 +99,13 @@
 
             ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(data, offset + 1, len - 1);
             DataInputStream dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-            OGCGeometry geometry = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getGeometry();
+            Geometry geometry = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getGeometry();
             int n = (int) AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(data0, offset0 + 1);
 
-            OGCGeometry geometryN = evaluateOGCGeometry(geometry, n);
+            Geometry geometryN = evaluateOGCGeometry(geometry, n);
             try {
                 out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(new AGeometry(geometryN), out);
+                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(geometryN, out);
                 result.set(resultStorage);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor.java
index e41aebb..e5d9e38 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABinary;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABoolean;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AGeometry;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ARectangle;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
@@ -44,12 +43,11 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public abstract class AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
 
-    abstract protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException;
+    abstract protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException;
 
     @Override
     public IScalarEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args) {
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@
                 }
 
                 DataInputStream dataIn0 = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes0, offset0 + 1, len0 - 1));
-                OGCGeometry geometry0 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn0).getGeometry();
+                Geometry geometry0 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn0).getGeometry();
 
                 Object finalResult = evaluateOGCGeometry(geometry0);
                 if (finalResult == null) {
@@ -120,9 +118,9 @@
                 } else if (finalResult instanceof byte[]) {
                     SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ABINARY)
                             .serialize(new ABinary((byte[]) finalResult), out);
-                } else if (finalResult instanceof OGCGeometry) {
+                } else if (finalResult instanceof Geometry) {
                     out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                    AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(new AGeometry((OGCGeometry) finalResult), out);
+                    AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize((Geometry) finalResult, out);
                 } else if (finalResult instanceof ARectangle) {
                     SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ARECTANGLE)
                             .serialize(finalResult, out);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/ParseGeoJSONDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/ParseGeoJSONDescriptor.java
index 425a198..8df57e4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/ParseGeoJSONDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/ParseGeoJSONDescriptor.java
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ARecordSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.JtsModule;
 import org.apache.asterix.geo.evaluators.GeoFunctionTypeInferers;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AOrderedList;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ARecord;
@@ -48,10 +49,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
-import com.esri.core.geometry.MapOGCStructure;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.OperatorImportFromGeoJson;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 public class ParseGeoJSONDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         private DataOutput out;
         private IPointable inputArg;
         private IScalarEvaluator eval;
-        private OperatorImportFromGeoJson geoJsonImporter;
+        private ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 
         public ParseGeoJSONEvaluator(IScalarEvaluatorFactory factory, IEvaluatorContext ctx)
                 throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@
             out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
             inputArg = new VoidPointable();
             eval = factory.createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-            geoJsonImporter = OperatorImportFromGeoJson.local();
+            objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+            objectMapper.registerModule(new JtsModule());
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -123,15 +124,10 @@
             ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(data, offset + 1, len - 1);
             DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
             try {
-                String geometry = recordToString(new ARecordSerializerDeserializer(recType).deserialize(dataIn));
-                MapOGCStructure structure = geoJsonImporter.executeOGC(0, geometry, null);
-                OGCGeometry ogcGeometry =
-                        OGCGeometry.createFromOGCStructure(structure.m_ogcStructure, structure.m_spatialReference);
-                ByteBuffer buffer = ogcGeometry.asBinary();
-                byte[] wKBGeometryBuffer = buffer.array();
+                String geometryGeoJSON = recordToString(new ARecordSerializerDeserializer(recType).deserialize(dataIn));
+                Geometry geometry = objectMapper.readValue(geometryGeoJSON, Geometry.class);
                 out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                out.writeInt(wKBGeometryBuffer.length);
-                out.write(wKBGeometryBuffer);
+                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(geometry, out);
                 result.set(resultStorage);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAreaDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAreaDescriptor.java
index a8d983c..c10bbf2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAreaDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAreaDescriptor.java
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Geometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.GeometryCursor;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STAreaDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -39,18 +37,15 @@
     };
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        double area;
-        if (!"GeometryCollection".equals(geometry.geometryType())) {
-            area = geometry.getEsriGeometry().calculateArea2D();
-        } else {
-            GeometryCursor cursor = geometry.getEsriGeometryCursor();
-            Geometry geometry1 = cursor.next();
-            area = 0;
-            while (geometry1 != null) {
-                area += geometry1.calculateArea2D();
-                geometry1 = cursor.next();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        double area = 0;
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_GEOMETRYCOLLECTION)) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < geometry.getNumGeometries(); i++) {
+                Geometry subGeom = geometry.getGeometryN(i);
+                area += subGeom.getArea();
             }
+        } else {
+            area = geometry.getArea();
         }
         return area;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsBinaryDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsBinaryDescriptor.java
index e0e43bb..9ee77c1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsBinaryDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsBinaryDescriptor.java
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.geo.evaluators.functions;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoFunctionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.WKBWriter;
 
 public class STAsBinaryDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +32,10 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STAsBinaryDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.asBinary().array();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        WKBWriter wkbWriter = new WKBWriter(GeoFunctionUtils.getCoordinateDimension(geometry),
+                GeoFunctionUtils.LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTEORDER);
+        return wkbWriter.write(geometry);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsGeoJSONDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsGeoJSONDescriptor.java
index 760261d..f5d2217 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsGeoJSONDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsGeoJSONDescriptor.java
@@ -18,21 +18,41 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.geo.evaluators.functions;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.JtsModule;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 public class STAsGeoJSONDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STAsGeoJSONDescriptor::new;
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+    private final ObjectMapper mapper;
+
+    public STAsGeoJSONDescriptor() {
+        mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    }
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.asGeoJson();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        String geoJson = null;
+        try {
+            mapper.registerModule(new JtsModule());
+            geoJson = mapper.writeValueAsString(geometry);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            LOGGER.debug("JSON Processing exception during STAsGeoJSON function");
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(ErrorCode.PARSING_ERROR);
+        }
+        return geoJson;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsTextDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsTextDescriptor.java
index 12bdb30..372c73e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsTextDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STAsTextDescriptor.java
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.geo.evaluators.functions;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoFunctionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.WKTWriter;
 
 public class STAsTextDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +32,13 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STAsTextDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.asText();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            WKTWriter wktWriter = new WKTWriter(GeoFunctionUtils.getCoordinateDimension(geometry));
+            return wktWriter.write(geometry);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException("Failed to convert geometry to WKT: " + e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STBoundaryDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STBoundaryDescriptor.java
index 9bd6ba1..5d6abaf 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STBoundaryDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STBoundaryDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STBoundaryDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STBoundaryDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.boundary();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return geometry.getBoundary();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STContainsDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STContainsDescriptor.java
index 34c21bf..e0461ff 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STContainsDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STContainsDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STContainsDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STContainsDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.contains(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STCoordDimDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STCoordDimDescriptor.java
index a0c10f7..da8ee66 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STCoordDimDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STCoordDimDescriptor.java
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.geo.evaluators.functions;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoFunctionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STCoordDimDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STCoordDimDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.coordinateDimension();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return GeoFunctionUtils.getCoordinateDimension(geometry);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STCrossesDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STCrossesDescriptor.java
index c276e7e..f868354 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STCrossesDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STCrossesDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STCrossesDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STCrossesDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.crosses(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDifferenceDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDifferenceDescriptor.java
index 8a49d4b..3ea165f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDifferenceDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDifferenceDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STDifferenceDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STDifferenceDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.difference(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDimensionDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDimensionDescriptor.java
index 34d7282..38683a7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDimensionDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDimensionDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STDimensionDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STDimensionDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.dimension();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return geometry.getDimension();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDisjointDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDisjointDescriptor.java
index 0a890b9..5317f49 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDisjointDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDisjointDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STDisjointDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STDisjointDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.disjoint(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDistanceDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDistanceDescriptor.java
index 75b8b41..b68a6af 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDistanceDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STDistanceDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STDistanceDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STDistanceDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.distance(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEndPointDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEndPointDescriptor.java
index ab0ba5c..36bc258 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEndPointDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEndPointDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCCurve;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
 
 public class STEndPointDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STEndPointDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCCurve) {
-            return ((OGCCurve) geometry).endPoint();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_LINESTRING)) {
+            return ((LineString) geometry).getEndPoint();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEnvelopeDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEnvelopeDescriptor.java
index 13555c6..2ca68fd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEnvelopeDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEnvelopeDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STEnvelopeDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STEnvelopeDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.envelope();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return geometry.getEnvelope();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEqualsDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEqualsDescriptor.java
index e0c0cf8..c40ee62 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEqualsDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STEqualsDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STEqualsDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STEqualsDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.equals(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STExteriorRingDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STExteriorRingDescriptor.java
index 5888b63..71cb2b7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STExteriorRingDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STExteriorRingDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
 
 public class STExteriorRingDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STExteriorRingDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCPolygon) {
-            return ((OGCPolygon) geometry).exteriorRing();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POLYGON)) {
+            return ((Polygon) geometry).getExteriorRing();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomFromTextDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomFromTextDescriptor.java
index 73272ae..fc097ce 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomFromTextDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomFromTextDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AStringSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
@@ -40,12 +40,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.OGCStructure;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.OperatorImportFromWkt;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.WktImportFlags;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.ParseException;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.WKTReader;
 
 public class STGeomFromTextDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
 
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@
         private DataOutput out;
         private IPointable inputArg;
         private IScalarEvaluator eval;
-        private OperatorImportFromWkt wktImporter;
 
         public STGeomFromTextEvaluator(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext ctx)
                 throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -85,7 +81,6 @@
             out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
             inputArg = new VoidPointable();
             eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-            wktImporter = OperatorImportFromWkt.local();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -102,19 +97,13 @@
             ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(data, offset + 1, len - 1);
             DataInputStream dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
             try {
-                String geometry = AStringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getStringValue();
-                OGCStructure structure;
-
-                structure = wktImporter.executeOGC(WktImportFlags.wktImportNonTrusted, geometry, null);
-                OGCGeometry ogcGeometry = OGCGeometry.createFromOGCStructure(structure, SpatialReference.create(4326));
-                ByteBuffer buffer = ogcGeometry.asBinary();
-                byte[] wKBGeometryBuffer = buffer.array();
+                WKTReader reader = new WKTReader();
+                String wktString = AStringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getStringValue();
+                Geometry geometry = reader.read(wktString);
                 out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                out.writeInt(wKBGeometryBuffer.length);
-                out.write(wKBGeometryBuffer);
+                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(geometry, out);
                 result.set(resultStorage);
-
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } catch (ParseException | IOException e) {
                 throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
                         ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomFromTextSRIDDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomFromTextSRIDDescriptor.java
index aca726e..3a3dddb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomFromTextSRIDDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomFromTextSRIDDescriptor.java
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AStringSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
@@ -41,12 +40,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.OGCStructure;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.OperatorImportFromWkt;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.WktImportFlags;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.ParseException;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.WKTReader;
 
 public class STGeomFromTextSRIDDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
 
@@ -80,7 +76,6 @@
         private IScalarEvaluator eval;
         private IPointable inputArg0;
         private IScalarEvaluator eval0;
-        private OperatorImportFromWkt wktImporter;
 
         public STGeomFromTextSRIDEvaluator(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext ctx)
                 throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -90,7 +85,6 @@
             eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
             inputArg0 = new VoidPointable();
             eval0 = args[1].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-            wktImporter = OperatorImportFromWkt.local();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -116,20 +110,13 @@
             ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(data, offset + 1, len - 1);
             DataInputStream dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
             try {
-                String geometry = AStringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getStringValue();
-                int srid = (int) AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(data0, offset0 + 1);
-                OGCStructure structure;
-
-                structure = wktImporter.executeOGC(WktImportFlags.wktImportNonTrusted, geometry, null);
-                OGCGeometry ogcGeometry = OGCGeometry.createFromOGCStructure(structure, SpatialReference.create(srid));
-                ByteBuffer buffer = ogcGeometry.asBinary();
-                byte[] wKBGeometryBuffer = buffer.array();
+                WKTReader reader = new WKTReader();
+                String wktString = AStringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getStringValue();
+                Geometry geometry = reader.read(wktString);
                 out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                out.writeInt(wKBGeometryBuffer.length);
-                out.write(wKBGeometryBuffer);
+                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(geometry, out);
                 result.set(resultStorage);
-
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } catch (ParseException | IOException e) {
                 throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
                         ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomentryTypeDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomentryTypeDescriptor.java
index 8a432d1..96e5931 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomentryTypeDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeomentryTypeDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STGeomentryTypeDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STGeomentryTypeDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.geometryType();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return geometry.getGeometryType();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeometryNDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeometryNDescriptor.java
index 5d9642e..4c8cc9a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeometryNDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STGeometryNDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometryCollection;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STGeometryNDescriptor extends AbstractSTGeometryNDescriptor {
 
@@ -38,12 +37,12 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected OGCGeometry evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry, int n) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCGeometryCollection) {
-            return ((OGCGeometryCollection) geometry).geometryN(n);
+    protected Geometry evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry, int n) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_GEOMETRYCOLLECTION)) {
+            return geometry.getGeometryN(n);
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STInteriorRingNDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STInteriorRingNDescriptor.java
index 5f6d956..9dc8bd9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STInteriorRingNDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STInteriorRingNDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
 
 public class STInteriorRingNDescriptor extends AbstractSTGeometryNDescriptor {
 
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected OGCGeometry evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry, int n) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCPolygon) {
-            return ((OGCPolygon) geometry).interiorRingN(n);
+    protected Geometry evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry, int n) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POLYGON)) {
+            return ((Polygon) geometry).getInteriorRingN(n);
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIntersectionDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIntersectionDescriptor.java
index 5a3d2bf..6888b2b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIntersectionDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIntersectionDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STIntersectionDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STIntersectionDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.intersection(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIntersectsDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIntersectsDescriptor.java
index 34a1407..a8a4b78 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIntersectsDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIntersectsDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STIntersectsDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STIntersectsDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.intersects(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsClosedDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsClosedDescriptor.java
index ff55f9f..cedda05 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsClosedDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsClosedDescriptor.java
@@ -22,15 +22,10 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCCurve;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometryCollection;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCMultiCurve;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCMultiPoint;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCMultiPolygon;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryCollection;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiLineString;
 
 public class STIsClosedDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -38,30 +33,36 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STIsClosedDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
         return isClosed(geometry);
     }
 
-    private boolean isClosed(OGCGeometry geometry) {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCCurve) {
-            return ((OGCCurve) geometry).isClosed();
-        } else if (geometry instanceof OGCMultiCurve) {
-            return ((OGCMultiCurve) geometry).isClosed();
-        } else if (geometry instanceof OGCMultiPoint || geometry instanceof OGCMultiPolygon
-                || geometry instanceof OGCPolygon || geometry instanceof OGCPoint) {
-            return true;
-        } else if (geometry instanceof OGCGeometryCollection) {
-            OGCGeometryCollection geometryCollection = (OGCGeometryCollection) geometry;
-            int num = geometryCollection.numGeometries();
-            for (int i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
-                if (!isClosed(geometryCollection.geometryN(i))) {
-                    return false;
+    private boolean isClosed(Geometry geometry) {
+        switch (geometry.getGeometryType()) {
+            case Geometry.TYPENAME_LINESTRING:
+                return ((LineString) geometry).isClosed();
+
+            case Geometry.TYPENAME_MULTILINESTRING:
+                return ((MultiLineString) geometry).isClosed();
+
+            case Geometry.TYPENAME_MULTIPOINT:
+            case Geometry.TYPENAME_MULTIPOLYGON:
+            case Geometry.TYPENAME_POLYGON:
+            case Geometry.TYPENAME_POINT:
+                return true;
+
+            case Geometry.TYPENAME_GEOMETRYCOLLECTION:
+                GeometryCollection geometryCollection = (GeometryCollection) geometry;
+                int num = geometryCollection.getNumGeometries();
+                for (int i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
+                    if (!isClosed(geometryCollection.getGeometryN(i))) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+                return true;
+
+            default:
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported geometry type: " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsCollectionDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsCollectionDescriptor.java
index 544fdf3..f6a8578 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsCollectionDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsCollectionDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STIsCollectionDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STIsCollectionDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        String type = geometry.geometryType();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        String type = geometry.getGeometryType();
         return "GeometryCollection".equals(type) || "MultiLineString".equals(type) || "MultiPoint".equals(type)
                 || "MultiPolygon".equals(type);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsEmptyDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsEmptyDescriptor.java
index 1adcb0e..569806c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsEmptyDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsEmptyDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STIsEmptyDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STIsEmptyDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry.isEmpty();
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsRingDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsRingDescriptor.java
index 02ea049a..0c84c1c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsRingDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsRingDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCCurve;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
 
 public class STIsRingDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STIsRingDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCCurve) {
-            return ((OGCCurve) geometry).isRing();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_LINESTRING)) {
+            return ((LineString) geometry).isRing();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
 
         }
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsSimpleDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsSimpleDescriptor.java
index b8b2d63..2b6c468 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsSimpleDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STIsSimpleDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STIsSimpleDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STIsSimpleDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry.isSimple();
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STLengthDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STLengthDescriptor.java
index 7357813..8909ed3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STLengthDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STLengthDescriptor.java
@@ -20,14 +20,12 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Geometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.GeometryCursor;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCLineString;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCMultiLineString;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiLineString;
 
 public class STLengthDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -35,21 +33,20 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STLengthDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCLineString) {
-            return geometry.getEsriGeometry().calculateLength2D();
-        } else if (geometry instanceof OGCMultiLineString) {
-            GeometryCursor cursor = geometry.getEsriGeometryCursor();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_LINESTRING)) {
+            return geometry.getLength();
+        } else if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_MULTILINESTRING)) {
             double length = 0;
-            Geometry geometry1 = cursor.next();
-            while (geometry1 != null) {
-                length += geometry1.calculateLength2D();
-                geometry1 = cursor.next();
+            MultiLineString multiLine = (MultiLineString) geometry;
+            for (int i = 0; i < multiLine.getNumGeometries(); i++) {
+                LineString lineString = (LineString) multiLine.getGeometryN(i);
+                length += lineString.getLength();
             }
             return length;
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STLineFromMultiPointDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STLineFromMultiPointDescriptor.java
index b716b5c..82e1c3d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STLineFromMultiPointDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STLineFromMultiPointDescriptor.java
@@ -20,35 +20,42 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Point;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Polyline;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCLineString;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCMultiPoint;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiPoint;
 
 public class STLineFromMultiPointDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STLineFromMultiPointDescriptor::new;
+    private final GeometryFactory geometryFactory;
+
+    public STLineFromMultiPointDescriptor() {
+        geometryFactory = new GeometryFactory();
+    }
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCMultiPoint) {
-            Polyline polyline = new Polyline();
-            OGCMultiPoint multiPoint = (OGCMultiPoint) geometry;
-            int numPoints = multiPoint.numGeometries();
-            polyline.startPath((Point) multiPoint.geometryN(0).getEsriGeometry());
-            for (int i = 1; i < numPoints; i++) {
-                polyline.lineTo((Point) multiPoint.geometryN(i).getEsriGeometry());
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_MULTIPOINT)) {
+            MultiPoint multiPoint = (MultiPoint) geometry;
+            int numPoints = multiPoint.getNumGeometries();
+
+            if (numPoints < 2) {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("A LineString requires at least two points.");
             }
-            return new OGCLineString(polyline, 0, SpatialReference.create(4326));
+
+            Coordinate[] coordinates = new Coordinate[numPoints];
+            for (int i = 0; i < numPoints; i++) {
+                coordinates[i] = multiPoint.getGeometryN(i).getCoordinate();
+            }
+            return geometryFactory.createLineString(coordinates);
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMBRDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMBRDescriptor.java
index 55e358c..6353918 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMBRDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMBRDescriptor.java
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Envelope;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Envelope;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STMBRDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -41,14 +40,12 @@
     };
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
         AMutableRectangle aRectangle = new AMutableRectangle(null, null);
         AMutablePoint[] aPoint = { new AMutablePoint(0, 0), new AMutablePoint(0, 0) };
-        Envelope env = new Envelope();
-        geometry.getEsriGeometry().queryEnvelope(env);
-        aPoint[0].setValue(env.getXMin(), env.getYMin());
-        aPoint[1].setValue(env.getXMax(), env.getYMax());
+        Envelope envelope = geometry.getEnvelopeInternal();
+        aPoint[0].setValue(envelope.getMinX(), envelope.getMinY());
+        aPoint[1].setValue(envelope.getMaxX(), envelope.getMaxY());
         aRectangle.setValue(aPoint[0], aPoint[1]);
         return aRectangle;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMBREnlargeDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMBREnlargeDescriptor.java
index b3bfb33..50ddd28 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMBREnlargeDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMBREnlargeDescriptor.java
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ByteArrayAccessibleInputStream;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Envelope;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Envelope;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
 
 public class STMBREnlargeDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
 
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
         }
     };
 
+    private final GeometryFactory geometryFactory;
+
+    public STMBREnlargeDescriptor() {
+        geometryFactory = new GeometryFactory();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.ST_MBR_ENLARGE;
@@ -114,14 +120,13 @@
                         }
 
                         inStream.setContent(data0, offset0 + 1, len - 1);
-                        OGCGeometry geometry =
-                                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getGeometry();
-                        geometry.getEsriGeometry().queryEnvelope(env);
+                        Geometry geometry = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getGeometry();
+                        Envelope env = geometry.getEnvelopeInternal();
                         double expandValue =
                                 ATypeHierarchy.getDoubleValue(getIdentifier().getName(), 0, data1, offset1);
                         AMutableRectangle expandedMBR = new AMutableRectangle(
-                                new AMutablePoint(env.getXMin() - expandValue, env.getYMin() - expandValue),
-                                new AMutablePoint(env.getXMax() + expandValue, env.getYMax() + expandValue));
+                                new AMutablePoint(env.getMinX() - expandValue, env.getMinY() - expandValue),
+                                new AMutablePoint(env.getMaxX() + expandValue, env.getMaxY() + expandValue));
                         rectangleSerde.serialize(expandedMBR, out);
                         result.set(resultStorage);
                     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMDescriptor.java
index e208771..71fcacf 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMDescriptor.java
@@ -20,24 +20,36 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.CoordinateXYZM;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
 
 public class STMDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STMDescriptor::new;
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCPoint) {
-            return ((OGCPoint) geometry).M();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POINT)) {
+            Point point = (Point) geometry;
+            Coordinate coordinate = point.getCoordinate();
+            if (coordinate instanceof CoordinateXYZM) {
+                return coordinate.getM();
+            } else {
+                LOGGER.debug("The provided point does not have an M value.");
+                return Double.NaN;
+            }
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakeEnvelopeDescriptorSRID.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakeEnvelopeDescriptorSRID.java
index 3aa9e7b..f8cc270 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakeEnvelopeDescriptorSRID.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakeEnvelopeDescriptorSRID.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Envelope;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
 
 public class STMakeEnvelopeDescriptorSRID extends AbstractGetValDescriptor {
 
@@ -70,14 +69,19 @@
         private DataOutput out;
         private IPointable inputArg0;
         private IScalarEvaluator eval0;
+        private Coordinate coordinate0;
         private IPointable inputArg1;
         private IScalarEvaluator eval1;
+        private Coordinate coordinate1;
         private IPointable inputArg2;
         private IScalarEvaluator eval2;
+        private Coordinate coordinate2;
         private IPointable inputArg3;
         private IScalarEvaluator eval3;
+        private Coordinate coordinate3;
         private IPointable inputArg4;
         private IScalarEvaluator eval4;
+        private final GeometryFactory geometryFactory;
 
         public STMakeEnvelopeEvaluator(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext ctx)
                 throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -93,6 +97,11 @@
             eval3 = args[3].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
             inputArg4 = new VoidPointable();
             eval4 = args[4].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
+            geometryFactory = new GeometryFactory();
+            coordinate0 = new Coordinate();
+            coordinate1 = new Coordinate();
+            coordinate2 = new Coordinate();
+            coordinate3 = new Coordinate();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -116,23 +125,30 @@
             byte[] data3 = inputArg3.getByteArray();
             int offset3 = inputArg3.getStartOffset();
 
+            //Spatial Reference System Identifier (SRID), currently not used.
             eval4.evaluate(tuple, inputArg4);
             byte[] data4 = inputArg4.getByteArray();
             int offset4 = inputArg4.getStartOffset();
 
             try {
+                double xmin = getVal(data0, offset0);
+                double ymin = getVal(data1, offset1);
+                double xmax = getVal(data2, offset2);
+                double ymax = getVal(data3, offset3);
+                coordinate0.setX(xmin);
+                coordinate0.setY(ymin);
+                coordinate1.setX(xmin);
+                coordinate1.setY(ymax);
+                coordinate2.setX(xmax);
+                coordinate2.setY(ymax);
+                coordinate3.setX(xmax);
+                coordinate3.setY(ymin);
 
-                OGCGeometry ogcGeometry =
-                        OGCGeometry
-                                .createFromEsriGeometry(
-                                        new Envelope(getVal(data0, offset0), getVal(data1, offset1),
-                                                getVal(data2, offset2), getVal(data3, offset3)),
-                                        SpatialReference.create((int) getVal(data4, offset4)));
-                ByteBuffer buffer = ogcGeometry.asBinary();
-                byte[] bytes = buffer.array();
+                Coordinate[] coords =
+                        new Coordinate[] { coordinate0, coordinate1, coordinate2, coordinate3, coordinate0 };
+                Polygon polygon = geometryFactory.createPolygon(coords);
                 out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                out.writeInt(bytes.length);
-                out.write(bytes);
+                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(polygon, out);
                 result.set(resultStorage);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePoint3DDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePoint3DDescriptor.java
index 4a5cf7e..8009510 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePoint3DDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePoint3DDescriptor.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AGeometry;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
@@ -35,10 +34,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Point;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
 
 public class STMakePoint3DDescriptor extends AbstractGetValDescriptor {
 
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@
         private final IScalarEvaluator eval1;
         private final IScalarEvaluator eval2;
         private Point point;
-        private AGeometry pointGeometry;
+        private final GeometryFactory geometryFactory;
 
         public STMakePoint3DEvaluator(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext ctx)
                 throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -85,8 +83,7 @@
             eval0 = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
             eval1 = args[1].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
             eval2 = args[2].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-            point = new Point(0, 0, 0);
-            pointGeometry = new AGeometry(new OGCPoint(point, SpatialReference.create(4326)));
+            geometryFactory = new GeometryFactory();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -105,10 +102,10 @@
             resultStorage.reset();
             try {
                 out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                point.setX(getVal(bytes0, offset0));
-                point.setY(getVal(bytes1, offset1));
-                point.setZ(getVal(bytes2, offset2));
-                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pointGeometry, out);
+                Coordinate coordinate =
+                        new Coordinate(getVal(bytes0, offset0), getVal(bytes1, offset1), getVal(bytes2, offset2));
+                point = geometryFactory.createPoint(coordinate);
+                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(point, out);
             } catch (IOException e1) {
                 throw HyracksDataException.create(e1);
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePoint3DWithMDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePoint3DWithMDescriptor.java
index 55baa37..edc0cdc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePoint3DWithMDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePoint3DWithMDescriptor.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AGeometry;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
@@ -35,11 +34,15 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.CoordinateXYZM;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
 
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Point;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
-
+/**
+ * TODO: Support writing geometry with 4 dimensions
+ * JTS WKBWriter currently does not support writing 4 dimensions and loses the detail.
+ * See https://github.com/locationtech/jts/issues/733 for more details.
+ */
 public class STMakePoint3DWithMDescriptor extends AbstractGetValDescriptor {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
         private final IScalarEvaluator eval2;
         private final IScalarEvaluator eval3;
         private Point point;
-        private AGeometry pointGeometry;
+        private final GeometryFactory geometryFactory;
 
         public STMakePoint3DWithMEvaluator(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext ctx)
                 throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -89,8 +92,7 @@
             eval1 = args[1].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
             eval2 = args[2].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
             eval3 = args[3].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-            point = new Point(0, 0, 0);
-            pointGeometry = new AGeometry(new OGCPoint(point, SpatialReference.create(4326)));
+            geometryFactory = new GeometryFactory();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -112,11 +114,10 @@
             resultStorage.reset();
             try {
                 out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                point.setX(getVal(bytes0, offset0));
-                point.setY(getVal(bytes1, offset1));
-                point.setZ(getVal(bytes2, offset2));
-                point.setM(getVal(bytes3, offset3));
-                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pointGeometry, out);
+                CoordinateXYZM coordinate = new CoordinateXYZM(getVal(bytes0, offset0), getVal(bytes1, offset1),
+                        getVal(bytes2, offset2), getVal(bytes3, offset3));
+                point = geometryFactory.createPoint(coordinate);
+                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(point, out);
             } catch (IOException e1) {
                 throw HyracksDataException.create(e1);
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePointDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePointDescriptor.java
index c3b7b36..f21b381 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePointDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STMakePointDescriptor.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AGeometry;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
@@ -35,10 +34,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Point;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
 
 public class STMakePointDescriptor extends AbstractGetValDescriptor {
 
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@
         private final IScalarEvaluator eval0;
         private final IScalarEvaluator eval1;
         private Point point;
-        private AGeometry pointGeometry;
+        private final GeometryFactory geometryFactory;
 
         public STMakePointEvaluator(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
             resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
@@ -80,8 +78,7 @@
             inputArg1 = new VoidPointable();
             eval0 = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
             eval1 = args[1].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-            point = new Point(0, 0);
-            pointGeometry = new AGeometry(new OGCPoint(point, SpatialReference.create(4326)));
+            geometryFactory = new GeometryFactory();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -97,9 +94,9 @@
             resultStorage.reset();
             try {
                 out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_GEOMETRY_TYPE_TAG);
-                point.setX(getVal(bytes0, offset0));
-                point.setY(getVal(bytes1, offset1));
-                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pointGeometry, out);
+                Coordinate coordinate = new Coordinate(getVal(bytes0, offset0), getVal(bytes1, offset1));
+                point = geometryFactory.createPoint(coordinate);
+                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(point, out);
             } catch (IOException e1) {
                 throw HyracksDataException.create(e1);
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNPointsDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNPointsDescriptor.java
index 309d325..c80c513 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNPointsDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNPointsDescriptor.java
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Geometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.GeometryCursor;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.MultiVertexGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Point;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryCollection;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
 
 public class STNPointsDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -35,31 +34,45 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STNPointsDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        Geometry esriGeometry = geometry.getEsriGeometry();
-        if (esriGeometry instanceof MultiVertexGeometry) {
-            return ((MultiVertexGeometry) esriGeometry).getPointCount();
-        } else if (esriGeometry instanceof Point) {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (geometry == null) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (geometry.isEmpty()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POINT))
             return 1;
-        } else if (esriGeometry == null) {
-            int count = 0;
-            GeometryCursor geometryCursor = geometry.getEsriGeometryCursor();
-            esriGeometry = geometryCursor.next();
-            while (esriGeometry != null) {
-                if (esriGeometry instanceof MultiVertexGeometry) {
-                    count += ((MultiVertexGeometry) esriGeometry).getPointCount();
-                } else if (esriGeometry instanceof Point) {
-                    count += 1;
-                }
-                esriGeometry = geometryCursor.next();
+
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POLYGON)) {
+            Polygon polygon = (Polygon) geometry;
+            int count = polygon.getExteriorRing().getCoordinates().length - 1;
+            for (int i = 0; i < polygon.getNumInteriorRing(); i++) {
+                count += polygon.getInteriorRingN(i).getCoordinates().length - 1;
             }
             return count;
-        } else if (geometry.isEmpty()) {
-            return 0;
-        } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
         }
+
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_MULTIPOLYGON)) {
+            int count = 0;
+            MultiPolygon multiPolygon = (MultiPolygon) geometry;
+            for (int i = 0; i < multiPolygon.getNumGeometries(); i++) {
+                count += (int) evaluateOGCGeometry(multiPolygon.getGeometryN(i));
+            }
+            return count;
+        }
+
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_GEOMETRYCOLLECTION)) {
+            int count = 0;
+            GeometryCollection collection = (GeometryCollection) geometry;
+            for (int i = 0; i < collection.getNumGeometries(); i++) {
+                count += (int) evaluateOGCGeometry(collection.getGeometryN(i));
+            }
+            return count;
+        }
+
+        return geometry.getCoordinates().length;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNRingsDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNRingsDescriptor.java
index f8e313d..ee21878 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNRingsDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNRingsDescriptor.java
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCMultiPolygon;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
 
 public class STNRingsDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -33,22 +33,22 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STNRingsDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCPolygon) {
-            return ((OGCPolygon) geometry).numInteriorRing() + 1;
-        } else if (geometry instanceof OGCMultiPolygon) {
-            OGCMultiPolygon polygon = (OGCMultiPolygon) geometry;
-            int numGeometries = polygon.numGeometries();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POLYGON)) {
+            return ((Polygon) geometry).getNumInteriorRing() + 1;
+        } else if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_MULTIPOLYGON)) {
+            MultiPolygon polygon = (MultiPolygon) geometry;
+            int numGeometries = polygon.getNumGeometries();
             int count = 0;
             for (int i = 1; i < numGeometries + 1; i++) {
-                if (polygon.geometryN(i) instanceof OGCPolygon) {
-                    count += ((OGCPolygon) polygon.geometryN(i)).numInteriorRing() + 1;
+                if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POLYGON)) {
+                    count += ((Polygon) polygon.getGeometryN(i)).getNumInteriorRing() + 1;
                 }
             }
             return count;
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNumGeometriesDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNumGeometriesDescriptor.java
index e87d1f4..938f591 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNumGeometriesDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNumGeometriesDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometryCollection;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STNumGeometriesDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -32,9 +31,9 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STNumGeometriesDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCGeometryCollection) {
-            return ((OGCGeometryCollection) geometry).numGeometries();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_GEOMETRYCOLLECTION)) {
+            return geometry.getNumGeometries();
         } else if (!geometry.isEmpty()) {
             return 1;
         } else {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNumInteriorRingsDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNumInteriorRingsDescriptor.java
index 19f2e11..c4f97f3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNumInteriorRingsDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STNumInteriorRingsDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
 
 public class STNumInteriorRingsDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STNumInteriorRingsDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCPolygon) {
-            return ((OGCPolygon) geometry).numInteriorRing();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POLYGON)) {
+            return ((Polygon) geometry).getNumInteriorRing();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STOverlapsDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STOverlapsDescriptor.java
index 61286b0..509566a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STOverlapsDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STOverlapsDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STOverlapsDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STOverlapsDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.overlaps(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STPointNDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STPointNDescriptor.java
index e0495f5..1689f9d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STPointNDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STPointNDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCLineString;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
 
 public class STPointNDescriptor extends AbstractSTGeometryNDescriptor {
 
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected OGCGeometry evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry, int n) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCLineString) {
-            return ((OGCLineString) geometry).pointN(n);
+    protected Geometry evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry, int n) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_LINESTRING)) {
+            return ((LineString) geometry).getPointN(n);
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STPolygonizeDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STPolygonizeDescriptor.java
index e2fcd8a..3683e1b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STPolygonizeDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STPolygonizeDescriptor.java
@@ -49,11 +49,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCConcreteGeometryCollection;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometryCollection;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryCollection;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
 
 public class STPolygonizeDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
 
@@ -61,6 +59,12 @@
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
+    private final GeometryFactory geometryFactory;
+
+    public STPolygonizeDescriptor() {
+        geometryFactory = new GeometryFactory();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.ST_POLYGONIZE;
@@ -116,13 +120,13 @@
             ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes, offset + 1, len - 1);
             DataInputStream dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
             IACursor cursor = ((IACollection) serde.deserialize(dataIn)).getCursor();
-            List<OGCGeometry> list = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<Geometry> list = new ArrayList<>();
             while (cursor.next()) {
                 IAObject object = cursor.get();
                 list.add(((AGeometry) object).getGeometry());
             }
-            OGCGeometryCollection geometryCollection =
-                    new OGCConcreteGeometryCollection(list, SpatialReference.create(4326));
+            GeometryCollection geometryCollection =
+                    geometryFactory.createGeometryCollection(list.toArray(new Geometry[0]));
             try {
                 SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AGEOMETRY)
                         .serialize(new AGeometry(geometryCollection), out);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STRelateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STRelateDescriptor.java
index c3dc132..bc9c0b6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STRelateDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STRelateDescriptor.java
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STRelateDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
 
@@ -128,9 +127,9 @@
             DataInputStream dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
             String matrix = AStringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getStringValue();
             DataInputStream dataIn0 = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes0, offset0 + 1, len0 - 1));
-            OGCGeometry geometry0 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn0).getGeometry();
+            Geometry geometry0 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn0).getGeometry();
             DataInputStream dataIn1 = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes1, offset1 + 1, len1 - 1));
-            OGCGeometry geometry1 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn1).getGeometry();
+            Geometry geometry1 = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn1).getGeometry();
             try {
                 boolean val = geometry0.relate(geometry1, matrix);
                 SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ABOOLEAN)
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STSRIDDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STSRIDDescriptor.java
index e50678a..e19f21a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STSRIDDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STSRIDDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STSRIDDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STSRIDDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.SRID();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return geometry.getSRID();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STStartPointDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STStartPointDescriptor.java
index 127b0d5..71d3470 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STStartPointDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STStartPointDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCCurve;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
 
 public class STStartPointDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STStartPointDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCCurve) {
-            return ((OGCCurve) geometry).startPoint();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_LINESTRING)) {
+            return ((LineString) geometry).getStartPoint();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STSymDifferenceDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STSymDifferenceDescriptor.java
index e4d0507..b04254e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STSymDifferenceDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STSymDifferenceDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STSymDifferenceDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STSymDifferenceDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.symDifference(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STTouchesDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STTouchesDescriptor.java
index ddf6550..0615f61 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STTouchesDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STTouchesDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STTouchesDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STTouchesDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.touches(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STUnionDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STUnionDescriptor.java
index 1cfea10..533a3c1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STUnionDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STUnionDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STUnionDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STUnionDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.union(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STWithinDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STWithinDescriptor.java
index c78e48f..a3687ac 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STWithinDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STWithinDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STWithinDescriptor extends AbstractSTDoubleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STWithinDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry0, OGCGeometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry0, Geometry geometry1) throws HyracksDataException {
         return geometry0.within(geometry1);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXDescriptor.java
index 608e55cc..2bb450f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
 
 public class STXDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STXDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCPoint) {
-            return ((OGCPoint) geometry).X();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POINT)) {
+            return ((Point) geometry).getX();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXMaxDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXMaxDescriptor.java
index 2431f3f..1ad10ba 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXMaxDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXMaxDescriptor.java
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Envelope;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Geometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Envelope;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STXMaxDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -33,15 +31,13 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STXMaxDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        Geometry esriGeom = geometry.getEsriGeometry();
-        if (esriGeom != null) {
-            Envelope env = new Envelope();
-            esriGeom.queryEnvelope(env);
-            return env.getXMax();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        Envelope env = geometry.getEnvelopeInternal();
+        if (env != null) {
+            return env.getMaxX();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXMinDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXMinDescriptor.java
index 66db0c6..ad47b30 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXMinDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STXMinDescriptor.java
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Envelope;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Geometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Envelope;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STXMinDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -33,17 +31,14 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STXMinDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        Geometry esriGeom = geometry.getEsriGeometry();
-        if (esriGeom != null) {
-            Envelope env = new Envelope();
-            esriGeom.queryEnvelope(env);
-            return env.getXMin();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        Envelope env = geometry.getEnvelopeInternal();
+        if (env != null) {
+            return env.getMinX();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
-
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYDescriptor.java
index 32baa0a..df5a57d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYDescriptor.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
 
 public class STYDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STYDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCPoint) {
-            return ((OGCPoint) geometry).Y();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POINT)) {
+            return ((Point) geometry).getY();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYMaxDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYMaxDescriptor.java
index 7b82915..b5aee1f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYMaxDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYMaxDescriptor.java
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Envelope;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Geometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Envelope;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STYMaxDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -33,15 +31,13 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STYMaxDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        Geometry esriGeom = geometry.getEsriGeometry();
-        if (esriGeom != null) {
-            Envelope env = new Envelope();
-            esriGeom.queryEnvelope(env);
-            return env.getYMax();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        Envelope env = geometry.getEnvelopeInternal();
+        if (env != null) {
+            return env.getMaxY();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYMinDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYMinDescriptor.java
index 1cc5e88..921761f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYMinDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STYMinDescriptor.java
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Envelope;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Geometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Envelope;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STYMinDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -33,15 +31,13 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STYMinDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        Geometry esriGeom = geometry.getEsriGeometry();
-        if (esriGeom != null) {
-            Envelope env = new Envelope();
-            esriGeom.queryEnvelope(env);
-            return env.getYMin();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        Envelope env = geometry.getEnvelopeInternal();
+        if (env != null) {
+            return env.getMinY();
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZDescriptor.java
index 739775a..eae150c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZDescriptor.java
@@ -20,24 +20,32 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCPoint;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
 
 public class STZDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STZDescriptor::new;
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (geometry instanceof OGCPoint) {
-            return ((OGCPoint) geometry).Z();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (StringUtils.equals(geometry.getGeometryType(), Geometry.TYPENAME_POINT)) {
+            Point point = (Point) geometry;
+            double z = point.getCoordinate().getZ();
+            if (Double.isNaN(z)) {
+                LOGGER.debug("No Z-coordinate available for the given point.");
+            }
+            return z;
         } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    "The operation " + getIdentifier() + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.geometryType());
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The operation " + getIdentifier()
+                    + " is not supported for the type " + geometry.getGeometryType());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZMaxDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZMaxDescriptor.java
index cb3f54e..fa80241 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZMaxDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZMaxDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STZMaxDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +31,18 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STZMaxDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.MaxZ();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        double maxZ = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+        boolean foundZ = false;
+        for (Coordinate coord : geometry.getCoordinates()) {
+            if (!Double.isNaN(coord.getZ())) {
+                foundZ = true;
+                if (coord.getZ() > maxZ) {
+                    maxZ = coord.getZ();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return foundZ ? maxZ : Double.NaN;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZMinDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZMinDescriptor.java
index 3f6f6b3..ba637d4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZMinDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-geo/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/geo/evaluators/functions/STZMinDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class STZMinDescriptor extends AbstractSTSingleGeometryDescriptor {
 
@@ -31,8 +31,19 @@
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = STZMinDescriptor::new;
 
     @Override
-    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return geometry.MinZ();
+    protected Object evaluateOGCGeometry(Geometry geometry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        double minZ = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+        boolean foundZ = false;
+        for (Coordinate coord : geometry.getCoordinates()) {
+            if (!Double.isNaN(coord.getZ())) {
+                foundZ = true;
+                if (coord.getZ() < minZ) {
+                    minZ = coord.getZ();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return foundZ ? minZ : Double.NaN;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/CopyToStatement.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/CopyToStatement.java
index 599d528..5bc4a71 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/CopyToStatement.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/statement/CopyToStatement.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.IReturningStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.clause.OrderbyClause;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.LiteralExpr;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.RecordTypeDefinition;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.TypeExpression;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.VariableExpr;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.literal.StringLiteral;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.visitor.base.ILangVisitor;
@@ -52,13 +54,14 @@
     private List<Expression> partitionExpressions;
     private List<Expression> orderByList;
     private int varCounter;
+    private RecordTypeDefinition itemType;
 
     public CopyToStatement(Namespace namespace, String datasetName, Query query, VariableExpr sourceVariable,
             ExternalDetailsDecl externalDetailsDecl, int varCounter, List<Expression> keyExpressions,
             boolean autogenerated) {
         this(namespace, datasetName, query, sourceVariable, externalDetailsDecl, new ArrayList<>(), new ArrayList<>(),
                 new HashMap<>(), new ArrayList<>(), new ArrayList<>(), new ArrayList<>(), varCounter, keyExpressions,
-                autogenerated);
+                autogenerated, null);
     }
 
     public CopyToStatement(Namespace namespace, String datasetName, Query query, VariableExpr sourceVariable,
@@ -68,7 +71,18 @@
             List<OrderbyClause.NullOrderModifier> orderByNullModifierList, int varCounter) {
         this(namespace, datasetName, query, sourceVariable, externalDetailsDecl, pathExpressions, partitionExpressions,
                 partitionsVariables, orderbyList, orderByModifiers, orderByNullModifierList, varCounter,
-                new ArrayList<>(), false);
+                new ArrayList<>(), false, null);
+    }
+
+    public CopyToStatement(Namespace namespace, String datasetName, Query query, VariableExpr sourceVariable,
+            ExternalDetailsDecl externalDetailsDecl, List<Expression> pathExpressions,
+            List<Expression> partitionExpressions, Map<Integer, VariableExpr> partitionsVariables,
+            List<Expression> orderbyList, List<OrderbyClause.OrderModifier> orderByModifiers,
+            List<OrderbyClause.NullOrderModifier> orderByNullModifierList, int varCounter,
+            RecordTypeDefinition itemType) {
+        this(namespace, datasetName, query, sourceVariable, externalDetailsDecl, pathExpressions, partitionExpressions,
+                partitionsVariables, orderbyList, orderByModifiers, orderByNullModifierList, varCounter,
+                new ArrayList<>(), false, itemType);
     }
 
     private CopyToStatement(Namespace namespace, String datasetName, Query query, VariableExpr sourceVariable,
@@ -76,7 +90,7 @@
             List<Expression> partitionExpressions, Map<Integer, VariableExpr> partitionsVariables,
             List<Expression> orderbyList, List<OrderbyClause.OrderModifier> orderByModifiers,
             List<OrderbyClause.NullOrderModifier> orderByNullModifierList, int varCounter,
-            List<Expression> keyExpressions, boolean autogenerated) {
+            List<Expression> keyExpressions, boolean autogenerated, RecordTypeDefinition itemType) {
         this.namespace = namespace;
         this.datasetName = datasetName;
         this.query = query;
@@ -91,6 +105,7 @@
         this.varCounter = varCounter;
         this.keyExpressions = keyExpressions != null ? keyExpressions : new ArrayList<>();
         this.autogenerated = autogenerated;
+        this.itemType = itemType;
 
         if (pathExpressions.isEmpty()) {
             // Ensure path expressions to have at least an empty string
@@ -117,6 +132,10 @@
         this.namespace = namespace;
     }
 
+    public RecordTypeDefinition getType() {
+        return itemType;
+    }
+
     public Namespace getNamespace() {
         return namespace;
     }
@@ -192,6 +211,10 @@
         return !orderByList.isEmpty();
     }
 
+    public TypeExpression getItemType() {
+        return itemType;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getVarCounter() {
         return varCounter;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/util/ExpressionUtils.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/util/ExpressionUtils.java
index c9f8640..df7d6d8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/util/ExpressionUtils.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/common/util/ExpressionUtils.java
@@ -263,12 +263,17 @@
                             Triple<DatasetFullyQualifiedName, Boolean, DatasetFullyQualifiedName> dsArgs =
                                     FunctionUtil.parseDatasetFunctionArguments(functionCall);
                             DatasetFullyQualifiedName datasetFullyQualifiedName = dsArgs.first;
-                            EntityDetails.EntityType entityType =
-                                    dsArgs.second ? EntityDetails.EntityType.VIEW : EntityDetails.EntityType.DATASET;
-                            metadataProvider
-                                    .addAccessedEntity(new EntityDetails(datasetFullyQualifiedName.getDatabaseName(),
-                                            datasetFullyQualifiedName.getDataverseName(),
-                                            datasetFullyQualifiedName.getDatasetName(), entityType));
+                            if (dsArgs.second) {
+                                metadataProvider.addAccessedEntity(
+                                        EntityDetails.newView(datasetFullyQualifiedName.getDatabaseName(),
+                                                datasetFullyQualifiedName.getDataverseName(),
+                                                datasetFullyQualifiedName.getDatasetName()));
+                            } else {
+                                metadataProvider.addAccessedEntity(
+                                        EntityDetails.newDataset(datasetFullyQualifiedName.getDatabaseName(),
+                                                datasetFullyQualifiedName.getDataverseName(),
+                                                datasetFullyQualifiedName.getDatasetName()));
+                            }
                             DatasetFullyQualifiedName synonymReference = dsArgs.third;
                             if (synonymReference != null) {
                                 // resolved via synonym -> store synonym name as a dependency
@@ -290,8 +295,8 @@
                     } else {
                         if (seenFunctions.add(signature)) {
                             String functionName = signature.getName() + "(" + signature.getArity() + ")";
-                            metadataProvider.addAccessedEntity(new EntityDetails(signature.getDatabaseName(),
-                                    signature.getDataverseName(), functionName, EntityDetails.EntityType.FUNCTION));
+                            metadataProvider.addAccessedEntity(EntityDetails.newFunction(signature.getDatabaseName(),
+                                    signature.getDataverseName(), functionName, signature.getArity()));
                             outFunctionDependencies.add(new DependencyFullyQualifiedName(signature.getDatabaseName(),
                                     signature.getDataverseName(), signature.getName(),
                                     Integer.toString(signature.getArity())));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/rewrites/visitor/SqlppLoadAccessedDataset.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/rewrites/visitor/SqlppLoadAccessedDataset.java
index 2f3323f..1b1cf83 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/rewrites/visitor/SqlppLoadAccessedDataset.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/rewrites/visitor/SqlppLoadAccessedDataset.java
@@ -84,8 +84,13 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            context.getMetadataProvider()
-                    .addAccessedEntity(new EntityDetails(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, entityType));
+            if (entityType == EntityDetails.EntityType.VIEW) {
+                context.getMetadataProvider()
+                        .addAccessedEntity(EntityDetails.newView(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName));
+            } else {
+                context.getMetadataProvider()
+                        .addAccessedEntity(EntityDetails.newDataset(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName));
+            }
 
         } else {
             FunctionSignature signature = expression.getFunctionSignature();
@@ -93,9 +98,9 @@
             if (declaredFunctions.containsKey(signature)) {
                 return;
             }
-            String functionName = signature.getName() + "(" + signature.getArity() + ")";
-            context.getMetadataProvider().addAccessedEntity(new EntityDetails(signature.getDatabaseName(),
-                    signature.getDataverseName(), functionName, EntityDetails.EntityType.FUNCTION));
+            String functionName = EntityDetails.getFunctionNameWithArity(signature.getName(), signature.getArity());
+            context.getMetadataProvider().addAccessedEntity(EntityDetails.newFunction(signature.getDatabaseName(),
+                    signature.getDataverseName(), functionName, signature.getArity()));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
index da5f0ab..1cfa892 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
@@ -2936,6 +2936,7 @@
   Namespace namespace = nameComponents == null ? null : nameComponents.first;
   String datasetName = nameComponents == null ? null : nameComponents.second.getValue();
   List<Expression> pathExprs;
+  RecordTypeDefinition typeExpr = null;
 
   List<Expression> partitionExprs = new ArrayList<Expression>();
   Map<Integer, VariableExpr> partitionVarExprs = new HashMap<Integer, VariableExpr>();
@@ -2947,6 +2948,7 @@
   <TO> adapterName = AdapterName()
   <PATH> <LEFTPAREN> pathExprs = ExpressionList() <RIGHTPAREN>
   (CopyToOverClause(partitionExprs, partitionVarExprs, orderbyList, orderbyModifierList, orderbyNullModifierList))?
+  (<TYPE>  <LEFTPAREN> typeExpr = RecordTypeDef() <RIGHTPAREN>)?
   <WITH> withRecord = RecordConstructor()
     {
        ExternalDetailsDecl edd = new ExternalDetailsDecl();
@@ -2961,8 +2963,7 @@
           usedAlias = new VariableExpr(SqlppVariableUtil.toInternalVariableIdentifier(datasetName));
        }
 
-       CopyToStatement stmt = new CopyToStatement(namespace, datasetName, query, usedAlias, edd, pathExprs,
-            partitionExprs, partitionVarExprs, orderbyList, orderbyModifierList, orderbyNullModifierList, getVarCounter());
+       CopyToStatement stmt = new CopyToStatement(namespace, datasetName, query, usedAlias, edd, pathExprs, partitionExprs, partitionVarExprs, orderbyList, orderbyModifierList, orderbyNullModifierList, getVarCounter(), typeExpr);
        return addSourceLocation(stmt, startToken);
     }
 }
@@ -4407,7 +4408,7 @@
   (
     <MUL> { star = true; }
     |
-    ( expr1 = Expression() ( <COLON> { slice = true; } ( expr2 = Expression() )? )? )
+    ( (expr1 = Expression()) ? ( <COLON> { slice = true; } ( expr2 = Expression() )? )? )
   )
   <RIGHTBRACKET>
   {
@@ -4418,10 +4419,14 @@
       ensureIntegerLiteral( (LiteralExpr) expr2, "Index");
     }
     AbstractAccessor resultAccessor;
-    if (slice) {
+
+    if (star) {
+          resultAccessor = new IndexAccessor(inputExpr, IndexAccessor.IndexKind.STAR, null);
+    } else if (slice || expr1 == null) {
+      if (expr1 == null) {
+        expr1 = new LiteralExpr(new LongIntegerLiteral(0L));
+      }
       resultAccessor = new ListSliceExpression(inputExpr, expr1, expr2);
-    } else if (star) {
-      resultAccessor = new IndexAccessor(inputExpr, IndexAccessor.IndexKind.STAR, null);
     } else {
       resultAccessor = new IndexAccessor(inputExpr, IndexAccessor.IndexKind.ELEMENT, expr1);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
index 0eb1111..8399f96 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
                 InternalDatasetDetails id = (InternalDatasetDetails) dataset.getDatasetDetails();
                 Index primaryIndex = Index.createPrimaryIndex(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dataset.getDataverseName(),
                         dataset.getDatasetName(), id.getPrimaryKey(), id.getKeySourceIndicator(),
-                        id.getPrimaryKeyType(), dataset.getPendingOp());
+                        id.getPrimaryKeyType(), dataset.getPendingOp(), dataset.getCreator());
 
                 addIndex(txnId, primaryIndex);
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java
index aeb6d13..70bf83a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataTransactionContext.java
@@ -165,26 +165,26 @@
 
     public void dropDataset(String database, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName) {
         Dataset dataset = new Dataset(database, dataverseName, datasetName, null, null, null, null, null, null, null,
-                null, null, -1, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                null, null, -1, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, null);
         droppedCache.addDatasetIfNotExists(dataset);
         logAndApply(new MetadataLogicalOperation(dataset, false));
     }
 
     public void dropIndex(String database, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, String indexName) {
         Index index = new Index(database, dataverseName, datasetName, indexName, null, null, false, false,
-                MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, null);
         droppedCache.addIndexIfNotExists(index);
         logAndApply(new MetadataLogicalOperation(index, false));
     }
 
     public void dropDatabase(String databaseName) {
-        Database database = new Database(databaseName, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+        Database database = new Database(databaseName, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, null);
         droppedCache.addDatabaseIfNotExists(database);
         logAndApply(new MetadataLogicalOperation(database, false));
     }
 
     public void dropDataverse(String database, DataverseName dataverseName) {
-        Dataverse dataverse = new Dataverse(database, dataverseName, null, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+        Dataverse dataverse = new Dataverse(database, dataverseName, null, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, null);
         droppedCache.addDataverseIfNotExists(dataverse);
         logAndApply(new MetadataLogicalOperation(dataverse, false));
     }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 
     public void dropFunction(FunctionSignature signature) {
         Function function = new Function(signature, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, false,
-                false, null, null);
+                false, null, null, null);
         droppedCache.addFunctionIfNotExists(function);
         logAndApply(new MetadataLogicalOperation(function, false));
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
index 71458f9..901ffdf 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Node;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.NodeGroup;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.feeds.BuiltinFeedPolicies;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinTypeMap;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
@@ -221,13 +222,12 @@
             IDatasetDetails id = new InternalDatasetDetails(FileStructure.BTREE, PartitioningStrategy.HASH,
                     indexes[i].getPartitioningExpr(), indexes[i].getPartitioningExpr(), null,
                     indexes[i].getPartitioningExprType(), false, null, null);
-            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDataset(mdTxnCtx,
-                    new Dataset(indexes[i].getDatabaseName(), indexes[i].getDataverseName(),
-                            indexes[i].getIndexedDatasetName(), indexes[i].getDatabaseName(),
-                            indexes[i].getDataverseName(), indexes[i].getPayloadRecordType().getTypeName(),
-                            indexes[i].getNodeGroupName(), StorageConstants.DEFAULT_COMPACTION_POLICY_NAME,
-                            StorageConstants.DEFAULT_COMPACTION_POLICY_PROPERTIES, id, new HashMap<>(),
-                            DatasetType.INTERNAL, indexes[i].getDatasetId().getId(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP));
+            MetadataManager.INSTANCE.addDataset(mdTxnCtx, new Dataset(indexes[i].getDatabaseName(),
+                    indexes[i].getDataverseName(), indexes[i].getIndexedDatasetName(), indexes[i].getDatabaseName(),
+                    indexes[i].getDataverseName(), indexes[i].getPayloadRecordType().getTypeName(),
+                    indexes[i].getNodeGroupName(), StorageConstants.DEFAULT_COMPACTION_POLICY_NAME,
+                    StorageConstants.DEFAULT_COMPACTION_POLICY_PROPERTIES, id, new HashMap<>(), DatasetType.INTERNAL,
+                    indexes[i].getDatasetId().getId(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR));
         }
         if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.info("Finished inserting initial datasets.");
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBuiltinEntities.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBuiltinEntities.java
index 7b33682..f11ab01 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBuiltinEntities.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBuiltinEntities.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Database;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Datatype;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataverse;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.utils.RecordUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.formats.NonTaggedDataFormat;
 
@@ -31,18 +32,19 @@
 
     //--------------------------------------- Databases ----------------------------------------//
     public static final Database SYSTEM_DATABASE =
-            new Database(MetadataConstants.SYSTEM_DATABASE, true, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+            new Database(MetadataConstants.SYSTEM_DATABASE, true, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
 
-    public static final Database DEFAULT_DATABASE =
-            new Database(MetadataConstants.DEFAULT_DATABASE, false, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+    public static final Database DEFAULT_DATABASE = new Database(MetadataConstants.DEFAULT_DATABASE, false,
+            MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
 
     //--------------------------------------- Dataverses ----------------------------------------//
     public static final Dataverse METADATA_DATAVERSE =
             new Dataverse(MetadataConstants.SYSTEM_DATABASE, MetadataConstants.METADATA_DATAVERSE_NAME,
-                    NonTaggedDataFormat.NON_TAGGED_DATA_FORMAT, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+                    NonTaggedDataFormat.NON_TAGGED_DATA_FORMAT, MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
 
-    public static final Dataverse DEFAULT_DATAVERSE = new Dataverse(MetadataConstants.DEFAULT_DATABASE,
-            MetadataConstants.DEFAULT_DATAVERSE_NAME, NonTaggedDataFormat.class.getName(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP);
+    public static final Dataverse DEFAULT_DATAVERSE =
+            new Dataverse(MetadataConstants.DEFAULT_DATABASE, MetadataConstants.DEFAULT_DATAVERSE_NAME,
+                    NonTaggedDataFormat.class.getName(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_NO_OP, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
 
     //--------------------------------------- Datatypes -----------------------------------------//
     public static final Datatype ANY_OBJECT_DATATYPE =
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataRecordTypes.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataRecordTypes.java
index c35c03a..338e00d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataRecordTypes.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataRecordTypes.java
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@
     public static final String FIELD_NAME_FULL_TEXT_FILTER_PIPELINE = "FullTextFilterPipeline";
     public static final String FIELD_NAME_FULL_TEXT_STOPWORD_LIST = "StopwordList";
 
+    //open field
+    public static final String FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_NAME = "Name";
+    public static final String FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_UUID = "Uuid";
+    public static final String CREATOR_ARECORD_FIELD_NAME = "Creator";
+
     //---------------------------------- Record Types Creation ----------------------------------//
     //--------------------------------------- Properties ----------------------------------------//
     public static final int PROPERTIES_NAME_FIELD_INDEX = 0;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Database.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Database.java
index 8be93e3..6336596 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Database.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Database.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataCache;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IMetadataEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 
 /**
  * Metadata describing a database.
@@ -34,11 +35,13 @@
     private final String databaseName;
     private final boolean isSystemDatabase;
     private final int pendingOp;
+    private final Creator creator;
 
-    public Database(String databaseName, boolean isSystemDatabase, int pendingOp) {
+    public Database(String databaseName, boolean isSystemDatabase, int pendingOp, Creator creator) {
         this.databaseName = databaseName;
         this.isSystemDatabase = isSystemDatabase;
         this.pendingOp = pendingOp;
+        this.creator = creator;
     }
 
     public String getDatabaseName() {
@@ -53,6 +56,10 @@
         return pendingOp;
     }
 
+    public Creator getCreator() {
+        return creator;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Database addToCache(MetadataCache cache) {
         return cache.addDatabaseIfNotExists(this);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataset.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataset.java
index 132efbc..cae1385 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataset.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataset.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.BTreeResourceFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.MetadataProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.DatasetUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.InvertedIndexResourceFactoryProvider;
@@ -166,15 +167,16 @@
     private final String compressionScheme;
     private final DatasetFullyQualifiedName datasetFullyQualifiedName;
     private final DatasetFormatInfo datasetFormatInfo;
+    private final Creator creator;
 
     public Dataset(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, String recordTypeDatabaseName,
             DataverseName recordTypeDataverseName, String recordTypeName, String nodeGroupName, String compactionPolicy,
             Map<String, String> compactionPolicyProperties, IDatasetDetails datasetDetails, Map<String, String> hints,
-            DatasetType datasetType, int datasetId, int pendingOp) {
+            DatasetType datasetType, int datasetId, int pendingOp, Creator creator) {
         this(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, recordTypeDatabaseName, recordTypeDataverseName, recordTypeName,
                 null, /*metaTypeDataverseName*/null, /*metaTypeName*/null, nodeGroupName, compactionPolicy,
                 compactionPolicyProperties, datasetDetails, hints, datasetType, datasetId, pendingOp,
-                CompressionManager.NONE, DatasetFormatInfo.SYSTEM_DEFAULT);
+                CompressionManager.NONE, DatasetFormatInfo.SYSTEM_DEFAULT, creator);
     }
 
     public Dataset(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, String itemTypeDatabaseName,
@@ -182,11 +184,11 @@
             DataverseName metaItemTypeDataverseName, String metaItemTypeName, String nodeGroupName,
             String compactionPolicy, Map<String, String> compactionPolicyProperties, IDatasetDetails datasetDetails,
             Map<String, String> hints, DatasetType datasetType, int datasetId, int pendingOp, String compressionScheme,
-            DatasetFormatInfo datasetFormatInfo) {
+            DatasetFormatInfo datasetFormatInfo, Creator creator) {
         this(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, itemTypeDatabaseName, itemTypeDataverseName, itemTypeName,
                 metaItemTypeDatabaseName, metaItemTypeDataverseName, metaItemTypeName, nodeGroupName, compactionPolicy,
                 compactionPolicyProperties, datasetDetails, hints, datasetType, datasetId, pendingOp, 0L,
-                compressionScheme, datasetFormatInfo);
+                compressionScheme, datasetFormatInfo, creator);
     }
 
     public Dataset(Dataset dataset) {
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@
                 dataset.metaTypeDataverseName, dataset.metaTypeName, dataset.nodeGroupName,
                 dataset.compactionPolicyFactory, dataset.compactionPolicyProperties, dataset.datasetDetails,
                 dataset.hints, dataset.datasetType, dataset.datasetId, dataset.pendingOp, dataset.rebalanceCount,
-                dataset.compressionScheme, dataset.datasetFormatInfo);
+                dataset.compressionScheme, dataset.datasetFormatInfo, dataset.creator);
     }
 
     public Dataset(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, String itemTypeDatabaseName,
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@
             DataverseName metaItemTypeDataverseName, String metaItemTypeName, String nodeGroupName,
             String compactionPolicy, Map<String, String> compactionPolicyProperties, IDatasetDetails datasetDetails,
             Map<String, String> hints, DatasetType datasetType, int datasetId, int pendingOp, long rebalanceCount,
-            String compressionScheme, DatasetFormatInfo datasetFormatInfo) {
+            String compressionScheme, DatasetFormatInfo datasetFormatInfo, Creator creator) {
         this.databaseName = Objects.requireNonNull(databaseName);
         this.dataverseName = dataverseName;
         this.datasetName = datasetName;
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@
         this.compressionScheme = compressionScheme;
         this.datasetFullyQualifiedName = new DatasetFullyQualifiedName(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName);
         this.datasetFormatInfo = datasetFormatInfo;
+        this.creator = creator;
     }
 
     public String getDatabaseName() {
@@ -301,6 +304,10 @@
         return rebalanceCount;
     }
 
+    public Creator getCreator() {
+        return creator;
+    }
+
     public boolean hasMetaPart() {
         return metaTypeDataverseName != null && metaTypeName != null;
     }
@@ -395,7 +402,7 @@
                             getMetaItemTypeDataverseName(), getMetaItemTypeName(), getNodeGroupName(),
                             getCompactionPolicy(), getCompactionPolicyProperties(), getDatasetDetails(), getHints(),
                             getDatasetType(), getDatasetId(), MetadataUtil.PENDING_DROP_OP, getCompressionScheme(),
-                            getDatasetFormatInfo()));
+                            getDatasetFormatInfo(), creator));
 
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx.getValue());
             bActiveTxn.setValue(false);
@@ -856,7 +863,7 @@
                 this.metaTypeDataverseName, this.metaTypeName, targetNodeGroupName, this.compactionPolicyFactory,
                 this.compactionPolicyProperties, this.datasetDetails, this.hints, this.datasetType,
                 DatasetIdFactory.generateAlternatingDatasetId(this.datasetId), this.pendingOp, this.rebalanceCount + 1,
-                this.compressionScheme, this.datasetFormatInfo);
+                this.compressionScheme, this.datasetFormatInfo, creator);
     }
 
     // Gets an array of partition numbers for this dataset.
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataverse.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataverse.java
index bba1763..5b52be4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataverse.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Dataverse.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataCache;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IMetadataEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 
 /**
  * Metadata describing a dataverse.
@@ -35,12 +36,14 @@
     private final DataverseName dataverseName;
     private final String dataFormat;
     private final int pendingOp;
+    private final Creator creator;
 
-    public Dataverse(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String format, int pendingOp) {
+    public Dataverse(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String format, int pendingOp, Creator creator) {
         this.databaseName = Objects.requireNonNull(databaseName);
         this.dataverseName = dataverseName;
         this.dataFormat = format;
         this.pendingOp = pendingOp;
+        this.creator = creator;
     }
 
     public String getDatabaseName() {
@@ -59,6 +62,10 @@
         return pendingOp;
     }
 
+    public Creator getCreator() {
+        return creator;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Dataverse addToCache(MetadataCache cache) {
         return cache.addDataverseIfNotExists(this);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/EntityDetails.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/EntityDetails.java
index a341a39..c7e771b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/EntityDetails.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/EntityDetails.java
@@ -20,26 +20,78 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 
+/**
+ * This class provides static factory methods for creating entity details.
+ */
+
 public class EntityDetails {
 
     public enum EntityType {
         DATASET,
         VIEW,
-        FUNCTION
+        FUNCTION,
+        DATABASE,
+        DATAVERSE,
+        SYNONYM,
+        INDEX
     }
 
     private final String databaseName;
     private final DataverseName dataverseName;
     private final String entityName;
     private final EntityType entityType;
+    // The number of arguments that the function accepts. Relevant only for function entity.
+    private int functionArity;
 
-    public EntityDetails(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String entityName, EntityType entityType) {
+    private EntityDetails(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String entityName, EntityType entityType) {
         this.databaseName = databaseName;
         this.dataverseName = dataverseName;
         this.entityName = entityName;
         this.entityType = entityType;
     }
 
+    private EntityDetails(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String entityName, EntityType entityType,
+            int functionArity) {
+        this.databaseName = databaseName;
+        this.dataverseName = dataverseName;
+        this.entityName = entityName;
+        this.entityType = entityType;
+        this.functionArity = functionArity;
+    }
+
+    public static EntityDetails newDatabase(String databaseName) {
+        return new EntityDetails(databaseName, null, null, EntityType.DATABASE);
+    }
+
+    public static EntityDetails newDataverse(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName) {
+        return new EntityDetails(databaseName, dataverseName, null, EntityType.DATAVERSE);
+    }
+
+    public static EntityDetails newDataset(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName) {
+        return new EntityDetails(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, EntityType.DATASET);
+    }
+
+    public static EntityDetails newView(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String viewName) {
+        return new EntityDetails(databaseName, dataverseName, viewName, EntityType.VIEW);
+    }
+
+    public static EntityDetails newFunction(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String functionName,
+            int functionArity) {
+        return new EntityDetails(databaseName, dataverseName, functionName, EntityType.FUNCTION, functionArity);
+    }
+
+    public static EntityDetails newSynonym(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String synonymName) {
+        return new EntityDetails(databaseName, dataverseName, synonymName, EntityType.SYNONYM);
+    }
+
+    public static EntityDetails newIndex(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String indexName) {
+        return new EntityDetails(databaseName, dataverseName, indexName, EntityType.INDEX);
+    }
+
+    public static EntityDetails newExtension(String extensionName) {
+        return new EntityDetails(null, null, extensionName, null);
+    }
+
     public String getDatabaseName() {
         return databaseName;
     }
@@ -55,4 +107,12 @@
     public EntityType getEntityType() {
         return entityType;
     }
+
+    public int getFunctionArity() {
+        return functionArity;
+    }
+
+    public static String getFunctionNameWithArity(String functionName, int functionArity) {
+        return functionName + "(" + functionArity + ")";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Function.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Function.java
index 82c9514..3c1515b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Function.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Function.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DependencyFullyQualifiedName;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataCache;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IMetadataEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.TypeSignature;
 
 public class Function implements IMetadataEntity<Function> {
@@ -49,12 +50,13 @@
     private final Boolean nullCall; // null for SQL++ and AQL functions
     private final Map<String, String> resources;
     private final List<List<DependencyFullyQualifiedName>> dependencies;
+    private final Creator creator;
 
     public Function(FunctionSignature signature, List<String> paramNames, List<TypeSignature> paramTypes,
             TypeSignature returnType, String functionBody, String functionKind, String language,
             String libraryDatabaseName, DataverseName libraryDataverseName, String libraryName,
             List<String> externalIdentifier, Boolean nullCall, Boolean deterministic, Map<String, String> resources,
-            List<List<DependencyFullyQualifiedName>> dependencies) {
+            List<List<DependencyFullyQualifiedName>> dependencies, Creator creator) {
         this.signature = signature;
         this.paramNames = paramNames;
         this.paramTypes = paramTypes;
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@
         this.dependencies = dependencies == null
                 ? Arrays.asList(Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList())
                 : dependencies;
+        this.creator = creator;
     }
 
     public FunctionSignature getSignature() {
@@ -161,6 +164,10 @@
         return dependencies;
     }
 
+    public Creator getCreator() {
+        return creator;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Function addToCache(MetadataCache cache) {
         return cache.addFunctionIfNotExists(this);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java
index 66192e0..4709c13 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Index.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.IRecoveryManager.ResourceType;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataCache;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IMetadataEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
@@ -66,10 +67,11 @@
     private final boolean isEnforced;
     // Type of pending operations with respect to atomic DDL operation
     private int pendingOp;
+    private final Creator creator;
 
     public Index(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, String indexName,
-            IndexType indexType, IIndexDetails indexDetails, boolean isEnforced, boolean isPrimaryIndex,
-            int pendingOp) {
+            IndexType indexType, IIndexDetails indexDetails, boolean isEnforced, boolean isPrimaryIndex, int pendingOp,
+            Creator creator) {
         boolean categoryOk = (indexType == null && indexDetails == null) || (IndexCategory
                 .of(Objects.requireNonNull(indexType)) == ((AbstractIndexDetails) Objects.requireNonNull(indexDetails))
                         .getIndexCategory());
@@ -85,26 +87,27 @@
         this.isPrimaryIndex = isPrimaryIndex;
         this.isEnforced = isEnforced;
         this.pendingOp = pendingOp;
+        this.creator = creator;
     }
 
     @Deprecated
     public Index(String database, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName, String indexName,
             IndexType indexType, List<List<String>> keyFieldNames, List<Integer> keyFieldSourceIndicators,
             List<IAType> keyFieldTypes, boolean overrideKeyFieldTypes, boolean isEnforced, boolean isPrimaryIndex,
-            int pendingOp, OptionalBoolean excludeUnknownKey) {
+            int pendingOp, OptionalBoolean excludeUnknownKey, Creator creator) {
         this(database, dataverseName, datasetName,
                 indexName, indexType, createSimpleIndexDetails(indexType, keyFieldNames, keyFieldSourceIndicators,
                         keyFieldTypes, overrideKeyFieldTypes, excludeUnknownKey),
-                isEnforced, isPrimaryIndex, pendingOp);
+                isEnforced, isPrimaryIndex, pendingOp, creator);
     }
 
     public static Index createPrimaryIndex(String database, DataverseName dataverseName, String datasetName,
             List<List<String>> keyFieldNames, List<Integer> keyFieldSourceIndicators, List<IAType> keyFieldTypes,
-            int pendingOp) {
-        return new Index(database, dataverseName, datasetName,
-                datasetName, IndexType.BTREE, new ValueIndexDetails(keyFieldNames, keyFieldSourceIndicators,
-                        keyFieldTypes, false, OptionalBoolean.empty(), OptionalBoolean.empty(), null, null, null),
-                false, true, pendingOp);
+            int pendingOp, Creator creator) {
+        return new Index(database, dataverseName, datasetName, datasetName, IndexType.BTREE,
+                new ValueIndexDetails(keyFieldNames, keyFieldSourceIndicators, keyFieldTypes, false,
+                        OptionalBoolean.empty(), OptionalBoolean.empty(), null, null, null),
+                false, true, pendingOp, creator);
     }
 
     public String getDatabaseName() {
@@ -155,6 +158,10 @@
         return !isPrimaryIndex();
     }
 
+    public Creator getCreator() {
+        return creator;
+    }
+
     public boolean isPrimaryKeyIndex() {
         // a primary key index has no key field names
         return indexType == IndexType.BTREE && ((ValueIndexDetails) indexDetails).keyFieldNames.isEmpty();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Synonym.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Synonym.java
index ebe780a..a355b6d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Synonym.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entities/Synonym.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataCache;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IMetadataEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 
 public class Synonym implements IMetadataEntity<Synonym> {
 
@@ -40,15 +41,17 @@
     private final DataverseName objectDataverseName;
 
     private final String objectName;
+    private final Creator creator;
 
     public Synonym(String databaseName, DataverseName dataverseName, String synonymName, String objectDatabaseName,
-            DataverseName objectDataverseName, String objectName) {
+            DataverseName objectDataverseName, String objectName, Creator creator) {
         this.databaseName = Objects.requireNonNull(databaseName);
         this.dataverseName = Objects.requireNonNull(dataverseName);
         this.synonymName = Objects.requireNonNull(synonymName);
         this.objectDatabaseName = Objects.requireNonNull(objectDatabaseName);
         this.objectDataverseName = Objects.requireNonNull(objectDataverseName);
         this.objectName = Objects.requireNonNull(objectName);
+        this.creator = creator;
     }
 
     public String getDatabaseName() {
@@ -75,6 +78,10 @@
         return objectName;
     }
 
+    public Creator getCreator() {
+        return creator;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
         if (this == o)
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatabaseTupleTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatabaseTupleTranslator.java
index 9752dc8..ef1b450 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatabaseTupleTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatabaseTupleTranslator.java
@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@
 
 import java.util.Calendar;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.builders.RecordBuilder;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.DatabaseEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Database;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABoolean;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ARecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AString;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.pointables.base.DefaultOpenFieldType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
@@ -55,7 +59,9 @@
         boolean isSystemDatabase =
                 ((ABoolean) databaseRecord.getValueByPos(databaseEntity.systemDatabaseIndex())).getBoolean();
         int pendingOp = ((AInt32) databaseRecord.getValueByPos(databaseEntity.pendingOpIndex())).getIntegerValue();
-        return new Database(databaseName, isSystemDatabase, pendingOp);
+        Creator creator = Creator.createOrDefault(databaseRecord);
+
+        return new Database(databaseName, isSystemDatabase, pendingOp, creator);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -94,6 +100,9 @@
         int32Serde.serialize(aInt32, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
         recordBuilder.addField(databaseEntity.pendingOpIndex(), fieldValue);
 
+        // write open fields
+        writeOpenFields(database);
+
         // write the payload record
         recordBuilder.write(tupleBuilder.getDataOutput(), true);
         tupleBuilder.addFieldEndOffset();
@@ -101,4 +110,39 @@
         tuple.reset(tupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), tupleBuilder.getByteArray());
         return tuple;
     }
+
+    protected void writeOpenFields(Database database) throws HyracksDataException {
+        writeDatabaseCreator(database);
+    }
+
+    private void writeDatabaseCreator(Database database) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (databaseEntity.databaseNameIndex() >= 0) {
+            Creator creatorInfo = database.getCreator();
+            RecordBuilder creatorObject = new RecordBuilder();
+            creatorObject.reset(DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_RECORD_TYPE);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getName());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_UUID);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getUuid());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.CREATOR_ARECORD_FIELD_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            creatorObject.write(fieldValue.getDataOutput(), true);
+            recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatasetTupleTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatasetTupleTranslator.java
index 7613dd3..191da69 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatasetTupleTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatasetTupleTranslator.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails.FileStructure;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails.PartitioningStrategy;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.ViewDetails;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.DatasetUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABoolean;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ADateTime;
@@ -412,11 +413,12 @@
         long rebalanceCount = getRebalanceCount(datasetRecord);
         String compressionScheme = getCompressionScheme(datasetRecord);
         DatasetFormatInfo datasetFormatInfo = getDatasetFormatInfo(datasetRecord);
+        Creator creator = Creator.createOrDefault(datasetRecord);
 
         return new Dataset(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, itemTypeDatabaseName, typeDataverseName, typeName,
                 metaItemTypeDatabaseName, metaTypeDataverseName, metaTypeName, nodeGroupName, compactionPolicy.first,
                 compactionPolicy.second, datasetDetails, hints, datasetType, datasetId, pendingOp, rebalanceCount,
-                compressionScheme, datasetFormatInfo);
+                compressionScheme, datasetFormatInfo, creator);
     }
 
     protected Pair<String, Map<String, String>> readCompactionPolicy(DatasetType datasetType, ARecord datasetRecord) {
@@ -680,6 +682,7 @@
         writeBlockLevelStorageCompression(dataset);
         writeOpenDetails(dataset);
         writeDatasetFormatInfo(dataset);
+        writeDatasetCreator(dataset);
     }
 
     private void writeOpenDetails(Dataset dataset) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -863,4 +866,35 @@
 
         propertyRecordBuilder.write(out, true);
     }
+
+    private void writeDatasetCreator(Dataset dataset) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (datasetEntity.databaseNameIndex() >= 0) {
+            Creator creatorInfo = dataset.getCreator();
+            RecordBuilder creatorObject = new RecordBuilder();
+            creatorObject.reset(DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_RECORD_TYPE);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getName());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_UUID);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getUuid());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.CREATOR_ARECORD_FIELD_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            creatorObject.write(fieldValue.getDataOutput(), true);
+            recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DataverseTupleTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DataverseTupleTranslator.java
index 42fcfbb..10c4b07 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DataverseTupleTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DataverseTupleTranslator.java
@@ -21,14 +21,18 @@
 
 import java.util.Calendar;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.builders.RecordBuilder;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.MetadataUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.DataverseEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataverse;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ARecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AString;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.pointables.base.DefaultOpenFieldType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@
                 ((AString) dataverseRecord.getValueByPos(dataverseEntity.dataverseNameIndex())).getStringValue();
         DataverseName dataverseName = DataverseName.createFromCanonicalForm(dataverseCanonicalName);
         int databaseNameIndex = dataverseEntity.databaseNameIndex();
+
         String databaseName;
         if (databaseNameIndex >= 0) {
             databaseName = ((AString) dataverseRecord.getValueByPos(databaseNameIndex)).getStringValue();
@@ -63,8 +68,9 @@
         }
         String format = ((AString) dataverseRecord.getValueByPos(dataverseEntity.dataFormatIndex())).getStringValue();
         int pendingOp = ((AInt32) dataverseRecord.getValueByPos(dataverseEntity.pendingOpIndex())).getIntegerValue();
+        Creator creator = Creator.createOrDefault(dataverseRecord);
 
-        return new Dataverse(databaseName, dataverseName, format, pendingOp);
+        return new Dataverse(databaseName, dataverseName, format, pendingOp, creator);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -115,6 +121,9 @@
         int32Serde.serialize(aInt32, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
         recordBuilder.addField(dataverseEntity.pendingOpIndex(), fieldValue);
 
+        // write open fields
+        writeOpenFields(dataverse);
+
         // write record
         recordBuilder.write(tupleBuilder.getDataOutput(), true);
         tupleBuilder.addFieldEndOffset();
@@ -122,4 +131,39 @@
         tuple.reset(tupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), tupleBuilder.getByteArray());
         return tuple;
     }
+
+    protected void writeOpenFields(Dataverse dataverse) throws HyracksDataException {
+        writeDataverseCreator(dataverse);
+    }
+
+    private void writeDataverseCreator(Dataverse dataverse) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (dataverseEntity.databaseNameIndex() >= 0) {
+            RecordBuilder creatorObject = new RecordBuilder();
+            creatorObject.reset(DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_RECORD_TYPE);
+            Creator creatorInfo = dataverse.getCreator();
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getName());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_UUID);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getUuid());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.CREATOR_ARECORD_FIELD_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            creatorObject.write(fieldValue.getDataOutput(), true);
+            recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/FunctionTupleTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/FunctionTupleTranslator.java
index 8191212..2741d12 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/FunctionTupleTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/FunctionTupleTranslator.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.FunctionEntity;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Function;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABoolean;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ANull;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AOrderedList;
@@ -203,10 +204,11 @@
         }
 
         FunctionSignature signature = new FunctionSignature(databaseName, dataverseName, functionName, arity);
+        Creator creator = Creator.createOrDefault(functionRecord);
 
         return new Function(signature, paramNames, paramTypes, returnType, definition, functionKind, language,
                 libraryDatabaseName, libraryDataverseName, libraryName, externalIdentifier, nullCall, deterministic,
-                resources, dependencies);
+                resources, dependencies, creator);
     }
 
     private List<TypeSignature> getParamTypes(ARecord functionRecord, String functionDatabaseName,
@@ -432,6 +434,7 @@
         writeLibrary(function);
         writeNullCall(function);
         writeDeterministic(function);
+        writeFunctionCreator(function);
     }
 
     protected void writeResources(Function function) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -688,4 +691,35 @@
                 throw new AsterixException(ErrorCode.METADATA_ERROR, language);
         }
     }
+
+    private void writeFunctionCreator(Function function) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (functionEntity.databaseNameIndex() >= 0) {
+            Creator creatorInfo = function.getCreator();
+            RecordBuilder creatorObject = new RecordBuilder();
+            creatorObject.reset(DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_RECORD_TYPE);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getName());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_UUID);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getUuid());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.CREATOR_ARECORD_FIELD_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            creatorObject.write(fieldValue.getDataOutput(), true);
+            recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java
index 453ccc1..deca260 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslator.java
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataNode;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.IndexEntity;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.MetadataManagerUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Datatype;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.KeyFieldTypeUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABoolean;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ACollectionCursor;
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AString;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.IACursor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.IAObject;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.pointables.base.DefaultOpenFieldType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AOrderedListType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
@@ -535,9 +538,10 @@
             isEnforcingKeys = ((ABoolean) indexRecord.getValueByPos(isEnforcedFieldPos)).getBoolean();
         }
         int pendingOp = ((AInt32) indexRecord.getValueByPos(indexEntity.pendingOpIndex())).getIntegerValue();
+        Creator creator = Creator.createOrDefault(indexRecord);
 
         return new Index(databaseName, dataverseName, datasetName, indexName, indexType, indexDetails, isEnforcingKeys,
-                isPrimaryIndex, pendingOp);
+                isPrimaryIndex, pendingOp, creator);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -683,6 +687,7 @@
         writeExcludeUnknownKey(index);
         writeCast(index);
         writeSampleDetails(index);
+        writeIndexCreator(index);
     }
 
     private void writeComplexSearchKeys(Index.ArrayIndexDetails indexDetails) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -1014,4 +1019,35 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private void writeIndexCreator(Index index) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (indexEntity.databaseNameIndex() >= 0) {
+            Creator creatorInfo = index.getCreator();
+            RecordBuilder creatorObject = new RecordBuilder();
+            creatorObject.reset(DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_RECORD_TYPE);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getName());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_UUID);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getUuid());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.CREATOR_ARECORD_FIELD_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            creatorObject.write(fieldValue.getDataOutput(), true);
+            recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/SynonymTupleTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/SynonymTupleTranslator.java
index bb3ad28..389322c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/SynonymTupleTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/SynonymTupleTranslator.java
@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.metadata.entitytupletranslators;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.builders.RecordBuilder;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.MetadataUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.SynonymEntity;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Synonym;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ARecord;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AString;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.pointables.base.DefaultOpenFieldType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
@@ -70,9 +73,10 @@
         }
 
         String objectName = ((AString) synonymRecord.getValueByPos(synonymEntity.objectNameIndex())).getStringValue();
+        Creator creator = Creator.createOrDefault(synonymRecord);
 
         return new Synonym(databaseName, dataverseName, synonymName, objectDatabaseName, objectDataverseName,
-                objectName);
+                objectName, creator);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -149,5 +153,37 @@
             stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
             recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
         }
+        writeSynonymCreator(synonym);
+    }
+
+    private void writeSynonymCreator(Synonym synonym) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (synonymEntity.databaseNameIndex() >= 0) {
+            Creator creatorInfo = synonym.getCreator();
+            RecordBuilder creatorObject = new RecordBuilder();
+            creatorObject.reset(DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_RECORD_TYPE);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getName());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_UUID);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            aString.setValue(creatorInfo.getUuid());
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldValue.getDataOutput());
+            creatorObject.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+
+            fieldName.reset();
+            aString.setValue(MetadataRecordTypes.CREATOR_ARECORD_FIELD_NAME);
+            stringSerde.serialize(aString, fieldName.getDataOutput());
+            fieldValue.reset();
+            creatorObject.write(fieldValue.getDataOutput(), true);
+            recordBuilder.addField(fieldName, fieldValue);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/provider/ExternalWriterProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/provider/ExternalWriterProvider.java
index b8583d0..ee7b3fc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/provider/ExternalWriterProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/provider/ExternalWriterProvider.java
@@ -25,14 +25,17 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.writer.GCSExternalFileWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.cloud.writer.S3ExternalFileWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.ICcApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataConstants;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.util.ExternalDataUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.writer.LocalFSExternalFileWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.writer.compressor.GzipExternalFileCompressStreamFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.writer.compressor.IExternalFileCompressStreamFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.writer.compressor.NoOpExternalFileCompressStreamFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.ParquetExternalFilePrinterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.TextualExternalFilePrinterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.CleanJSONPrinterFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.writer.ExternalFileWriterConfiguration;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.writer.IExternalFileWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.writer.IExternalFileWriterFactoryProvider;
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.StorageUtil;
+import org.apache.parquet.column.ParquetProperties;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName;
 
 public class ExternalWriterProvider {
     private static final Map<String, IExternalFileWriterFactoryProvider> CREATOR_MAP;
@@ -107,20 +113,66 @@
     }
 
     public static IExternalPrinterFactory createPrinter(ICcApplicationContext appCtx, IWriteDataSink sink,
-            Object sourceType) {
+            Object sourceType) throws CompilationException {
         Map<String, String> configuration = sink.getConfiguration();
         String format = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_FORMAT);
 
-        // Only JSON is supported for now
-        if (!ExternalDataConstants.FORMAT_JSON_LOWER_CASE.equalsIgnoreCase(format)) {
+        // Only JSON and parquet is supported for now
+        if (!ExternalDataConstants.FORMAT_JSON_LOWER_CASE.equalsIgnoreCase(format)
+                && !ExternalDataConstants.FORMAT_PARQUET.equalsIgnoreCase(format)) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported format " + format);
         }
 
         String compression = getCompression(configuration);
-        IExternalFileCompressStreamFactory compressStreamFactory =
-                createCompressionStreamFactory(appCtx, compression, configuration);
-        IPrinterFactory printerFactory = CleanJSONPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getPrinterFactory(sourceType);
-        return new TextualExternalFilePrinterFactory(printerFactory, compressStreamFactory);
+
+        switch (format) {
+            case ExternalDataConstants.FORMAT_JSON_LOWER_CASE:
+                IExternalFileCompressStreamFactory compressStreamFactory =
+                        createCompressionStreamFactory(appCtx, compression, configuration);
+                IPrinterFactory printerFactory = CleanJSONPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getPrinterFactory(sourceType);
+                return new TextualExternalFilePrinterFactory(printerFactory, compressStreamFactory);
+            case ExternalDataConstants.FORMAT_PARQUET:
+                String parquetSchemaString = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_SCHEMA_KEY);
+
+                CompressionCodecName compressionCodecName;
+                if (compression == null || compression.equals("") || compression.equals("none")) {
+                    compressionCodecName = CompressionCodecName.UNCOMPRESSED;
+                } else {
+                    compressionCodecName = CompressionCodecName.valueOf(compression.toUpperCase());
+                }
+
+                String rowGroupSizeString = getRowGroupSize(configuration);
+                String pageSizeString = getPageSize(configuration);
+
+                long rowGroupSize = StorageUtil.getByteValue(rowGroupSizeString);
+                int pageSize = (int) StorageUtil.getByteValue(pageSizeString);
+
+                ParquetProperties.WriterVersion writerVersion = getParquetWriterVersion(configuration);
+
+                return new ParquetExternalFilePrinterFactory(compressionCodecName, parquetSchemaString,
+                        (IAType) sourceType, rowGroupSize, pageSize, writerVersion);
+            default:
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported format " + format);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static ParquetProperties.WriterVersion getParquetWriterVersion(Map<String, String> configuration) {
+        String writerVersionString = configuration.getOrDefault(ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_KEY,
+                ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_VALUE_1);
+        if (writerVersionString.equals(ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_WRITER_VERSION_VALUE_2)) {
+            return ParquetProperties.WriterVersion.PARQUET_2_0;
+        }
+        return ParquetProperties.WriterVersion.PARQUET_1_0;
+    }
+
+    private static String getRowGroupSize(Map<String, String> configuration) {
+        return configuration.getOrDefault(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE,
+                ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_DEFAULT_ROW_GROUP_SIZE);
+    }
+
+    private static String getPageSize(Map<String, String> configuration) {
+        return configuration.getOrDefault(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_PARQUET_PAGE_SIZE,
+                ExternalDataConstants.PARQUET_DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE);
     }
 
     private static String getFormat(Map<String, String> configuration) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/Creator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/Creator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49fca80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/Creator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.MetadataConstants;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.bootstrap.MetadataRecordTypes;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ARecord;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AString;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+
+public class Creator implements Serializable {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final Creator DEFAULT_CREATOR =
+            new Creator(MetadataConstants.DEFAULT_CREATOR, MetadataConstants.DEFAULT_CREATOR_UUID);
+    private final String name;
+    private final String uuid;
+
+    private Creator(String name, String uuid) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.uuid = uuid;
+    }
+
+    public static Creator create(String name, String uuid) {
+        return new Creator(name, uuid);
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public String getUuid() {
+        return uuid;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.format("Creator{name='%s', uuid='%s'}", name, uuid);
+    }
+
+    public static Creator createOrDefault(ARecord record) {
+        ARecordType recType = record.getType();
+        int creatorIndex = recType.getFieldIndex(MetadataRecordTypes.CREATOR_ARECORD_FIELD_NAME);
+        String name = null, uuid = null;
+
+        if (creatorIndex >= 0) {
+            ARecordType creatorType = (ARecordType) recType.getFieldTypes()[creatorIndex];
+            ARecord creatorRecord = (ARecord) record.getValueByPos(creatorIndex);
+            int nameIndex = creatorType.getFieldIndex(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_NAME);
+            int uuidIndex = creatorType.getFieldIndex(MetadataRecordTypes.FIELD_NAME_CREATOR_UUID);
+
+            if (nameIndex >= 0) {
+                name = ((AString) creatorRecord.getValueByPos(nameIndex)).getStringValue();
+            }
+            if (uuidIndex >= 0) {
+                uuid = ((AString) creatorRecord.getValueByPos(uuidIndex)).getStringValue();
+            }
+            return create(name, uuid);
+        }
+        return DEFAULT_CREATOR;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java
index 67e4606..dda2111 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/IndexUtil.java
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
     public static Index getPrimaryIndex(Dataset dataset) {
         InternalDatasetDetails id = (InternalDatasetDetails) dataset.getDatasetDetails();
         return Index.createPrimaryIndex(dataset.getDatabaseName(), dataset.getDataverseName(), dataset.getDatasetName(),
-                id.getPartitioningKey(), id.getKeySourceIndicator(), id.getPrimaryKeyType(), dataset.getPendingOp());
+                id.getPartitioningKey(), id.getKeySourceIndicator(), id.getPrimaryKeyType(), dataset.getPendingOp(),
+                dataset.getCreator());
     }
 
     public static int[] getBtreeFieldsIfFiltered(Dataset dataset, Index index) throws AlgebricksException {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatasetTupleTranslatorTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatasetTupleTranslatorTest.java
index 2832470..788231c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatasetTupleTranslatorTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/DatasetTupleTranslatorTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails.FileStructure;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails.PartitioningStrategy;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.compression.CompressionManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
             Dataset dataset = new Dataset(db, dv, "log", itemTypeDb, itemTypeDv, "LogType", metaTypeDb, metaTypeDv,
                     "MetaType", "DEFAULT_NG_ALL_NODES", "prefix", compactionPolicyProperties, details,
                     Collections.emptyMap(), DatasetType.INTERNAL, 115, 0, CompressionManager.NONE,
-                    DatasetFormatInfo.SYSTEM_DEFAULT);
+                    DatasetFormatInfo.SYSTEM_DEFAULT, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
             DatasetTupleTranslator dtTranslator = new DatasetTupleTranslator(true, DatasetEntity.of(false));
             ITupleReference tuple = dtTranslator.getTupleFromMetadataEntity(dataset);
             Dataset deserializedDataset = dtTranslator.getMetadataEntityFromTuple(tuple);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslatorTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslatorTest.java
index 00f188d..713518d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslatorTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/entitytupletranslators/IndexTupleTranslatorTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails.FileStructure;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.InternalDatasetDetails.PartitioningStrategy;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.Creator;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
@@ -76,12 +77,13 @@
             Dataset dataset = new Dataset(dvTestDatabase, dvTest, "d1", itemTypeDatabase, dvFoo, "LogType",
                     metaTypeDatabase, dvCB, "MetaType", "DEFAULT_NG_ALL_NODES", "prefix", compactionPolicyProperties,
                     details, Collections.emptyMap(), DatasetType.INTERNAL, 115, 0, CompressionManager.NONE,
-                    DatasetFormatInfo.SYSTEM_DEFAULT);
+                    DatasetFormatInfo.SYSTEM_DEFAULT, Creator.DEFAULT_CREATOR);
 
             Index index = new Index(dvTestDatabase, dvTest, "d1", "i1", IndexType.BTREE,
                     Collections.singletonList(Collections.singletonList("row_id")),
                     indicator == null ? null : Collections.singletonList(indicator),
-                    Collections.singletonList(BuiltinType.AINT64), false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false));
+                    Collections.singletonList(BuiltinType.AINT64), false, false, false, 0, OptionalBoolean.of(false),
+                    null);
 
             MetadataNode mockMetadataNode = mock(MetadataNode.class);
             when(mockMetadataNode.getDatatype(any(), anyString(), any(DataverseName.class), anyString()))
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml
index 6db4840..9eccb86 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.esri.geometry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>esri-geometry-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.locationtech.jts</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jts-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/common/TypeResolverUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/common/TypeResolverUtil.java
index 9d52a85..6d9007f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/common/TypeResolverUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/common/TypeResolverUtil.java
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@
         IAType[] fieldTypesArray = fieldTypes.toArray(new IAType[0]);
         ARecordType resultType;
         if (resultTypeIsOpen && knowsAdditonalFieldNames) {
-            resultType = new ARecordType("generalized-record-type", fieldNamesArray, fieldTypesArray, resultTypeIsOpen,
-                    allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames);
             LinkedHashSet<String> resultFieldOrder = generalizeRecordFieldOrderHint(leftType, rightType);
+            resultType = new ARecordType("generalized-record-type", fieldNamesArray, fieldTypesArray, resultTypeIsOpen,
+                    allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames, resultFieldOrder);
             if (resultFieldOrder != null) {
                 resultType.getAnnotations().add(new RecordFieldOrderAnnotation(resultFieldOrder));
             }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/comparators/AGeometryPartialBinaryComparatorFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/comparators/AGeometryPartialBinaryComparatorFactory.java
index 57f9898..fa37722 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/comparators/AGeometryPartialBinaryComparatorFactory.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/comparators/AGeometryPartialBinaryComparatorFactory.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         if (c == 0) {
             AGeometry geometry = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.getAGeometryObject(b1, s1);
             c = (geometry.getGeometry()
-                    .Equals(AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.getAGeometryObject(b2, s2).getGeometry())) ? 0 : 1;
+                    .equals(AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.getAGeometryObject(b2, s2).getGeometry())) ? 0 : 1;
         }
         return c;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/PrintTools.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/PrintTools.java
index 449ce13..c4da935 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/PrintTools.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/PrintTools.java
@@ -29,11 +29,16 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AFloatSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.JtsModule;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.utils.WriteValueTools;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.bytes.HexPrinter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 public class PrintTools {
 
@@ -461,4 +466,23 @@
         return highSurrogateSize + lowSurrogateSize;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts a JTS Geometry to a GeoJSON string. Returns Empty String in case of exceptions
+     *
+     * @param geometry The JTS Geometry to be converted.
+     * @return A GeoJSON string representation of the Geometry or an error message.
+     */
+    public static String geometryToGeoJSON(Geometry geometry) {
+        if (geometry == null) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        mapper.registerModule(new JtsModule());
+        try {
+            return mapper.writeValueAsString(geometry);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/AGeometryPrinterFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/AGeometryPrinterFactory.java
index cc74f85..848e1bd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/AGeometryPrinterFactory.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/AGeometryPrinterFactory.java
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.printers.PrintTools;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AGeometrySerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinterFactory;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class AGeometryPrinterFactory implements IPrinterFactory {
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
     public static final IPrinter PRINTER = (byte[] b, int s, int l, PrintStream ps) -> {
         ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(b, s + 1, l - 1);
         DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-        OGCGeometry geometry = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getGeometry();
-        ps.print(geometry.asGeoJson());
+        Geometry geometry = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn).getGeometry();
+        ps.print(PrintTools.geometryToGeoJSON(geometry));
     };
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.java
index 38a4c46..28c171d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.java
@@ -21,19 +21,18 @@
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.RuntimeDataException;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoFunctionUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AGeometry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.OperatorImportFromWkb;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.WkbImportFlags;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.ParseException;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.WKBReader;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.WKBWriter;
 
 public class AGeometrySerializerDeserializer implements ISerializerDeserializer<AGeometry> {
 
@@ -41,24 +40,19 @@
 
     public static final AGeometrySerializerDeserializer INSTANCE = new AGeometrySerializerDeserializer();
 
-    /**Use WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) as the default coordinate reference system*/
-    public static final SpatialReference DEFAULT_CRS = SpatialReference.create(4326);
-
     private AGeometrySerializerDeserializer() {
     }
 
     @Override
     public AGeometry deserialize(DataInput in) throws HyracksDataException {
+        WKBReader wkbReader = new WKBReader();
         try {
             int length = in.readInt();
             byte[] bytes = new byte[length];
             in.readFully(bytes);
-            ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
-            OGCGeometry geometry = OGCGeometry.createFromOGCStructure(
-                    OperatorImportFromWkb.local().executeOGC(WkbImportFlags.wkbImportDefaults, buffer, null),
-                    DEFAULT_CRS);
+            Geometry geometry = wkbReader.read(bytes);
             return new AGeometry(geometry);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (IOException | ParseException e) {
             throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
         }
     }
@@ -66,8 +60,10 @@
     @Override
     public void serialize(AGeometry instance, DataOutput out) throws HyracksDataException {
         try {
-            OGCGeometry geometry = instance.getGeometry();
-            byte[] buffer = geometry.asBinary().array();
+            Geometry geometry = instance.getGeometry();
+            WKBWriter wkbWriter = new WKBWriter(GeoFunctionUtils.getCoordinateDimension(geometry),
+                    GeoFunctionUtils.LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTEORDER);
+            byte[] buffer = wkbWriter.write(geometry);
             // For efficiency, we store the size of the geometry in bytes in the first 32 bits
             // This allows AsterixDB to skip over this attribute if needed.
             out.writeInt(buffer.length);
@@ -77,24 +73,40 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static int getAGeometrySizeOffset() throws HyracksDataException {
+    public void serialize(Geometry geometry, DataOutput out) throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            WKBWriter wkbWriter = new WKBWriter(GeoFunctionUtils.getCoordinateDimension(geometry),
+                    GeoFunctionUtils.LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTEORDER);
+            byte[] buffer = wkbWriter.write(geometry);
+            // For efficiency, we store the size of the geometry in bytes in the first 32 bits
+            // This allows AsterixDB to skip over this attribute if needed.
+            out.writeInt(buffer.length);
+            out.write(buffer);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static int getAGeometrySizeOffset() {
         return 0;
     }
 
     public static AGeometry getAGeometryObject(byte[] bytes, int startOffset) throws HyracksDataException {
         // Size of the AGeometry object is stored in bytes in the first 32 bits
         // See serialize method
+        WKBReader wkbReader = new WKBReader();
         int size = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, startOffset);
 
         if (bytes.length < startOffset + size + 4)
             // TODO(mmahin): this error code takes 5 parameters, and this is passing none, so I suspect this isn't right
             throw RuntimeDataException.create(ErrorCode.VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE);
-
-        // Skip the size of the geometry in first 4 bytes
-        byte[] bytes1 = Arrays.copyOfRange(bytes, startOffset + 4, startOffset + size + 4);
-        ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes1);
-        OGCGeometry geometry = OGCGeometry.createFromOGCStructure(
-                OperatorImportFromWkb.local().executeOGC(WkbImportFlags.wkbImportDefaults, buffer, null), DEFAULT_CRS);
-        return new AGeometry(geometry);
+        try {
+            // Skip the size of the geometry in first 4 bytes
+            byte[] bytes1 = Arrays.copyOfRange(bytes, startOffset + 4, startOffset + size + 4);
+            Geometry geometry = wkbReader.read(bytes1);
+            return new AGeometry(geometry);
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoFunctionUtils.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoFunctionUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e92b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoFunctionUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.CoordinateXYZM;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+
+public class GeoFunctionUtils {
+    public static final int LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTEORDER = 2;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the dimension of the coordinate based on whether Z or M is defined.
+     * TODO: Add 4th dimension support
+     * @param geometry The geometry to check.
+     * @return the dimensionality of the coordinate (2 or 3 or 4).
+     */
+    public static int getCoordinateDimension(Geometry geometry) {
+        int dimension = 2;
+        if (geometry == null || geometry.isEmpty()) {
+            return 2;
+        }
+        Coordinate sample = geometry.getCoordinates()[0];
+        if (!Double.isNaN(sample.getZ())) {
+            dimension++;
+        }
+
+        if (sample instanceof CoordinateXYZM) {
+            CoordinateXYZM firstCoordXYZM = (CoordinateXYZM) sample;
+            if (!Double.isNaN(firstCoordXYZM.getM())) {
+                dimension = 3;
+            }
+        }
+        return dimension;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoJsonConstants.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoJsonConstants.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f3d1de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoJsonConstants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts;
+
+/**
+ * Constants used for GeoJSON serialization and deserialization of JTS geometries.
+ * This class provides string constants that represent various GeoJSON object types
+ * and properties, such as types of geometries and common GeoJSON attributes like
+ * coordinates and type.
+ * <p>
+ * These constants are used throughout the Jackson JTS module to ensure consistency
+ * in processing and generating GeoJSON.
+ */
+public class GeoJsonConstants {
+    public static final String POINT = "Point";
+    public static final String LINE_STRING = "LineString";
+    public static final String POLYGON = "Polygon";
+
+    public static final String MULTI_POINT = "MultiPoint";
+    public static final String MULTI_LINE_STRING = "MultiLineString";
+    public static final String MULTI_POLYGON = "MultiPolygon";
+
+    public static final String GEOMETRY_COLLECTION = "GeometryCollection";
+
+    public static final String TYPE = "type";
+
+    public static final String GEOMETRIES = "geometries";
+
+    public static final String COORDINATES = "coordinates";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/JtsModule.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/JtsModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77b31ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/JtsModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/JtsModule.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers.GenericGeometryParser;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers.GeometryCollectionParser;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers.LineStringParser;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers.MultiLineStringParser;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers.MultiPointParser;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers.MultiPolygonParser;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers.PointParser;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers.PolygonParser;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.serde.GeometryDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.serde.GeometrySerializer;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryCollection;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiLineString;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiPoint;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.Version;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+
+/**
+ * A Jackson module for serializing and deserializing JTS (Java Topology Suite) geometry objects.
+ * This module provides custom serializers and deserializers capable of handling various types
+ * of geometries such as Points, LineStrings, Polygons, and their respective multi-part counterparts,
+ * as well as GeometryCollections.
+ * <p>
+ * It leverages a {@link GeometryFactory} for the creation of geometry objects during deserialization,
+ * ensuring that geometry objects are constructed appropriately.
+ */
+public class JtsModule extends SimpleModule {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 324082011931609589L;
+
+    public JtsModule() {
+        this(new GeometryFactory());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a JtsModule with a specified {@link GeometryFactory}.
+     * This constructor allows for customization of the geometry factory used for creating
+     * JTS geometry objects, providing flexibility for various precision and srid settings.
+     *
+     * @param geometryFactory the geometry factory to use for creating geometry objects
+     *                        during deserialization
+     */
+    public JtsModule(GeometryFactory geometryFactory) {
+        super("JtsModule", new Version(1, 0, 0, null, null, null));
+
+        addSerializer(Geometry.class, new GeometrySerializer());
+        GenericGeometryParser genericGeometryParser = new GenericGeometryParser(geometryFactory);
+        addDeserializer(Geometry.class, new GeometryDeserializer<>(genericGeometryParser));
+        addDeserializer(Point.class, new GeometryDeserializer<>(new PointParser(geometryFactory)));
+        addDeserializer(MultiPoint.class, new GeometryDeserializer<>(new MultiPointParser(geometryFactory)));
+        addDeserializer(LineString.class, new GeometryDeserializer<>(new LineStringParser(geometryFactory)));
+        addDeserializer(MultiLineString.class, new GeometryDeserializer<>(new MultiLineStringParser(geometryFactory)));
+        addDeserializer(Polygon.class, new GeometryDeserializer<>(new PolygonParser(geometryFactory)));
+        addDeserializer(MultiPolygon.class, new GeometryDeserializer<>(new MultiPolygonParser(geometryFactory)));
+        addDeserializer(GeometryCollection.class,
+                new GeometryDeserializer<>(new GeometryCollectionParser(geometryFactory, genericGeometryParser)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setupModule(SetupContext context) {
+        super.setupModule(context);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/BaseParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/BaseParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4721680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/BaseParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/BaseParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+
+/**
+ * A base class for parsers that convert GeoJSON data into JTS Geometry objects.
+ * This class provides common functionality and a shared {@link GeometryFactory} for its subclasses.
+ * Subclasses of {@code BaseParser} use this shared geometry factory to construct specific types of geometries from
+ * their GeoJSON representations. By extending this base class, they inherit the common functionality and the ability
+ * to leverage the same geometry creation process.
+ */
+public class BaseParser {
+
+    protected GeometryFactory geometryFactory;
+
+    public BaseParser(GeometryFactory geometryFactory) {
+        this.geometryFactory = geometryFactory;
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GenericGeometryParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GenericGeometryParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1c9475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GenericGeometryParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/GenericGeometryParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoJsonConstants;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * A parser for converting various types of GeoJSON geometries into JTS {@link Geometry} objects using a specified {@link GeometryFactory}.
+ * This class acts as a general-purpose parser that can handle multiple types of GeoJSON geometries, including Point, MultiPoint,
+ * LineString, MultiLineString, Polygon, MultiPolygon, and GeometryCollection. It dynamically delegates the parsing to specific
+ * geometry parsers based on the GeoJSON type of the geometry.
+ * The parser extends {@code BaseParser} to utilize shared functionality and ensure consistent application of the {@link GeometryFactory}
+ * for creating JTS geometry instances. It maintains a registry of individual geometry parsers, each capable of handling a specific
+ * type of GeoJSON geometry.
+ */
+public class GenericGeometryParser extends BaseParser implements GeometryParser<Geometry> {
+
+    private Map<String, GeometryParser> parsers;
+
+    public GenericGeometryParser(GeometryFactory geometryFactory) {
+        super(geometryFactory);
+        parsers = new HashMap<>();
+        parsers.put(GeoJsonConstants.POINT, new PointParser(geometryFactory));
+        parsers.put(GeoJsonConstants.MULTI_POINT, new MultiPointParser(geometryFactory));
+        parsers.put(GeoJsonConstants.LINE_STRING, new LineStringParser(geometryFactory));
+        parsers.put(GeoJsonConstants.MULTI_LINE_STRING, new MultiLineStringParser(geometryFactory));
+        parsers.put(GeoJsonConstants.POLYGON, new PolygonParser(geometryFactory));
+        parsers.put(GeoJsonConstants.MULTI_POLYGON, new MultiPolygonParser(geometryFactory));
+        parsers.put(GeoJsonConstants.GEOMETRY_COLLECTION, new GeometryCollectionParser(geometryFactory, this));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Geometry geometryFromJson(JsonNode node) throws JsonMappingException {
+        String typeName = node.get(GeoJsonConstants.TYPE).asText();
+        GeometryParser parser = parsers.get(typeName);
+        if (parser != null) {
+            return parser.geometryFromJson(node);
+        } else {
+            throw new JsonMappingException("Invalid geometry type: " + typeName);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryCollectionParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryCollectionParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a945675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryCollectionParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/GeometryCollectionParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoJsonConstants;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryCollection;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * A parser for converting GeoJSON geometry collection data into JTS {@link GeometryCollection} objects using a specified {@link GeometryFactory}.
+ * This class is designed to handle the parsing of GeoJSON representations of geometry collections, which may include multiple geometries
+ * of different types (e.g., Points, LineStrings, Polygons, etc.). It utilizes a {@link GenericGeometryParser} to handle the parsing of individual
+ * geometries within the collection.
+ *
+ * The parser extends {@code BaseParser} to leverage common functionality and ensure the consistent application of the {@link GeometryFactory}
+ * for creating {@link GeometryCollection} instances.
+ */
+public class GeometryCollectionParser extends BaseParser implements GeometryParser<GeometryCollection> {
+
+    private GenericGeometryParser genericGeometriesParser;
+
+    public GeometryCollectionParser(GeometryFactory geometryFactory, GenericGeometryParser genericGeometriesParser) {
+        super(geometryFactory);
+        this.genericGeometriesParser = genericGeometriesParser;
+    }
+
+    private Geometry[] geometriesFromJson(JsonNode arrayOfGeoms) throws JsonMappingException {
+        Geometry[] items = new Geometry[arrayOfGeoms.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i != arrayOfGeoms.size(); ++i) {
+            items[i] = genericGeometriesParser.geometryFromJson(arrayOfGeoms.get(i));
+        }
+        return items;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public GeometryCollection geometryFromJson(JsonNode node) throws JsonMappingException {
+        return geometryFactory.createGeometryCollection(geometriesFromJson(node.get(GeoJsonConstants.GEOMETRIES)));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e3bacc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/GeometryParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * An interface for parsing GeoJSON data into JTS {@link Geometry} objects.
+ * This interface defines a contract for classes that convert JSON representations of geometries
+ * into specific JTS geometry instances, such as Points, LineStrings, Polygons, etc.
+ * The {@code GeometryParser} interface ensures a standard method is available for deserializing
+ * GeoJSON structures into their corresponding JTS geometrical forms. Implementations of this interface
+ * are responsible for handling the parsing logic for different types of geometries.
+ *
+ * @param <T> the type of JTS Geometry that the parser will produce, such as Point, LineString, Polygon, etc.
+ */
+public interface GeometryParser<T extends Geometry> {
+
+    T geometryFromJson(JsonNode node) throws JsonMappingException;
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/LineStringParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/LineStringParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c744db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/LineStringParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/LineStringParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * A parser for converting GeoJSON line string data into JTS {@link LineString} objects using a specified {@link GeometryFactory}.
+ * This class parses JSON representations of line strings, which are essentially ordered sets of coordinates that form a continuous line.
+ * It supports the extraction and transformation of coordinate arrays from GeoJSON into JTS LineString geometries.
+ * The parser extends {@code BaseParser} to utilize common functionalities and ensures the consistent application of the {@link GeometryFactory}
+ * for creating {@link LineString} instances.
+ */
+public class LineStringParser extends BaseParser implements GeometryParser<LineString> {
+
+    public LineStringParser(GeometryFactory geometryFactory) {
+        super(geometryFactory);
+    }
+
+    public LineString lineStringFromJson(JsonNode root) {
+        return geometryFactory.createLineString(PointParser.coordinatesFromJson(root.get(COORDINATES)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public LineString geometryFromJson(JsonNode node) throws JsonMappingException {
+        return lineStringFromJson(node);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiLineStringParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiLineStringParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a7fbae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiLineStringParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/MultiLineStringParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiLineString;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * A parser for converting GeoJSON multi-line string data into JTS {@link MultiLineString} objects using a specified {@link GeometryFactory}.
+ * This class handles the parsing of multi-line string geometries, where each line string is represented by an array of coordinate arrays.
+ * It supports the conversion of complex multi-line string geometries, which may consist of multiple, distinct line strings.
+ * The parser extends {@code BaseParser} to utilize shared functionality and ensure the consistent application of the {@link GeometryFactory}
+ * in creating {@link MultiLineString} instances.
+ */
+public class MultiLineStringParser extends BaseParser implements GeometryParser<MultiLineString> {
+
+    public MultiLineStringParser(GeometryFactory geometryFactory) {
+        super(geometryFactory);
+    }
+
+    public MultiLineString multiLineStringFromJson(JsonNode root) {
+        return geometryFactory.createMultiLineString(lineStringsFromJson(root.get(COORDINATES)));
+    }
+
+    private LineString[] lineStringsFromJson(JsonNode array) {
+        LineString[] strings = new LineString[array.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i != array.size(); ++i) {
+            strings[i] = geometryFactory.createLineString(PointParser.coordinatesFromJson(array.get(i)));
+        }
+        return strings;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MultiLineString geometryFromJson(JsonNode node) throws JsonMappingException {
+        return multiLineStringFromJson(node);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPointParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPointParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a27d60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPointParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/MultiPointParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiPoint;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * A parser for converting GeoJSON multi-point data into JTS {@link MultiPoint} objects using a specified {@link GeometryFactory}.
+ * This class is capable of parsing JSON representations of multi-point geometries, where each point is represented
+ * by an array of coordinates. The parser extends {@code BaseParser} to utilize common functionality and ensure
+ * the {@link GeometryFactory} is applied consistently to create {@link MultiPoint} instances.
+ */
+public class MultiPointParser extends BaseParser implements GeometryParser<MultiPoint> {
+
+    public MultiPointParser(GeometryFactory geometryFactory) {
+        super(geometryFactory);
+    }
+
+    public MultiPoint multiPointFromJson(JsonNode root) {
+        return geometryFactory.createMultiPointFromCoords(PointParser.coordinatesFromJson(root.get(COORDINATES)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MultiPoint geometryFromJson(JsonNode node) throws JsonMappingException {
+        return multiPointFromJson(node);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPolygonParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPolygonParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9a4235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPolygonParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/MultiPolygonParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * A parser for converting GeoJSON multi-polygon data into JTS {@link MultiPolygon} objects using a specified {@link GeometryFactory}.
+ * This class leverages a helper {@link PolygonParser} to parse individual polygons from a collection of polygons represented
+ * in a GeoJSON format. It supports parsing complex multi-polygon geometries, which can include multiple outer boundaries and
+ * their respective inner holes.
+ * The parser extends {@code BaseParser} to make use of common functionalities and ensure the consistent application of the
+ * {@link GeometryFactory} in creating {@link MultiPolygon} instances.
+ */
+public class MultiPolygonParser extends BaseParser implements GeometryParser<MultiPolygon> {
+
+    private PolygonParser helperParser;
+
+    public MultiPolygonParser(GeometryFactory geometryFactory) {
+        super(geometryFactory);
+        helperParser = new PolygonParser(geometryFactory);
+    }
+
+    public MultiPolygon multiPolygonFromJson(JsonNode root) {
+        JsonNode arrayOfPolygons = root.get(COORDINATES);
+        return geometryFactory.createMultiPolygon(polygonsFromJson(arrayOfPolygons));
+    }
+
+    private Polygon[] polygonsFromJson(JsonNode arrayOfPolygons) {
+        Polygon[] polygons = new Polygon[arrayOfPolygons.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i != arrayOfPolygons.size(); ++i) {
+            polygons[i] = helperParser.polygonFromJsonArrayOfRings(arrayOfPolygons.get(i));
+        }
+        return polygons;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MultiPolygon geometryFromJson(JsonNode node) throws JsonMappingException {
+        return multiPolygonFromJson(node);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PointParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PointParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a91a326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PointParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/PointParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.CoordinateXYZM;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * Parses JSON representations of GeoJSON Points into JTS {@link Point} objects.
+ * This parser handles the extraction of coordinates from GeoJSON and converts them
+ * into {@link Point} geometries using a provided {@link GeometryFactory}.
+ *
+ * This class supports reading points defined with two-dimensional (x, y),
+ * three-dimensional (x, y, z), and four-dimensional (x, y, z, m) coordinates.
+ */
+public class PointParser extends BaseParser implements GeometryParser<Point> {
+
+    public PointParser(GeometryFactory geometryFactory) {
+        super(geometryFactory);
+    }
+
+    public static Coordinate coordinateFromJson(JsonNode array) {
+        assert array.isArray() && (array.size() == 2 || array.size() == 3
+                || array.size() == 4) : "expecting coordinate array with single point [ x, y, |z|, |m| ]";
+
+        if (array.size() == 2) {
+            return new Coordinate(array.get(0).asDouble(), array.get(1).asDouble());
+        }
+
+        if (array.size() == 3) {
+            return new Coordinate(array.get(0).asDouble(), array.get(1).asDouble(), array.get(2).asDouble());
+        }
+
+        return new CoordinateXYZM(array.get(0).asDouble(), array.get(1).asDouble(), array.get(2).asDouble(),
+                array.get(3).asDouble());
+    }
+
+    public static Coordinate[] coordinatesFromJson(JsonNode array) {
+        Coordinate[] points = new Coordinate[array.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i != array.size(); ++i) {
+            points[i] = PointParser.coordinateFromJson(array.get(i));
+        }
+        return points;
+    }
+
+    public Point pointFromJson(JsonNode node) {
+        return geometryFactory.createPoint(coordinateFromJson(node.get(COORDINATES)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Point geometryFromJson(JsonNode node) throws JsonMappingException {
+        return pointFromJson(node);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PolygonParser.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PolygonParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c7492a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PolygonParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/parsers/PolygonParser.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryFactory;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LinearRing;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * A parser for transforming GeoJSON polygon data into JTS {@link Polygon} objects using a specified {@link GeometryFactory}.
+ * This class handles the parsing of polygons, which may include an outer boundary and any number of inner holes.
+ * Each polygon is defined by arrays of coordinates that represent linear rings—the first array defines the exterior boundary,
+ * and any subsequent arrays define interior holes.
+ * This parser extends {@code BaseParser} to leverage shared functionality and ensure consistent application of the
+ * {@link GeometryFactory} in creating polygon geometries.
+ */
+public class PolygonParser extends BaseParser implements GeometryParser<Polygon> {
+
+    public PolygonParser(GeometryFactory geometryFactory) {
+        super(geometryFactory);
+    }
+
+    public Polygon polygonFromJson(JsonNode node) {
+        JsonNode arrayOfRings = node.get(COORDINATES);
+        return polygonFromJsonArrayOfRings(arrayOfRings);
+    }
+
+    public Polygon polygonFromJsonArrayOfRings(JsonNode arrayOfRings) {
+        LinearRing shell = linearRingsFromJson(arrayOfRings.get(0));
+        int size = arrayOfRings.size();
+        LinearRing[] holes = new LinearRing[size - 1];
+        for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
+            holes[i - 1] = linearRingsFromJson(arrayOfRings.get(i));
+        }
+        return geometryFactory.createPolygon(shell, holes);
+    }
+
+    private LinearRing linearRingsFromJson(JsonNode coordinates) {
+        assert coordinates.isArray() : "expected coordinates array";
+        return geometryFactory.createLinearRing(PointParser.coordinatesFromJson(coordinates));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Polygon geometryFromJson(JsonNode node) throws JsonMappingException {
+        return polygonFromJson(node);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometryDeserializer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometryDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cebfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometryDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/serialization/GeometryDeserializer.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.serde;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.parsers.GeometryParser;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ObjectCodec;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+/**
+ * A custom Jackson deserializer for JTS Geometry objects.
+ * This deserializer translates JSON structures into JTS Geometry instances using a specified
+ * {@link GeometryParser}. It supports generic geometry types, allowing for flexible deserialization
+ * of various specific types of geometries such as Point, LineString, Polygon, etc.
+ * The deserializer relies on a geometry parser which must be provided during instantiation.
+ * The parser is responsible for converting a JSON node into a corresponding JTS Geometry object.
+ * Usage:
+ * This deserializer is registered in the Jackson JTS
+ * module {@link org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.JtsModule} and is used to configure an
+ * ObjectMapper to support JTS geometries.
+ */
+public class GeometryDeserializer<T extends Geometry> extends JsonDeserializer<T> {
+
+    private GeometryParser<T> geometryParser;
+
+    public GeometryDeserializer(GeometryParser<T> geometryParser) {
+        this.geometryParser = geometryParser;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deserializes a JSON node into a JTS Geometry object.
+     * The JSON node is processed by the configured GeometryParser to produce the Geometry instance.
+     *
+     * @param jsonParser the Jackson parser reading the JSON content
+     * @param deserializationContext the Jackson deserialization context
+     * @return the deserialized JTS Geometry object
+     * @throws IOException if there is an issue in reading or parsing the JSON node
+     */
+    @Override
+    public T deserialize(JsonParser jsonParser, DeserializationContext deserializationContext) throws IOException {
+        ObjectCodec oc = jsonParser.getCodec();
+        JsonNode root = oc.readTree(jsonParser);
+        return geometryParser.geometryFromJson(root);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometrySerializer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometrySerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3207afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometrySerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file includes code derived from the project "jackson-datatype-jts"
+ * under the Apache License 2.0.
+ * Original source: https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts/blob/master/src/main/java/com/bedatadriven/jackson/datatype/jts/serialization/GeometrySerializer.java.
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ * - Adapted the code to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
+ *
+ * The modified version retains the original license and notices. For more information
+ * on the original project and licensing, please visit https://github.com/bedatadriven/jackson-datatype-jts.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.serde;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.GeoJsonConstants;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.CoordinateXYZM;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.GeometryCollection;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.LineString;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiLineString;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiPoint;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.MultiPolygon;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Polygon;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+
+/**
+ * A custom Jackson serializer for JTS Geometry objects that translates these objects into their GeoJSON representations.
+ * This class supports serialization for all primary JTS geometry types including Point, LineString, Polygon, and their
+ * respective collections such as MultiPoint, MultiLineString, MultiPolygon, and GeometryCollection.
+ * It handles complex geometries by delegating to specific methods based on the instance type of the geometry object,
+ * ensuring that each geometry type is correctly represented according to the GeoJSON standard.
+ */
+public class GeometrySerializer extends JsonSerializer<Geometry> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(Geometry value, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
+        writeGeometry(jsonGenerator, value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes the geometry object to the JsonGenerator. This method determines the type of the geometry
+     * and calls the appropriate method to handle the serialization.
+     *
+     * @param jsonGenerator the JsonGenerator to use for writing the GeoJSON
+     * @param value the Geometry object to serialize
+     * @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs
+     */
+    public void writeGeometry(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, Geometry value) throws IOException {
+        if (value instanceof Polygon) {
+            writePolygon(jsonGenerator, (Polygon) value);
+
+        } else if (value instanceof Point) {
+            writePoint(jsonGenerator, (Point) value);
+
+        } else if (value instanceof MultiPoint) {
+            writeMultiPoint(jsonGenerator, (MultiPoint) value);
+
+        } else if (value instanceof MultiPolygon) {
+            writeMultiPolygon(jsonGenerator, (MultiPolygon) value);
+
+        } else if (value instanceof LineString) {
+            writeLineString(jsonGenerator, (LineString) value);
+
+        } else if (value instanceof MultiLineString) {
+            writeMultiLineString(jsonGenerator, (MultiLineString) value);
+
+        } else if (value instanceof GeometryCollection) {
+            writeGeometryCollection(jsonGenerator, (GeometryCollection) value);
+
+        } else {
+            throw new JsonMappingException(jsonGenerator,
+                    "Geometry type " + value.getClass().getName() + " cannot be serialized as GeoJSON."
+                            + "Supported types are: "
+                            + Arrays.asList(Point.class.getName(), LineString.class.getName(), Polygon.class.getName(),
+                                    MultiPoint.class.getName(), MultiLineString.class.getName(),
+                                    MultiPolygon.class.getName(), GeometryCollection.class.getName()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeGeometryCollection(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, GeometryCollection value) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();
+        jsonGenerator.writeStringField(GeoJsonConstants.TYPE, GeoJsonConstants.GEOMETRY_COLLECTION);
+        jsonGenerator.writeArrayFieldStart(GeoJsonConstants.GEOMETRIES);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i != value.getNumGeometries(); ++i) {
+            writeGeometry(jsonGenerator, value.getGeometryN(i));
+        }
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
+    }
+
+    private void writeMultiPoint(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, MultiPoint value) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();
+        jsonGenerator.writeStringField(GeoJsonConstants.TYPE, GeoJsonConstants.MULTI_POINT);
+        jsonGenerator.writeArrayFieldStart(GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i != value.getNumGeometries(); ++i) {
+            writePointCoordinates(jsonGenerator, (Point) value.getGeometryN(i));
+        }
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
+    }
+
+    private void writeMultiLineString(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, MultiLineString value) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();
+        jsonGenerator.writeStringField(GeoJsonConstants.TYPE, GeoJsonConstants.MULTI_LINE_STRING);
+        jsonGenerator.writeArrayFieldStart(GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i != value.getNumGeometries(); ++i) {
+            writeLineStringCoordinates(jsonGenerator, (LineString) value.getGeometryN(i));
+        }
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Class<Geometry> handledType() {
+        return Geometry.class;
+    }
+
+    private void writeMultiPolygon(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, MultiPolygon value) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();
+        jsonGenerator.writeStringField(GeoJsonConstants.TYPE, GeoJsonConstants.MULTI_POLYGON);
+        jsonGenerator.writeArrayFieldStart(GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i != value.getNumGeometries(); ++i) {
+            writePolygonCoordinates(jsonGenerator, (Polygon) value.getGeometryN(i));
+        }
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
+    }
+
+    private void writePolygon(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, Polygon value) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();
+        jsonGenerator.writeStringField(GeoJsonConstants.TYPE, GeoJsonConstants.POLYGON);
+        jsonGenerator.writeFieldName(GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES);
+        writePolygonCoordinates(jsonGenerator, value);
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
+    }
+
+    private void writePolygonCoordinates(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, Polygon value) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartArray();
+        writeLineStringCoordinates(jsonGenerator, value.getExteriorRing());
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < value.getNumInteriorRing(); ++i) {
+            writeLineStringCoordinates(jsonGenerator, value.getInteriorRingN(i));
+        }
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
+    }
+
+    private void writeLineStringCoordinates(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, LineString ring) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartArray();
+        for (int i = 0; i != ring.getNumPoints(); ++i) {
+            Point p = ring.getPointN(i);
+            writePointCoordinates(jsonGenerator, p);
+        }
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
+    }
+
+    private void writeLineString(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, LineString lineString) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();
+        jsonGenerator.writeStringField(GeoJsonConstants.TYPE, GeoJsonConstants.LINE_STRING);
+        jsonGenerator.writeFieldName(GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES);
+        writeLineStringCoordinates(jsonGenerator, lineString);
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
+    }
+
+    private void writePoint(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, Point p) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();
+        jsonGenerator.writeStringField(GeoJsonConstants.TYPE, GeoJsonConstants.POINT);
+        jsonGenerator.writeFieldName(GeoJsonConstants.COORDINATES);
+        writePointCoordinates(jsonGenerator, p);
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
+    }
+
+    private void writePointCoordinates(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, Point p) throws IOException {
+        jsonGenerator.writeStartArray();
+
+        writeFormattedNumber(jsonGenerator, p.getCoordinate().x);
+        writeFormattedNumber(jsonGenerator, p.getCoordinate().y);
+
+        if (!Double.isNaN(p.getCoordinate().z)) {
+            writeFormattedNumber(jsonGenerator, p.getCoordinate().z);
+        }
+
+        if (p.getCoordinate() instanceof CoordinateXYZM) {
+            double m = p.getCoordinate().getM();
+            writeFormattedNumber(jsonGenerator, m);
+        }
+        jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
+    }
+
+    private void writeFormattedNumber(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, double value) throws IOException {
+        if ((value == Math.floor(value)) && !Double.isInfinite(value)) {
+            jsonGenerator.writeNumber((int) value);
+        } else {
+            jsonGenerator.writeNumber(value);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AGeometry.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AGeometry.java
index 84a2e81..c9d66b4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AGeometry.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AGeometry.java
@@ -20,22 +20,23 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.jacksonjts.JtsModule;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 
 public class AGeometry implements IAObject {
 
-    protected OGCGeometry geometry;
+    protected Geometry geometry;
 
-    public AGeometry(OGCGeometry geometry) {
+    public AGeometry(Geometry geometry) {
         this.geometry = geometry;
     }
 
-    public OGCGeometry getGeometry() {
+    public Geometry getGeometry() {
         return geometry;
     }
 
@@ -67,11 +68,13 @@
     @Override
     public ObjectNode toJSON() {
         ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
-        ObjectNode json = null;
+        om.registerModule(new JtsModule());
+        ObjectNode json;
         try {
-            json = (ObjectNode) om.readTree(geometry.asGeoJson());
+            String geoJson = om.writeValueAsString(geometry);
+            json = (ObjectNode) om.readTree(geoJson);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            return om.createObjectNode();
         }
         return json;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AMutableGeometry.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AMutableGeometry.java
index 346d68a..925a0c9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AMutableGeometry.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/AMutableGeometry.java
@@ -18,29 +18,32 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.base;
 
-import com.esri.core.geometry.OGCStructure;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.OperatorImportFromWkt;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.SpatialReference;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.WktImportFlags;
-import com.esri.core.geometry.ogc.OGCGeometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.ParseException;
+import org.locationtech.jts.io.WKTReader;
 
 public class AMutableGeometry extends AGeometry {
+    private Geometry geometry;
+    private final WKTReader wktReader = new WKTReader();
 
-    private OperatorImportFromWkt wktImporter;
-
-    public AMutableGeometry(OGCGeometry geom) {
+    public AMutableGeometry(Geometry geom) {
         super(geom);
-        wktImporter = OperatorImportFromWkt.local();
-    }
-
-    public void setValue(OGCGeometry geom) {
         this.geometry = geom;
     }
 
-    public void parseWKT(String wkt) {
-        OGCStructure structure;
+    public void setValue(Geometry geom) {
+        this.geometry = geom;
+    }
 
-        structure = wktImporter.executeOGC(WktImportFlags.wktImportNonTrusted, wkt, null);
-        this.geometry = OGCGeometry.createFromOGCStructure(structure, SpatialReference.create(4326));
+    public Geometry getGeometry() {
+        return this.geometry;
+    }
+
+    public void parseWKT(String wkt) {
+        try {
+            this.geometry = wktReader.read(wkt);
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.java
similarity index 96%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.java
index bffdb33..b2cd223 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.java
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-
-package org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary;
+package org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary;
 
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.IFieldNamesDictionary;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AStringSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableString;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/ByteToNodeMap.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/ByteToNodeMap.java
similarity index 97%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/ByteToNodeMap.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/ByteToNodeMap.java
index 73c034b..7bfae0b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/ByteToNodeMap.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/ByteToNodeMap.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary;
+package org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary;
 
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/FieldNameTrie.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/FieldNameTrie.java
similarity index 98%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/FieldNameTrie.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/FieldNameTrie.java
index 4a19cd6..5333af5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/FieldNameTrie.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/FieldNameTrie.java
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary;
+package org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary;
 
-import static org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.deserializeFieldNames;
+import static org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary.AbstractFieldNamesDictionary.deserializeFieldNames;
 
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/FieldNamesHashDictionary.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/FieldNamesHashDictionary.java
similarity index 98%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/FieldNamesHashDictionary.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/FieldNamesHashDictionary.java
index 73c9a73..591f322 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/FieldNamesHashDictionary.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/FieldNamesHashDictionary.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary;
+package org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary;
 
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/FieldNamesTrieDictionary.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/FieldNamesTrieDictionary.java
similarity index 97%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/FieldNamesTrieDictionary.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/FieldNamesTrieDictionary.java
index 10de829..30e10d6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/FieldNamesTrieDictionary.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/FieldNamesTrieDictionary.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary;
+package org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary;
 
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/IFieldNamesDictionary.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/IFieldNamesDictionary.java
similarity index 97%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/IFieldNamesDictionary.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/IFieldNamesDictionary.java
index 8aa0e88..ec494fa 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/IFieldNamesDictionary.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/IFieldNamesDictionary.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.column.metadata;
+package org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary;
 
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/TrieNode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/TrieNode.java
similarity index 98%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/TrieNode.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/TrieNode.java
index 32e902b..9ea2978 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/metadata/dictionary/TrieNode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/dictionary/TrieNode.java
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-
-package org.apache.asterix.column.metadata.dictionary;
+package org.apache.asterix.om.dictionary;
 
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java
index 57b842a..27f2160 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.CollectionToSequenceTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.ConcatNonNullTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.ConcatTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.CountNTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.DoubleIfTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.FieldAccessByIndexResultType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.FieldAccessByNameResultType;
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@
     public static final FunctionIdentifier LISTIFY = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("listify", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier AVG = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-avg", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier COUNT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-count", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier COUNTN = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-countn", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-sum", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier LOCAL_SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-local-sum", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier INTERMEDIATE_SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-intermediate-sum", 1);
@@ -482,6 +484,7 @@
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_ARRAYAGG = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("arrayagg", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_AVG = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("avg", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_COUNT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("count", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_COUNTN = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("countn", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sum", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_MAX = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("max", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_MIN = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("min", 1);
@@ -501,6 +504,7 @@
     // serializable aggregate functions
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_AVG = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("avg-serial", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_COUNT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("count-serial", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_COUNTN = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("countn-serial", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sum-serial", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_LOCAL_SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("local-sum-serial", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_INTERMEDIATE_SUM =
@@ -559,6 +563,8 @@
             FunctionConstants.newAsterix("arrayagg-distinct", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier COUNT_DISTINCT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-count-distinct", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_COUNT_DISTINCT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("count-distinct", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier COUNTN_DISTINCT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-countn-distinct", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_COUNTN_DISTINCT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("countn-distinct", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SUM_DISTINCT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-sum-distinct", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SUM_DISTINCT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sum-distinct", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier AVG_DISTINCT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-avg-distinct", 1);
@@ -593,6 +599,7 @@
     public static final FunctionIdentifier INTERMEDIATE_SQL_AVG =
             FunctionConstants.newAsterix("intermediate-agg-sql-avg", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SQL_COUNT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-sql-count", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier SQL_COUNTN = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-sql-countn", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SQL_SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-sql-sum", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier LOCAL_SQL_SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-local-sql-sum", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier INTERMEDIATE_SQL_SUM =
@@ -666,6 +673,7 @@
 
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SQL_AVG = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-avg", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SQL_COUNT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-count", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SQL_COUNTN = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-countn", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SQL_SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-sum", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SQL_MAX = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-max", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SQL_MIN = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-min", 1);
@@ -681,6 +689,7 @@
     // serializable sql aggregate functions
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_SQL_AVG = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-avg-serial", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_SQL_COUNT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-count-serial", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_SQL_COUNTN = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-countn-serial", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_SQL_SUM = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-sum-serial", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SERIAL_LOCAL_SQL_SUM =
             FunctionConstants.newAsterix("local-sql-sum-serial", 1);
@@ -744,6 +753,10 @@
             FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-sql-count-distinct", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SQL_COUNT_DISTINCT =
             FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-count-distinct", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier SQL_COUNTN_DISTINCT =
+            FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-sql-countn-distinct", 1);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SQL_COUNTN_DISTINCT =
+            FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-countn-distinct", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SQL_SUM_DISTINCT = FunctionConstants.newAsterix("agg-sql-sum-distinct", 1);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier SCALAR_SQL_SUM_DISTINCT =
             FunctionConstants.newAsterix("sql-sum-distinct", 1);
@@ -1575,6 +1588,7 @@
         addPrivateFunction(GLOBAL_MIN, MinMaxAggTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(NON_EMPTY_STREAM, ABooleanTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(COUNT, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(COUNTN, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(LOCAL_AVG, LocalAvgTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(AVG, NullableDoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(GLOBAL_AVG, NullableDoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -1623,11 +1637,13 @@
 
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_SQL_AVG, NullableDoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_SQL_COUNT, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_SQL_COUNTN, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_GLOBAL_SQL_AVG, NullableDoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_LOCAL_SQL_AVG, LocalAvgTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_INTERMEDIATE_SQL_AVG, LocalAvgTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_AVG, NullableDoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_COUNT, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(SCALAR_COUNTN, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_MAX, scalarMinMaxTypeComputer, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_MIN, scalarMinMaxTypeComputer, true);
         addPrivateFunction(INTERMEDIATE_AVG, LocalAvgTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -1685,6 +1701,7 @@
         addPrivateFunction(LOCAL_SQL_AVG, LocalAvgTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(INTERMEDIATE_SQL_AVG, LocalAvgTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SQL_COUNT, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(SQL_COUNTN, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SQL_MAX, MinMaxAggTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(LOCAL_SQL_MAX, MinMaxAggTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(INTERMEDIATE_SQL_MAX, MinMaxAggTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -1695,6 +1712,7 @@
         addPrivateFunction(GLOBAL_SQL_MIN, MinMaxAggTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_SQL_AVG, NullableDoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_SQL_COUNT, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(SCALAR_SQL_COUNTN, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_SQL_MAX, scalarMinMaxTypeComputer, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_SQL_MIN, scalarMinMaxTypeComputer, true);
         addPrivateFunction(INTERMEDIATE_SQL_AVG, LocalAvgTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -1743,6 +1761,7 @@
 
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_AVG, NullableDoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_COUNT, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_COUNTN, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_GLOBAL_AVG, NullableDoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_LOCAL_AVG, LocalAvgTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(SERIAL_INTERMEDIATE_AVG, LocalAvgTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -1782,6 +1801,11 @@
         addFunction(SQL_COUNT_DISTINCT, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_SQL_COUNT_DISTINCT, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
 
+        addFunction(COUNTN_DISTINCT, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(SCALAR_COUNTN_DISTINCT, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(SQL_COUNTN_DISTINCT, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(SCALAR_SQL_COUNTN_DISTINCT, CountNTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+
         addFunction(SUM_DISTINCT, NumericSumAggTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SCALAR_SUM_DISTINCT, scalarNumericSumTypeComputer, true);
         addFunction(SQL_SUM_DISTINCT, NumericSumAggTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -2208,6 +2232,26 @@
         addDistinctAgg(COUNT_DISTINCT, COUNT);
         addScalarAgg(COUNT_DISTINCT, SCALAR_COUNT_DISTINCT);
 
+        // COUNTN
+
+        addAgg(COUNTN);
+        addLocalAgg(COUNTN, COUNTN);
+        addIntermediateAgg(COUNTN, SUM);
+        addGlobalAgg(COUNTN, SUM);
+
+        addScalarAgg(COUNTN, SCALAR_COUNTN);
+
+        addSerialAgg(COUNTN, SERIAL_COUNTN);
+        addAgg(SERIAL_COUNTN);
+        addLocalAgg(SERIAL_COUNTN, SERIAL_COUNTN);
+        addIntermediateAgg(SERIAL_COUNTN, SERIAL_SUM);
+        addGlobalAgg(SERIAL_COUNTN, SERIAL_SUM);
+
+        // COUNTN DISTINCT
+
+        addDistinctAgg(COUNTN_DISTINCT, COUNTN);
+        addScalarAgg(COUNTN_DISTINCT, SCALAR_COUNTN_DISTINCT);
+
         // MAX
         addAgg(MAX);
         addAgg(LOCAL_MAX);
@@ -2719,6 +2763,26 @@
         addDistinctAgg(SQL_COUNT_DISTINCT, SQL_COUNT);
         addScalarAgg(SQL_COUNT_DISTINCT, SCALAR_SQL_COUNT_DISTINCT);
 
+        // SQL COUNTN
+
+        addAgg(SQL_COUNTN);
+        addLocalAgg(SQL_COUNTN, SQL_COUNTN);
+        addIntermediateAgg(SQL_COUNTN, SQL_SUM);
+        addGlobalAgg(SQL_COUNTN, SQL_SUM);
+
+        addScalarAgg(SQL_COUNTN, SCALAR_SQL_COUNTN);
+
+        addSerialAgg(SQL_COUNTN, SERIAL_SQL_COUNTN);
+        addAgg(SERIAL_SQL_COUNTN);
+        addLocalAgg(SERIAL_SQL_COUNTN, SERIAL_SQL_COUNTN);
+        addIntermediateAgg(SERIAL_SQL_COUNTN, SERIAL_SQL_SUM);
+        addGlobalAgg(SERIAL_SQL_COUNTN, SERIAL_SQL_SUM);
+
+        // SQL COUNTN DISTINCT
+
+        addDistinctAgg(SQL_COUNTN_DISTINCT, SQL_COUNTN);
+        addScalarAgg(SQL_COUNTN_DISTINCT, SCALAR_SQL_COUNTN_DISTINCT);
+
         // SQL MAX
         addAgg(SQL_MAX);
         addAgg(LOCAL_SQL_MAX);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/ARecordVisitablePointable.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/ARecordVisitablePointable.java
index 6637af8..440fd6f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/ARecordVisitablePointable.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/ARecordVisitablePointable.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringWriter;
 
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.IntArrayList;
+
 /**
  * This class interprets the binary data representation of a record. One can
  * call getFieldNames, getFieldTypeTags and getFieldValues to get pointable
@@ -56,6 +59,8 @@
     // access results: field names, field types, and field values
     private final List<IVisitablePointable> fieldNames = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<IVisitablePointable> fieldValues = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final IntArrayList reverseLookupClosedFields = new IntArrayList();
+    private int numFields = 0;
 
     // pointable allocator
     private final PointableAllocator allocator = new PointableAllocator();
@@ -63,6 +68,7 @@
     private final ResettableByteArrayOutputStream typeBos = new ResettableByteArrayOutputStream();
 
     private final ResettableByteArrayOutputStream dataBos = new ResettableByteArrayOutputStream();
+
     private final DataOutputStream dataDos = new DataOutputStream(dataBos);
 
     private final ARecordType inputRecType;
@@ -91,15 +97,38 @@
         try {
             final DataOutputStream typeDos = new DataOutputStream(typeBos);
             final UTF8StringWriter utf8Writer = new UTF8StringWriter();
-            for (int i = 0; i < numberOfSchemaFields; i++) {
-                // add type name Reference (including a string type tag)
-                int nameStart = typeBos.size();
-                typeDos.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                utf8Writer.writeUTF8(fieldNameStrs[i], typeDos);
-                int nameEnd = typeBos.size();
-                IVisitablePointable typeNameReference = AFlatValuePointable.FACTORY.create(null);
-                typeNameReference.set(typeBos.getByteArray(), nameStart, nameEnd - nameStart);
-                fieldNames.add(typeNameReference);
+            LinkedHashSet<String> allOrderedFields = inputType.getAllOrderedFields();
+            if (allOrderedFields != null) {
+                numFields = allOrderedFields.size();
+                int index = 0;
+                int nameInClosedField = 0;
+                for (String field : allOrderedFields) {
+                    int nameStart = typeBos.size();
+                    typeDos.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
+                    utf8Writer.writeUTF8(field, typeDos);
+                    int nameEnd = typeBos.size();
+                    IVisitablePointable typeNameReference = AFlatValuePointable.FACTORY.create(null);
+                    typeNameReference.set(typeBos.getByteArray(), nameStart, nameEnd - nameStart);
+                    fieldNames.add(typeNameReference);
+                    fieldValues.add(missingReference);
+                    if (nameInClosedField < numberOfSchemaFields && field.equals(fieldNameStrs[nameInClosedField])) {
+                        reverseLookupClosedFields.add(index);
+                        nameInClosedField++;
+                    }
+                    index++;
+                }
+            } else {
+                for (int i = 0; i < numberOfSchemaFields; i++) {
+                    // add type name Reference (including a string type tag)
+                    int nameStart = typeBos.size();
+                    typeDos.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
+                    utf8Writer.writeUTF8(fieldNameStrs[i], typeDos);
+                    int nameEnd = typeBos.size();
+                    IVisitablePointable typeNameReference = AFlatValuePointable.FACTORY.create(null);
+                    typeNameReference.set(typeBos.getByteArray(), nameStart, nameEnd - nameStart);
+                    fieldNames.add(typeNameReference);
+                    reverseLookupClosedFields.add(fieldNames.size() - 1);
+                }
             }
 
             // initialize a constant: null value bytes reference
@@ -113,6 +142,7 @@
             typeDos.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_MISSING_TYPE_TAG);
             int missingFieldEnd = typeBos.size();
             missingReference.set(typeBos.getByteArray(), missingFieldStart, missingFieldEnd - missingFieldStart);
+
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(e);
         }
@@ -126,11 +156,22 @@
         // reset the allocator
         allocator.reset();
 
+        int removeTill = numFields;
+        if (numFields == 0) {
+            removeTill = numberOfSchemaFields;
+        }
         // clean up the returned containers
-        for (int i = fieldNames.size() - 1; i >= numberOfSchemaFields; i--) {
+        for (int i = fieldNames.size() - 1; i >= removeTill; i--) {
             fieldNames.remove(i);
         }
-        fieldValues.clear();
+
+        for (int i = fieldValues.size() - 1; i >= numFields; i--) {
+            fieldValues.remove(i);
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < numFields; i++) {
+            fieldValues.set(i, missingReference);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -176,16 +217,25 @@
                     offsetArrayOffset += 4;
                 }
                 for (int fieldNumber = 0; fieldNumber < numberOfSchemaFields; fieldNumber++) {
+                    int index = reverseLookupClosedFields.get(fieldNumber);
                     if (hasOptionalFields) {
                         byte b1 = b[nullBitMapOffset + fieldNumber / 4];
                         if (RecordUtil.isNull(b1, fieldNumber)) {
                             // set null value (including type tag inside)
-                            fieldValues.add(nullReference);
+                            if (index < numFields) {
+                                fieldValues.set(index, nullReference);
+                            } else {
+                                fieldValues.add(nullReference);
+                            }
                             continue;
                         }
                         if (RecordUtil.isMissing(b1, fieldNumber)) {
                             // set missing value (including type tag inside)
-                            fieldValues.add(missingReference);
+                            if (index < numFields) {
+                                fieldValues.set(index, missingReference);
+                            } else {
+                                fieldValues.add(missingReference);
+                            }
                             continue;
                         }
                     }
@@ -212,12 +262,18 @@
                     int fend = dataBos.size();
                     IVisitablePointable fieldValue = allocator.allocateFieldValue(fieldType);
                     fieldValue.set(dataBos.getByteArray(), fstart, fend - fstart);
-                    fieldValues.add(fieldValue);
+                    if (index < numFields) {
+                        fieldValues.set(index, fieldValue);
+                    } else {
+                        fieldValues.add(fieldValue);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             if (isExpanded) {
                 int numberOfOpenFields = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(b, openPartOffset);
                 int fieldOffset = openPartOffset + 4 + (8 * numberOfOpenFields);
+                int currentCheck = 0;
+                int reverseLookupIndex = 0;
                 for (int i = 0; i < numberOfOpenFields; i++) {
                     // set the field name (including a type tag, which is a string)
                     int fieldValueLength =
@@ -228,7 +284,22 @@
                     int fnend = dataBos.size();
                     IVisitablePointable fieldName = allocator.allocateEmpty();
                     fieldName.set(dataBos.getByteArray(), fnstart, fnend - fnstart);
-                    fieldNames.add(fieldName);
+                    boolean addItToNumFields = true;
+                    for (; currentCheck < numFields; currentCheck++) {
+                        if (reverseLookupIndex < reverseLookupClosedFields.size()
+                                && currentCheck == reverseLookupClosedFields.get(reverseLookupIndex)) {
+                            reverseLookupIndex++;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        if (fieldNames.get(currentCheck).equals(fieldName)) {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (currentCheck >= numFields) {
+                        addItToNumFields = false;
+                        fieldNames.add(fieldName);
+                    }
                     fieldOffset += fieldValueLength;
 
                     typeTag = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(b[fieldOffset]);
@@ -238,7 +309,12 @@
                     // allocate
                     IVisitablePointable fieldValueAccessor = allocator.allocateFieldValue(typeTag, b, fieldOffset + 1);
                     fieldValueAccessor.set(b, fieldOffset, fieldValueLength);
-                    fieldValues.add(fieldValueAccessor);
+                    if (!addItToNumFields) {
+                        fieldValues.add(fieldValueAccessor);
+                    } else {
+                        fieldValues.set(currentCheck, fieldValueAccessor);
+                        currentCheck++;
+                    }
                     fieldOffset += fieldValueLength;
                 }
             }
@@ -263,5 +339,4 @@
     public <R, T> R accept(IVisitablePointableVisitor<R, T> vistor, T tag) throws HyracksDataException {
         return vistor.visit(this, tag);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/printer/ARecordPrinter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/printer/ARecordPrinter.java
index 7823637..34d618d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/printer/ARecordPrinter.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/printer/ARecordPrinter.java
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
 
         ps.print(startRecord);
 
-        final int size = fieldNames.size();
         boolean first = true;
+        final int size = fieldNames.size();
         for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
             final IVisitablePointable fieldName = fieldNames.get(i);
             final IVisitablePointable fieldValue = fieldValues.get(i);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/CountNTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/CountNTypeComputer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4178315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/CountNTypeComputer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
+
+public class CountNTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+
+    public static final CountNTypeComputer INSTANCE = new CountNTypeComputer();
+
+    private CountNTypeComputer() {
+    }
+
+    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
+        return AUnionType.createNullableType(BuiltinType.AINT64);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/OpenRecordConstructorResultType.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/OpenRecordConstructorResultType.java
index 838f6f8..bc3ae60 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/OpenRecordConstructorResultType.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/OpenRecordConstructorResultType.java
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.RecordFieldOrderAnnotation;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.config.CompilerProperties;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.IResultTypeComputer;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.AbstractFunctionCallExpression;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IVariableTypeEnvironment;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.metadata.IMetadataProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.config.AlgebricksConfig;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.LogRedactionUtil;
 
 public class OpenRecordConstructorResultType implements IResultTypeComputer {
@@ -62,6 +65,13 @@
             return type;
         }
 
+        boolean orderFields = AlgebricksConfig.ORDERED_FIELDS;
+        if (metadataProvider != null) {
+            Map<String, Object> config = metadataProvider.getConfig();
+            orderFields = Boolean.parseBoolean((String) config.getOrDefault(CompilerProperties.COMPILER_ORDERFIELDS_KEY,
+                    String.valueOf(orderFields)));
+        }
+
         Iterator<Mutable<ILogicalExpression>> argIter = f.getArguments().iterator();
         List<String> namesList = new ArrayList<>();
         List<IAType> typesList = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -102,7 +112,12 @@
         IAType[] fieldTypes = typesList.toArray(new IAType[0]);
         ARecordType resultType;
         if (isOpen && canProvideAdditionFieldInfo) {
-            resultType = new ARecordType(null, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen, allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames);
+            if (orderFields) {
+                resultType = new ARecordType(null, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen, allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames,
+                        allPossibleFieldNamesOrdered);
+            } else {
+                resultType = new ARecordType(null, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen, allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames);
+            }
             resultType.getAnnotations().add(new RecordFieldOrderAnnotation(allPossibleFieldNamesOrdered));
         } else {
             resultType = new ARecordType(null, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/types/ARecordType.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/types/ARecordType.java
index fd51433..ba352ac 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/types/ARecordType.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/types/ARecordType.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -54,10 +55,15 @@
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     private static final JavaType SET = OBJECT_MAPPER.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(Set.class, String.class);
+
+    private static final JavaType LIST =
+            OBJECT_MAPPER.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(LinkedHashSet.class, String.class);
     private static final String IS_OPEN = "isOpen";
     private static final String FIELD_NAMES = "fieldNames";
     private static final String FIELD_TYPES = "fieldTypes";
     private static final String ADDITIONAL_FIELDS = "additionalFieldNames";
+
+    private static final String ORDERED_FIELDS = "orderedFields";
     private final String[] fieldNames;
     private final IAType[] fieldTypes;
     private final Map<String, Integer> fieldNameToIndexMap = new HashMap<>();
@@ -71,6 +77,8 @@
     // the bounded set of all possible additional field names.
     private final Set<String> allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames;
 
+    private final LinkedHashSet<String> allOrderedFields;
+
     /**
      * @param typeName   the name of the type
      * @param fieldNames the names of the closed fields
@@ -78,7 +86,31 @@
      * @param isOpen     whether the record is open
      */
     public ARecordType(String typeName, String[] fieldNames, IAType[] fieldTypes, boolean isOpen) {
-        this(typeName, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen, null);
+        this(typeName, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen, null, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param typeName   the name of the type
+     * @param fieldNames the names of the closed fields
+     * @param fieldTypes the types of the closed fields
+     * @param isOpen     whether the record is open
+     * @param allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames, all possible additional field names.
+     */
+    public ARecordType(String typeName, String[] fieldNames, IAType[] fieldTypes, boolean isOpen,
+            Set<String> allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames) {
+        this(typeName, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen, allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param typeName   the name of the type
+     * @param fieldNames the names of the closed fields
+     * @param fieldTypes the types of the closed fields
+     * @param isOpen     whether the record is open
+     * @param allOrderedFields fields in order.
+     */
+    public ARecordType(String typeName, String[] fieldNames, IAType[] fieldTypes, boolean isOpen,
+            LinkedHashSet<String> allOrderedFields) {
+        this(typeName, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen, null, allOrderedFields);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,10 +118,11 @@
      * @param fieldNames                       the names of the closed fields
      * @param fieldTypes                       the types of the closed fields
      * @param isOpen                           whether the record is open
-     * @param allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames, all possible additional field names.
+     * @param allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames, all possible additional field names
+     * @param allOrderedFields fields in order.
      */
     public ARecordType(String typeName, String[] fieldNames, IAType[] fieldTypes, boolean isOpen,
-            Set<String> allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames) {
+            Set<String> allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames, LinkedHashSet<String> allOrderedFields) {
         super(typeName);
         this.fieldNames = fieldNames;
         this.fieldTypes = fieldTypes;
@@ -100,6 +133,7 @@
             fieldNameToIndexMap.put(fieldNames[index], index);
         }
         this.allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames = allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames;
+        this.allOrderedFields = allOrderedFields;
     }
 
     public boolean canContainField(String fieldName) {
@@ -383,6 +417,7 @@
         jsonObject.put(IS_OPEN, isOpen);
         jsonObject.putPOJO(FIELD_NAMES, fieldNames);
         jsonObject.putPOJO(ADDITIONAL_FIELDS, allPossibleAdditionalFieldNames);
+        jsonObject.putPOJO(ORDERED_FIELDS, allOrderedFields);
         ArrayNode fieldTypesArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
         for (int i = 0; i < fieldTypes.length; i++) {
             fieldTypesArray.add(fieldTypes[i].toJson(registry));
@@ -397,12 +432,17 @@
         boolean isOpen = json.get(IS_OPEN).asBoolean();
         String[] fieldNames = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get(FIELD_NAMES), String[].class);
         Set<String> additionalFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get(ADDITIONAL_FIELDS), SET);
+        LinkedHashSet<String> orderedFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get(ORDERED_FIELDS), LIST);
         ArrayNode fieldTypesNode = (ArrayNode) json.get(FIELD_TYPES);
         IAType[] fieldTypes = new IAType[fieldTypesNode.size()];
         for (int i = 0; i < fieldTypesNode.size(); i++) {
             fieldTypes[i] = (IAType) registry.deserialize(fieldTypesNode.get(i));
         }
-        return new ARecordType(typeName, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen, additionalFields);
+        return new ARecordType(typeName, fieldNames, fieldTypes, isOpen, additionalFields, orderedFields);
+    }
+
+    public LinkedHashSet<String> getAllOrderedFields() {
+        return allOrderedFields;
     }
 
     public List<IAType> getFieldTypes(List<List<String>> fields) throws AlgebricksException {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
index 138c4dd..d7a71bf 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@
       <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.esri.geometry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>esri-geometry-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.locationtech.jts</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jts-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarCountNAggregateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb2fbc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.CountNAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+
+public class ScalarCountNAggregateDescriptor extends AbstractScalarAggregateDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier FID = BuiltinFunctions.SCALAR_COUNTN;
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = ScalarCountNAggregateDescriptor::new;
+
+    private ScalarCountNAggregateDescriptor() {
+        super(CountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f4cf3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.CountNAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+
+public class ScalarCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor extends AbstractScalarDistinctAggregateDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier FID = BuiltinFunctions.SCALAR_COUNTN_DISTINCT;
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY =
+            createDescriptorFactory(ScalarCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor::new);
+
+    private ScalarCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor() {
+        super(CountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0925d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+
+public class ScalarSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor extends AbstractScalarAggregateDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier FID = BuiltinFunctions.SCALAR_SQL_COUNTN;
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = ScalarSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor::new;
+
+    private ScalarSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor() {
+        super(SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarSqlCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarSqlCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a163b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/scalar/ScalarSqlCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+
+public class ScalarSqlCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor extends AbstractScalarDistinctAggregateDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier FID = BuiltinFunctions.SCALAR_SQL_COUNTN_DISTINCT;
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY =
+            createDescriptorFactory(ScalarSqlCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor::new);
+
+    private ScalarSqlCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor() {
+        super(SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return FID;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/AbstractSerializableCountAggregateFunction.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/AbstractSerializableCountAggregateFunction.java
index 03dacd2..1e611b9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/AbstractSerializableCountAggregateFunction.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/AbstractSerializableCountAggregateFunction.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         if (typeTag == ATypeTag.MISSING || typeTag == ATypeTag.NULL) {
             processNull(state, start);
         } else {
-            cnt++;
+            cnt = processValue(typeTag, cnt);
         }
         BufferSerDeUtil.writeBoolean(metNull, state, start + MET_NULL_OFFSET);
         BufferSerDeUtil.writeLong(cnt, state, start + COUNT_OFFSET);
@@ -111,4 +111,8 @@
     protected void processNull(byte[] state, int start) {
         BufferSerDeUtil.writeBoolean(true, state, start + MET_NULL_OFFSET);
     }
+
+    protected long processValue(ATypeTag tag, long cnt) {
+        return cnt + 1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableCountNAggregateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..113c514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.base.AbstractSerializableAggregateFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ISerializedAggregateEvaluator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ISerializedAggregateEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+/**
+ * Counts the number of numeric items. Returns NULL if MISSING or NULL is encountered.
+ */
+public class SerializableCountNAggregateDescriptor extends AbstractSerializableAggregateFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = SerializableCountNAggregateDescriptor::new;
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return BuiltinFunctions.SERIAL_COUNTN;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ISerializedAggregateEvaluatorFactory createSerializableAggregateEvaluatorFactory(
+            final IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args) {
+        return new ISerializedAggregateEvaluatorFactory() {
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public ISerializedAggregateEvaluator createAggregateEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx)
+                    throws HyracksDataException {
+                return new SerializableCountNAggregateFunction(args, ctx, sourceLoc);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableCountNAggregateFunction.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableCountNAggregateFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..020d367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableCountNAggregateFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
+
+/**
+ * COUNTN returns the number of numeric items in the given list. Returns NULL if MISSING or NULL is encountered.
+ */
+public class SerializableCountNAggregateFunction extends AbstractSerializableCountAggregateFunction {
+    public SerializableCountNAggregateFunction(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext context,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(args, context, sourceLoc);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected long processValue(ATypeTag typeTag, long cnt) {
+        if (ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDomain(typeTag) == ATypeHierarchy.Domain.NUMERIC) {
+            return cnt + 1;
+        }
+        return cnt;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38c5150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.base.AbstractSerializableAggregateFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ISerializedAggregateEvaluator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ISerializedAggregateEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+/**
+ * Counts the number of numeric items. NULLs and MISSINGs are ignored.
+ */
+public class SerializableSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor extends AbstractSerializableAggregateFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = SerializableSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor::new;
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return BuiltinFunctions.SERIAL_SQL_COUNTN;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ISerializedAggregateEvaluatorFactory createSerializableAggregateEvaluatorFactory(
+            final IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args) {
+        return new ISerializedAggregateEvaluatorFactory() {
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public ISerializedAggregateEvaluator createAggregateEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx)
+                    throws HyracksDataException {
+                return new SerializableSqlCountNAggregateFunction(args, ctx, sourceLoc);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableSqlCountNAggregateFunction.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableSqlCountNAggregateFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41a1df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/serializable/std/SerializableSqlCountNAggregateFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
+
+/**
+ * COUNTN returns the number of numeric items in the given list. NULLs and MISSINGs are ignored.
+ */
+public class SerializableSqlCountNAggregateFunction extends AbstractSerializableCountAggregateFunction {
+    public SerializableSqlCountNAggregateFunction(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext context,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(args, context, sourceLoc);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void processNull(byte[] state, int start) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected long processValue(ATypeTag typeTag, long cnt) {
+        if (ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDomain(typeTag) == ATypeHierarchy.Domain.NUMERIC) {
+            return cnt + 1;
+        }
+        return cnt;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/AbstractCountAggregateFunction.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/AbstractCountAggregateFunction.java
index 5756f00..1296d82 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/AbstractCountAggregateFunction.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/AbstractCountAggregateFunction.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt64;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt64;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ANull;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
@@ -45,9 +46,13 @@
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt64> int64Serde =
             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT64);
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde =
+            SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
     private IPointable inputVal = new VoidPointable();
     private IScalarEvaluator eval;
     protected long cnt;
+    protected boolean nullRes;
 
     private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
 
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@
     @Override
     public void init() throws HyracksDataException {
         cnt = 0;
+        nullRes = false;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@
         if (typeTag == ATypeTag.NULL || typeTag == ATypeTag.MISSING) {
             processNull();
         } else if (typeTag != ATypeTag.SYSTEM_NULL) {
-            cnt++;
+            processValue(typeTag);
         }
     }
 
@@ -79,8 +85,12 @@
     public void finish(IPointable resultPointable) throws HyracksDataException {
         resultStorage.reset();
         try {
-            result.setValue(cnt);
-            int64Serde.serialize(result, resultStorage.getDataOutput());
+            if (nullRes) {
+                nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, resultStorage.getDataOutput());
+            } else {
+                result.setValue(cnt);
+                int64Serde.serialize(result, resultStorage.getDataOutput());
+            }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
         }
@@ -93,4 +103,8 @@
     }
 
     protected abstract void processNull();
+
+    protected void processValue(ATypeTag tag) {
+        cnt++;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/CountNAggregateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/CountNAggregateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97cd1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/CountNAggregateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.base.AbstractAggregateFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IAggregateEvaluator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IAggregateEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+/**
+ * Counts the number of numeric items. Returns NULL if MISSING or NULL is encountered.
+ */
+public class CountNAggregateDescriptor extends AbstractAggregateFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = CountNAggregateDescriptor::new;
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return BuiltinFunctions.COUNTN;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAggregateEvaluatorFactory createAggregateEvaluatorFactory(final IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args) {
+        return new IAggregateEvaluatorFactory() {
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public IAggregateEvaluator createAggregateEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
+                return new CountNAggregateFunction(args, ctx, sourceLoc);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/CountNAggregateFunction.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/CountNAggregateFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2bcb5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/CountNAggregateFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
+
+/**
+ * COUNTN returns the number of numeric items in the given list. Returns NULL if MISSING or NULL is encountered.
+ */
+public class CountNAggregateFunction extends AbstractCountAggregateFunction {
+
+    public CountNAggregateFunction(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext context, SourceLocation sourceLoc)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(args, context, sourceLoc);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void processNull() {
+        nullRes = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void processValue(ATypeTag tag) {
+        if (ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDomain(tag) == ATypeHierarchy.Domain.NUMERIC) {
+            cnt++;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d68d0bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.base.AbstractAggregateFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IAggregateEvaluator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IAggregateEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+/**
+ * Counts the number of numeric items. NULLs and MISSINGs are ignored.
+ */
+public class SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor extends AbstractAggregateFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor::new;
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return BuiltinFunctions.SQL_COUNTN;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IAggregateEvaluatorFactory createAggregateEvaluatorFactory(final IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args) {
+        return new IAggregateEvaluatorFactory() {
+
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public IAggregateEvaluator createAggregateEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
+                return new SqlCountNAggregateFunction(args, ctx, sourceLoc);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/SqlCountNAggregateFunction.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/SqlCountNAggregateFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db677ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/aggregates/std/SqlCountNAggregateFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
+
+/**
+ * COUNTN returns the number of numeric items in the given list. NULLs and MISSINGs are ignored.
+ */
+public class SqlCountNAggregateFunction extends AbstractCountAggregateFunction {
+
+    public SqlCountNAggregateFunction(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IEvaluatorContext context,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(args, context, sourceLoc);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void processNull() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void processValue(ATypeTag tag) {
+        if (ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDomain(tag) == ATypeHierarchy.Domain.NUMERIC) {
+            cnt++;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/common/CreateMBREvalFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/common/CreateMBREvalFactory.java
index 4f67fba..5615e14 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/common/CreateMBREvalFactory.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/common/CreateMBREvalFactory.java
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-
-import com.esri.core.geometry.Envelope;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Envelope;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 public class CreateMBREvalFactory implements IScalarEvaluatorFactory {
 
@@ -257,25 +257,25 @@
                                 }
                                 break;
                             case GEOMETRY:
-                                Envelope record = new Envelope();
-                                AGeometrySerializerDeserializer.getAGeometryObject(data0, startOffset0 + 1)
-                                        .getGeometry().getEsriGeometry().queryEnvelope(record);
+                                Geometry geometry = AGeometrySerializerDeserializer
+                                        .getAGeometryObject(data0, startOffset0 + 1).getGeometry();
+                                Envelope envelope = geometry.getEnvelopeInternal();
                                 switch (coordinate) {
                                     case 0:
-                                        value = record.getXMin();
+                                        value = envelope.getMinX();
                                         break;
                                     case 1:
-                                        value = record.getYMin();
+                                        value = envelope.getMinY();
                                         break;
                                     case 2:
-                                        value = record.getXMax();
+                                        value = envelope.getMaxX();
                                         break;
                                     case 3:
-                                        value = record.getYMax();
+                                        value = envelope.getMaxY();
                                         break;
                                     default:
-                                        throw new NotImplementedException(
-                                                coordinate + "is not a valid coordinate option");
+                                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                                                coordinate + " is not a valid coordinate option");
                                 }
                                 break;
                             case CIRCLE:
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionCollection.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionCollection.java
index 86a0790..d682d7a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionCollection.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionCollection.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarAvgDistinctAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarCountAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarCountDistinctAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarCountNAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarFirstElementAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarKurtosisAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarKurtosisDistinctAggregateDescriptor;
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarSqlAvgDistinctAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarSqlCountAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarSqlCountDistinctAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarSqlCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarSqlKurtosisAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarSqlKurtosisDistinctAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarSqlMaxAggregateDescriptor;
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.scalar.ScalarVarPopDistinctAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableAvgAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableCountAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableCountNAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableGlobalAvgAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableGlobalKurtosisAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableGlobalSkewnessAggregateDescriptor;
@@ -135,6 +140,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableSkewnessAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableSqlAvgAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableSqlCountAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableSqlKurtosisAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableSqlSkewnessAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableSqlStddevAggregateDescriptor;
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.serializable.std.SerializableVarPopAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.AvgAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.CountAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.CountNAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.GlobalAvgAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.GlobalKurtosisAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.GlobalMaxAggregateDescriptor;
@@ -226,6 +233,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.SkewnessAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.SqlAvgAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.SqlCountAggregateDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.SqlKurtosisAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.SqlMaxAggregateDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.aggregates.std.SqlMedianAggregateDescriptor;
@@ -698,6 +706,7 @@
         // aggregate functions
         fc.add(ListifyAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(CountAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        fc.add(CountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(AvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(LocalAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(IntermediateAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
@@ -753,6 +762,7 @@
 
         // serializable aggregates
         fc.add(SerializableCountAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        fc.add(SerializableCountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(SerializableAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(SerializableLocalAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(SerializableIntermediateAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
@@ -790,7 +800,9 @@
         fc.add(ScalarArrayAggAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarArrayAggDistinctAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarCountAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        fc.add(ScalarCountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarCountDistinctAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        fc.add(ScalarCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarAvgDistinctAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarSumAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
@@ -816,6 +828,7 @@
 
         // SQL aggregates
         fc.add(SqlCountAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        fc.add(SqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(SqlAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(LocalSqlAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(IntermediateSqlAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
@@ -867,6 +880,7 @@
 
         // SQL serializable aggregates
         fc.add(SerializableSqlCountAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        fc.add(SerializableSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(SerializableSqlAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(SerializableLocalSqlAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(SerializableIntermediateSqlAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
@@ -903,6 +917,8 @@
         // SQL scalar aggregates
         fc.add(ScalarSqlCountAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarSqlCountDistinctAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        fc.add(ScalarSqlCountNDistinctAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        fc.add(ScalarSqlCountNAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarSqlAvgAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarSqlAvgDistinctAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.add(ScalarSqlSumAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
index e65c742..82534fb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
@@ -612,6 +612,22 @@
               <contentFile>protobuf_2.5.0_LICENSE.txt</contentFile>
             </license>
             <license>
+              <displayName>Eclipse Distribution License - v 1.0</displayName>
+              <url>https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php</url>
+              <aliasUrls>
+                <aliasUrl>https://github.com/locationtech/jts/blob/master/LICENSE_EDLv1.txt</aliasUrl>
+              </aliasUrls>
+              <metric>1050</metric>
+            </license>
+            <license>
+              <displayName>Eclipse Public License, Version 2.0</displayName>
+              <url>https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/</url>
+              <aliasUrls>
+                <aliasUrl>https://github.com/locationtech/jts/blob/master/LICENSE_EPLv2.txt</aliasUrl>
+              </aliasUrls>
+              <metric>1100</metric>
+            </license>
+            <license>
               <displayName>a BSD 3-clause license</displayName>
               <url>https://github.com/codehaus/paranamer-git/blob/paranamer-2.3/LICENSE.txt</url>
               <contentFile>paranamer-2.3_LICENSE.txt</contentFile>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index cb01868..94bd6e1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -752,14 +752,6 @@
     </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>azurite-tests</id>
-      <activation>
-        <os>
-          <family>unix</family>
-        </os>
-        <property>
-          <name>!skipTests</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
       <properties>
         <azurite.npm.install.stage>process-classes</azurite.npm.install.stage>
         <azurite.install.stage>generate-test-resources</azurite.install.stage>
@@ -1554,9 +1546,9 @@
         <version>3.8.4</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.esri.geometry</groupId>
-        <artifactId>esri-geometry-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.0</version>
+        <groupId>org.locationtech.jts</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jts-core</artifactId>
+        <version>1.19.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/com.microsoft.azure--msal4j--1.16.1_MIT_License.txt b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/com.microsoft.azure--msal4j--1.16.1_MIT_License.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1ca00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/com.microsoft.azure--msal4j--1.16.1_MIT_License.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+    MIT License
+
+    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+
+    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+    in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+    to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+    copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+    copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+    SOFTWARE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/com.microsoft.azure--msal4j-persistence-extension--1.3.0_MIT_License.txt b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/com.microsoft.azure--msal4j-persistence-extension--1.3.0_MIT_License.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1ca00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/com.microsoft.azure--msal4j-persistence-extension--1.3.0_MIT_License.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+    MIT License
+
+    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+
+    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+    in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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+
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+    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+    SOFTWARE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/github.com_locationtech_jts_blob_master_LICENSE_EDLv1.txt b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/github.com_locationtech_jts_blob_master_LICENSE_EDLv1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1071fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/github.com_locationtech_jts_blob_master_LICENSE_EDLv1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Eclipse Distribution License - v 1.0
+
+Copyright (c) 2007, Eclipse Foundation, Inc. and its licensors.
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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+
+  Neither the name of the Eclipse Foundation, Inc. nor the names of its
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+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
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+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
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+(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/opensource.org_licenses_BSD-2-Clause.txt b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/opensource.org_licenses_BSD-2-Clause.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..226190a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/content/opensource.org_licenses_BSD-2-Clause.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+BSD 2-Clause License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024, Couchbase, Inc.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
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+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
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+   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/templates/source_licenses.ftl b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/templates/source_licenses.ftl
index 97b032b..95b6f3a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/templates/source_licenses.ftl
+++ b/asterixdb/src/main/licenses/templates/source_licenses.ftl
@@ -133,4 +133,196 @@
 </#if>
 <#if !asterixDashboardSkip!false>
     <#include "../../../../asterix-dashboard/src/main/licenses/dashboard-source-license.ftl">
-</#if>
\ No newline at end of file
+</#if>
+<@license component="AsterixDB OM" files=[
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/JtsModule.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiLineStringParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PointParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPointParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/MultiPolygonParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/LineStringParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/BaseParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GeometryCollectionParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/GenericGeometryParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/parsers/PolygonParser.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoFunctionUtils.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/GeoJsonConstants.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometryDeserializer.java",
+                    "org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/jacksonjts/serde/GeometrySerializer.java"
+                ]>
+    Classes are modified to support the org.locationtech.jts package instead of com.vividsolutions.jts
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
index 98c4223..0b29f7d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@
             StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(8, StorageUtil.StorageUnit.KILOBYTE);
     public static final boolean BATCH_LOOKUP_DEFAULT = true;
     public static final boolean COLUMN_FILTER_DEFAULT = true;
+    public static final boolean ORDERED_FIELDS = false;
+    public static final int MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING_DEFAULT = 128;
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/PhysicalOptimizationConfig.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/PhysicalOptimizationConfig.java
index 11171a1..163fb16 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/PhysicalOptimizationConfig.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/PhysicalOptimizationConfig.java
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
     private static final String MIN_JOIN_FRAMES = "MIN_JOIN_FRAMES";
     private static final String MIN_GROUP_FRAMES = "MIN_GROUP_FRAMES";
     private static final String MIN_WINDOW_FRAMES = "MIN_WINDOW_FRAMES";
+    private static final String MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING = "MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING";
+
+    private static final String ORDER_FIELDS = "ORDER_FIELDS";
 
     private final Properties properties = new Properties();
 
@@ -159,6 +162,10 @@
         setInt(MAX_FRAMES_FOR_TEXTSEARCH, frameLimit);
     }
 
+    public void setOrderFields(boolean orderFields) {
+        setBoolean(ORDER_FIELDS, orderFields);
+    }
+
     public int getHashGroupByTableSize() {
         return getInt(DEFAULT_HASH_GROUP_TABLE_SIZE, 10485767);
     }
@@ -235,6 +242,10 @@
         return getBoolean(SORT_PARALLEL, AlgebricksConfig.SORT_PARALLEL_DEFAULT);
     }
 
+    public boolean isOrderField() {
+        return getBoolean(ORDER_FIELDS, AlgebricksConfig.ORDERED_FIELDS);
+    }
+
     public void setSortParallel(boolean sortParallel) {
         setBoolean(SORT_PARALLEL, sortParallel);
     }
@@ -383,6 +394,14 @@
         return properties.getProperty(property);
     }
 
+    public int getMaxVariableOccurrencesForInlining() {
+        return getInt(MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING, AlgebricksConfig.MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING_DEFAULT);
+    }
+
+    public void setMaxVariableOccurrencesForInlining(int maxVariableOccurrencesForInlining) {
+        setInt(MAX_VARIABLE_OCCURRENCES_INLINING, maxVariableOccurrencesForInlining);
+    }
+
     private void setInt(String property, int value) {
         properties.setProperty(property, Integer.toString(value));
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/InlineVariablesRule.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/InlineVariablesRule.java
index 6ad50e6..5970f4f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/InlineVariablesRule.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/InlineVariablesRule.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.rewriter.rules;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
     private final List<LogicalVariable> usedVars = new ArrayList<>();
     // map of variables and the counts of how many times they were used
     private final Map<LogicalVariable, MutableInt> usedVariableCounter = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<LogicalVariable, Map<LogicalVariable, Integer>> totalLeafVariableCounter = new HashMap<>();
 
     @Override
     public boolean rewritePost(Mutable<ILogicalOperator> opRef, IOptimizationContext context) {
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@
         inlineVisitor.setContext(context);
         subTreesDone.clear();
         usedVariableCounter.clear();
+        totalLeafVariableCounter.clear();
     }
 
     protected boolean performBottomUpAction(ILogicalOperator op) throws AlgebricksException {
@@ -168,6 +171,20 @@
             }
         }
 
+        if (op.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.ASSIGN) {
+            AssignOperator assignOp = (AssignOperator) op;
+            computeLeafVariablesCount(assignOp);
+            List<LogicalVariable> vars = assignOp.getVariables();
+            for (LogicalVariable variable : vars) {
+                // Don't inline variables that potentially reference a large number of the same leaf variable.
+                Map<LogicalVariable, Integer> varMap = totalLeafVariableCounter.get(variable);
+                if (varMap != null && !varMap.isEmpty() && Collections.max(varMap.values()) > context
+                        .getPhysicalOptimizationConfig().getMaxVariableOccurrencesForInlining()) {
+                    varAssignRhs.remove(variable);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         // Descend into subplan
         if (op.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.SUBPLAN || op.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.WINDOW) {
             List<ILogicalPlan> nestedPlans = ((AbstractOperatorWithNestedPlans) op).getNestedPlans();
@@ -259,6 +276,28 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private void computeLeafVariablesCount(AssignOperator assignOp) {
+        List<LogicalVariable> vars = assignOp.getVariables();
+        List<Mutable<ILogicalExpression>> exprs = assignOp.getExpressions();
+        for (int i = 0; i < vars.size(); i++) {
+            LogicalVariable variable = vars.get(i);
+            ILogicalExpression expr = exprs.get(i).getValue();
+            usedVars.clear();
+            expr.getUsedVariables(usedVars);
+            Map<LogicalVariable, Integer> varMap =
+                    totalLeafVariableCounter.computeIfAbsent(variable, k -> new HashMap<>());
+            for (LogicalVariable usedVar : usedVars) {
+                if (totalLeafVariableCounter.containsKey(usedVar)) {
+                    for (Map.Entry<LogicalVariable, Integer> entry : totalLeafVariableCounter.get(usedVar).entrySet()) {
+                        varMap.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue() + varMap.getOrDefault(entry.getKey(), 0));
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    varMap.put(usedVar, 1);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public static class InlineVariablesVisitor extends LogicalExpressionReferenceTransformVisitor
             implements ILogicalExpressionReferenceTransform {
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/ErrorCode.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
index 59a4da4..02327e2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
     UNSUPPORTED_WRITE_SPEC(128),
     JOB_REJECTED(129),
     FRAME_BIGGER_THAN_SORT_MEMORY(130),
+    RESULT_DOES_NOT_FOLLOW_SCHEMA(131),
+    EXTRA_FIELD_IN_RESULT_NOT_FOUND_IN_SCHEMA(132),
 
     // Compilation error codes.
     RULECOLLECTION_NOT_INSTANCE_OF_LIST(10000),
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java
index 5045c86..4022961 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/string/UTF8StringUtil.java
@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@
 
     public static String toString(byte[] bytes, int start) {
         StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        return toString(bytes, start, builder);
+    }
+
+    public static String toString(byte[] bytes, int start, StringBuilder builder) {
         return toString(builder, bytes, start).toString();
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/resources/errormsg/en.properties b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/resources/errormsg/en.properties
index e94c12e..226234f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/resources/errormsg/en.properties
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/resources/errormsg/en.properties
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@
 128 = Unsupported copy to specification: PARTITION BY %1$s, ORDER BY %2$s
 129 = Job %1$s failed to run. Cluster is not accepting jobs.
 130 = Frame data=%1$s (requiring %2$s) is bigger than the sort budget. Used=%3$s, max=%4$s. Please increase the sort memory budget.
+131 = Result does not follow the schema, %1$s type expected but found %2$s type at '%3$s'
+132 = Extra field in the result, field '%1$s' does not exist at '%2$s' in the schema
 
 10000 = The given rule collection %1$s is not an instance of the List class.
 10001 = Cannot compose partition constraint %1$s with %2$s
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/cache/unit/AbstractIndexUnit.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/cache/unit/AbstractIndexUnit.java
index 1532340..54ea23c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/cache/unit/AbstractIndexUnit.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/cache/unit/AbstractIndexUnit.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
     public final void open() {
         lastAccessTime.set(System.nanoTime());
-        openCounter.get();
+        openCounter.incrementAndGet();
     }
 
     public final void close() {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/filesystem/PhysicalDrive.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/filesystem/PhysicalDrive.java
index 7010e88..28069a9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/filesystem/PhysicalDrive.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/filesystem/PhysicalDrive.java
@@ -53,17 +53,18 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean computeAndCheckIsPressured() {
-        long usedSpace = getUsedSpace();
+        long usedSpace = getUsedSpace(drivePaths);
         long pressureCapacity = diskSpace.getPressureCapacity();
         boolean isPressured = usedSpace > pressureCapacity;
         this.usedSpace.set(usedSpace);
 
-        if (isPressured) {
-            LOGGER.info("Used space: {}, pressureCapacity: {} (isPressured: {})",
+        if (usedSpace >= diskSpace.getAllocatedCapacity()) {
+            LOGGER.warn(
+                    "Allocated disk space has been exceeded. Used space: {}, pressureCapacity: {} (isPressured: {})",
                     StorageUtil.toHumanReadableSize(usedSpace), StorageUtil.toHumanReadableSize(pressureCapacity),
                     true);
-        } else if (usedSpace >= diskSpace.getAllocatedCapacity()) {
-            LOGGER.warn("Allocated disk space has been exceeded. Used space: {}, pressureCapacity: {}",
+        } else if (isPressured) {
+            LOGGER.info("Used space: {}, pressureCapacity: {} (isPressured: {})",
                     StorageUtil.toHumanReadableSize(usedSpace), StorageUtil.toHumanReadableSize(pressureCapacity),
                     true);
         } else {
@@ -85,10 +86,9 @@
         return usedSpace.get() < diskSpace.getPressureCapacity();
     }
 
-    private long getUsedSpace() {
+    public static long getUsedSpace(List<FileStore> drivePaths) {
         long totalUsedSpace = 0;
-        for (int i = 0; i < drivePaths.size(); i++) {
-            FileStore device = drivePaths.get(i);
+        for (FileStore device : drivePaths) {
             try {
                 totalUsedSpace += getTotalSpace(device) - getUsableSpace(device);
             } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         return new DiskSpace(allocatedCapacity, pressureCapacity);
     }
 
-    private static List<FileStore> getDrivePaths(List<IODeviceHandle> deviceHandles) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public static List<FileStore> getDrivePaths(List<IODeviceHandle> deviceHandles) throws HyracksDataException {
         Set<String> distinctDrives = new HashSet<>();
         List<FileStore> fileStores = new ArrayList<>();
         for (IODeviceHandle handle : deviceHandles) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/io/IOManager.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/io/IOManager.java
index b35111e..740940e 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/io/IOManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/io/IOManager.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     private final ExecutorService executor;
     private final BlockingQueue<IoRequest> submittedRequests;
     private final BlockingQueue<IoRequest> freeRequests;
-    private final List<IODeviceHandle> ioDevices;
+    protected final List<IODeviceHandle> ioDevices;
     private final List<IODeviceHandle> workspaces;
     private final IFileDeviceResolver deviceComputer;
     /*
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 51bdd2f..20c3e21 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <snappy.version>1.1.10.5</snappy.version>
     <jackson.version>2.14.3</jackson.version>
     <jackson-databind.version>${jackson.version}</jackson-databind.version>
-    <netty.version>4.1.101.Final</netty.version>
+    <netty.version>4.1.112.Final</netty.version>
     <asm.version>9.3</asm.version>
 
     <implementation.title>Apache Hyracks and Algebricks - ${project.name}</implementation.title>