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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Generate historical sales data and load it into HDFS (partitioned by year).
+
+Runs on the Hadoop master node (has hdfs client + datanode access). Writes
+CSV partitions under HDFS_BASE so the data is browsable in the Command Center
+HDFS view and can later be exposed as a Hive/Iceberg external table in Trino.
+"""
+import csv
+import os
+import random
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import uuid
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+HDFS_BASE = os.getenv("HDFS_BASE", "/data/historical/sales_orders")
+ROWS_PER_YEAR = int(os.getenv("ROWS_PER_YEAR", "5000"))
+YEARS = [int(y) for y in os.getenv("YEARS", "2020,2021,2022,2023,2024").split(",")]
+
+REGIONS = ["EU", "APAC", "LATAM", "NA", "EMEA"]
+CHANNELS = ["STORE", "ONLINE", "MOBILE", "B2B"]
+CURRENCIES = ["EUR", "USD", "GBP", "JPY", "CNY"]
+STATUSES = ["SHIPPED", "PENDING", "CANCELLED", "RETURNED", "DELIVERED"]
+HEADER = ["order_id", "customer_id", "product_id", "region", "sales_channel",
+          "order_ts", "amount", "currency", "order_status"]
+
+
+def hdfs(*args):
+    subprocess.run(["hdfs", "dfs", *args], check=True)
+
+
+def gen_year(year):
+    start = datetime(year, 1, 1)
+    rows = []
+    for _ in range(ROWS_PER_YEAR):
+        ts = start + timedelta(days=random.randint(0, 364), hours=random.randint(0, 23),
+                               minutes=random.randint(0, 59))
+        rows.append([
+            str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            random.randint(1, 100000),
+            random.randint(1, 5000),
+            random.choice(REGIONS),
+            random.choice(CHANNELS),
+            ts.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
+            round(random.uniform(10.0, 10000.0), 2),
+            random.choice(CURRENCIES),
+            random.choice(STATUSES),
+        ])
+    return rows
+
+
+def main():
+    print(f"Loading historical sales into hdfs://{HDFS_BASE} for years {YEARS}")
+    total = 0
+    for year in YEARS:
+        rows = gen_year(year)
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".csv", delete=False, newline="") as f:
+            w = csv.writer(f)
+            w.writerow(HEADER)
+            w.writerows(rows)
+            local = f.name
+        hdfs_dir = f"{HDFS_BASE}/year={year}"
+        hdfs("-mkdir", "-p", hdfs_dir)
+        hdfs("-put", "-f", local, f"{hdfs_dir}/part-0.csv")
+        os.unlink(local)
+        total += len(rows)
+        print(f"  year={year}: {len(rows)} rows -> {hdfs_dir}/part-0.csv")
+    print(f"Done. {total} historical rows across {len(YEARS)} years in HDFS.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()