Github user cenyuhai commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-carbondata/pull/328
@Hexiaoqiao There is a doc about what datatype carbon are supported.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CARBONDATA/Carbon+Data+Types
Short is not working because there is a bug in carbon, so it will not be a problem.
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