diff --git a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSpark.scala b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSpark.scala
index 7b875f63b..9cd5f60a7 100644
--- a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSpark.scala
+++ b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSpark.scala
@@ -407,9 +407,6 @@ class FlintSpark(val spark: SparkSession) extends Logging {
       case (true, false) => AUTO
       case (false, false) => FULL
       case (false, true) => INCREMENTAL
-      case (true, true) =>
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-          "auto_refresh and incremental_refresh options cannot both be true")
     }
 
     // validate allowed options depending on refresh mode
diff --git a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkValidationHelper.scala b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkValidationHelper.scala
index 16d5a1905..f689d9aee 100644
--- a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkValidationHelper.scala
+++ b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkValidationHelper.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.flint.{loadTable, parseTableName, qualifyTableName}
 trait FlintSparkValidationHelper extends Logging {
 
   /**
-   * Determines whether the source table(s) for a given Flint index are Hive tables.
+   * Determines whether the source table(s) for a given Flint index are supported.
    *
    * @param spark
    *   Spark session
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ trait FlintSparkValidationHelper extends Logging {
    * @return
    *   true if all non Hive, otherwise false
    */
-  def isSourceTableHive(spark: SparkSession, index: FlintSparkIndex): Boolean = {
+  def isTableProviderSupported(spark: SparkSession, index: FlintSparkIndex): Boolean = {
     // Extract source table name (possibly more than one for MV query)
     val tableNames = index match {
       case skipping: FlintSparkSkippingIndex => Seq(skipping.tableName)
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ trait FlintSparkValidationHelper extends Logging {
           }
     }
 
-    // Validate if any source table is Hive
+    // Validate if any source table is not supported (currently Hive only)
     tableNames.exists { tableName =>
       val (catalog, ident) = parseTableName(spark, tableName)
       val table = loadTable(catalog, ident).get
+
+      // TODO: add allowed table provider list
       DDLUtils.isHiveTable(Option(table.properties().get("provider")))
     }
   }
diff --git a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/refresh/AutoIndexRefresh.scala b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/refresh/AutoIndexRefresh.scala
index f99f55790..35902e184 100644
--- a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/refresh/AutoIndexRefresh.scala
+++ b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/refresh/AutoIndexRefresh.scala
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ class AutoIndexRefresh(indexName: String, index: FlintSparkIndex)
       "Incremental refresh cannot be enabled if auto refresh is enabled")
 
     // Hive table doesn't support auto refresh
-    require(!isSourceTableHive(spark, index), "Index auto refresh doesn't support Hive table")
+    require(
+      !isTableProviderSupported(spark, index),
+      "Index auto refresh doesn't support Hive table")
 
     // Checkpoint location is required if mandatory option set
     val flintSparkConf = new FlintSparkConf(Collections.emptyMap[String, String])
-    val checkpointLocation = index.options.checkpointLocation()
+    val checkpointLocation = options.checkpointLocation()
     if (flintSparkConf.isCheckpointMandatory) {
       require(
         checkpointLocation.isDefined,
diff --git a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/refresh/IncrementalIndexRefresh.scala b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/refresh/IncrementalIndexRefresh.scala
index 80aa91687..8eb8d6f1f 100644
--- a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/refresh/IncrementalIndexRefresh.scala
+++ b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/refresh/IncrementalIndexRefresh.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class IncrementalIndexRefresh(indexName: String, index: FlintSparkIndex)
   override def validate(spark: SparkSession): Unit = {
     // Non-Hive table is required for incremental refresh
     require(
-      !isSourceTableHive(spark, index),
+      !isTableProviderSupported(spark, index),
       "Index incremental refresh doesn't support Hive table")
 
     // Checkpoint location is required regardless of mandatory option