Use the DescribeDataSet API operation to describe a dataset. To use this operation, you need the ID of the dataset that you want to describe. The dataset ID is part of the dataset URL in QuickSight. You can also use the ListDataSets API operation to get the ID.
Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.
aws quicksight describe-data-set --aws-account-idAWSACCOUNTID--data-set-idDATASETID
For more information about the DescribeDataSet API operation, see DescribeDataSet in the Amazon QuickSight API Reference.
