describe command - Amazon OpenSearch Service

describe command

Note

To see which AWS data source integrations support this PPL command, see Commands.

Use the describe command to get detailed information about the structure and metadata of tables, schemas, and catalogs. Here are various examples and use cases of the describe command.

Describe

  • describe table This command is equal to the DESCRIBE EXTENDED table SQL command

  • describe schema.table

  • describe schema.`table`

  • describe catalog.schema.table

  • describe catalog.schema.`table`

  • describe `catalog`.`schema`.`table`