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Retrieves detailed information about a table, view, or collection, specified in input parameter table_name. If the supplied input parameter table_name is a collection, the call can return information about either the collection itself or the tables and views it contains. If input parameter table_name is empty, information about all collections and top-level tables and views can be returned.

If the option get_sizes is set to true, then the number of records in each table is returned (in output parameter sizes and output parameter full_sizes), along with the total number of objects across all requested tables (in output parameter total_size and output parameter total_full_size).

For a collection, setting the show_children option to false returns only information about the collection itself; setting show_children to true returns a list of tables and views contained in the collection, along with their corresponding detail.

To retrieve a list of every table, view, and collection in the database, set input parameter table_name to '*' and show_children to true.

Input Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
table_name	string	Name of the table for which to retrieve the information. If blank, then information about all collections and top-level tables and views is returned.
options	map of string to strings	Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map ( {} ). Supported Parameters (keys) Parameter Description force_synchronous If true then the table sizes will wait for read lock before returning. The default value is true. The supported values are: true false get_sizes If true then the number of records in each table, along with a cumulative count, will be returned; blank, otherwise. The default value is false. The supported values are: true false show_children If input parameter table_name is a collection, then true will return information about the children of the collection, and false will return information about the collection itself. If input parameter table_name is a table or view, show_children must be false. If input parameter table_name is empty, then show_children must be true. The default value is true. The supported values are: true false no_error_if_not_exists If false will return an error if the provided input parameter table_name does not exist. If true then it will return an empty result. The default value is false. The supported values are: true false get_column_info If true then column info (memory usage, etc) will be returned. The default value is false. The supported values are: true false

Output Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
table_name	string	Value of input parameter table_name.
table_names	array of strings	If input parameter table_name is a table or view, then the single element of the array is input parameter table_name. If input parameter table_name is a collection and show_children is set to true, then this array is populated with the names of all tables and views contained by the given collection; if show_children is false then this array will only include the collection name itself. If input parameter table_name is an empty string, then the array contains the names of all collections and top-level tables.
table_descriptions	array of arrays of strings	List of descriptions for the respective tables in output parameter table_names. Possible values are: COLLECTION VIEW REPLICATED JOIN RESULT_TABLE MATERIALIZED_VIEW MATERIALIZED_VIEW_MEMBER MATERIALIZED_VIEW_UNDER_CONSTRUCTION
type_ids	array of strings	Type ids of the respective tables in output parameter table_names.
type_schemas	array of strings	Type schemas of the respective tables in output parameter table_names.
type_labels	array of strings	Type labels of the respective tables in output parameter table_names.
properties	array of maps of string to arrays of strings	Property maps of the respective tables in output parameter table_names.
additional_info	array of maps of string to strings	Additional information about the respective tables in output parameter table_names. Possible List Entries Description map of string to strings The default value is an empty map ( {} ). Possible Parameters (keys) Parameter Description request_avro_type Method by which this table was created. Possible values are: create_table create_projection create_union request_avro_json The JSON representation of request creating this table. The default value is ''. protected Indicates whether the respective table is protected or not. Possible values are: true false record_bytes The number of in-memory bytes per record which is the sum of the byte sizes of all columns with property 'data'. collection_names The names of the collections this table is part of. Only set if table is part of a collection table_ttl The value of the time-to-live setting. Not present for collections. remaining_table_ttl The remaining time-to-live, in minutes, before the respective table expires (-1 if it will never expire). Not present for collections. foreign_keys Semicolon-separated list of foreign keys, of the format 'source_column references target_table(primary_key_column)'. Not present for collections. The default value is ''. foreign_shard_key Foreign shard key description of the format: 'fk_foreign_key references pk_column_name from pk_table_name(pk_primary_key)'. Not present for collections. The default value is ''. partition_type Partitioning scheme used for this table The default value is NONE. Possible Values Description RANGE Using range partitioning INTERVAL Using interval partitioning LIST Using manual list partitioning NONE Using no partitioning partition_keys Comma-separated list of partition keys. The default value is ''. partition_definitions Comma-separated list of partition definitions, whose format depends on the partition_type. See partitioning documentation for details. The default value is ''. is_automatic_partition True if partitions will be created for LIST VALUES which don't fall into existing partitions. The default value is ''. attribute_indexes Semicolon-separated list of columns that have indexes. Not present for collections. The default value is ''. compressed_columns Semicolon-separated list of compressed columns with the corresponding compression type for each; e.g.: {first_name,snappy};{last_name,lz4hc}. Not present for collections. The default value is ''. column_info JSON-encoded string representing a map of column name to information including memory usage if if the get_column_info option is true. The default value is ''. global_access_mode Returns the global access mode (i.e. lock status) for the table. Possible Values Description no_access No read/write operations are allowed on this table. read_only Only read operations are allowed on this table. write_only Only write operations are allowed on this table. read_write All read/write operations are allowed on this table. view_table_name For materialized view the name of the view this member table is part of - if same as the table_name then this is the root of the view. The default value is ''. is_view_persisted True if the view named view_table_name is persisted - reported for each view member. Means method of recreating this member is saved - not the members data. The default value is ''. is_dirty True if some input table of the materialized view that affects this member table has been modified since the last refresh. The default value is ''. refresh_method For materialized view current refresh_method - one of manual, periodic, on_change. The default value is ''. refresh_start_time For materialized view with periodic refresh_method the current intial datetime string that periodic refreshes began. The default value is ''. refresh_period For materialized view with periodic refresh_method the current refresh period in seconds. The default value is ''. last_refresh_time For materialized view the a datatime string indicating the last time the view was refreshed. The default value is ''. next_refresh_time For materialized view with periodic refresh_method a datetime string indicating the next time the view is to be refreshed. The default value is ''. user_chunk_size User-specified number of records per chunk, if provided at table creation time. The default value is ''. alternate_shard_keys Semicolon-separated list of shard keys that were equated in joins (applicable for join tables). The default value is ''.
sizes	array of longs	If get_sizes is true, an array containing the number of records of each corresponding table in output parameter table_names. Otherwise, an empty array.
full_sizes	array of longs	If get_sizes is true, an array containing the number of records of each corresponding table in output parameter table_names (same values as output parameter sizes). Otherwise, an empty array.
join_sizes	array of doubles	If get_sizes is true, an array containing the number of unfiltered records in the cross product of the sub-tables of each corresponding join-table in output parameter table_names. For simple tables, this number will be the same as output parameter sizes. For join-tables, this value gives the number of joined-table rows that must be processed by any aggregate functions operating on the table. Otherwise, (if get_sizes is false), an empty array.
total_size	long	If get_sizes is true, the sum of the elements of output parameter sizes. Otherwise, -1.
total_full_size	long	If get_sizes is true, the sum of the elements of output parameter full_sizes (same value as output parameter total_size). Otherwise, -1.
info	map of string to strings	Additional information.