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# DESCRIBE GRAPH

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Outputs the configuration of one or more existing
[graphs](/content/sql/graph/create-graph#sql-graph-create).

<CodeGroup>
  ```sql DESCRIBE GRAPH Syntax theme={null}
  DESC[RIBE] GRAPH [<schema name>.]<graph name>
  ```

  ```sql DESCRIBE GRAPH (All within Schema) Syntax theme={null}
  DESC[RIBE] GRAPH <schema name>.*
  ```

  ```sql DESCRIBE GRAPH (All) Syntax theme={null}
  DESC[RIBE] GRAPH *
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Parameters

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="<schema name>" id="<schema-name>" defaultOpen>
    Name of the *schema* containing the *graph(s)* to describe
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="<graph name>" id="<graph-name>" defaultOpen>
    Name of the existing *graph* for which the configuration will be output
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Response

The response to `DESCRIBE GRAPH` is a multi-column result set.

| Output Column | Description |
| - | - |
| `GRAPH_NAME` | Name of the *graph* |
| `GRAPH_SERVER_ID` | ID of the server on which the *graph* is hosted |
| `DIRECTED` | Whether the *edges* of the *graph* have directionality or are bidirectional |
| `NUM_NODES` | Number of *nodes* in the *graph* |
| `NUM_EDGES` | Number of *edges* in the *graph* |
| `NUM_BYTES` | Bytes of memory used by the *graph* |
| `IS_PERSISTED` | Whether the *graph* will survive a database restart or not |
| `IS_SYNC_DB` | Whether the *graph* is recreated from its source tables upon database startup |
| `GRAPH_OWNER_USER_NAME` | Name of user who created the *graph* |
| `GRAPH_OWNER_RESOURCE_GROUP` | Resource group for the *graph*; the effective resource group of the *graph* creator at the time it was created |
| `RESOURCE_CAPACITY` | Allocated memory limit for this *graph* |
| `IS_PARTITIONED` | Whether the *graph* is distributed across the available *graph* servers |
| `HAS_INSERT_TABLE_MONITOR` | Whether the *graph* has an associated insert table monitor or not |
| `ORIGINAL_REQUEST` | Request used to create the *graph*, similar to what is returned by [SHOW GRAPH](/content/sql/graph/show-graph#sql-graph-show) |

## Examples

To show the configuration for a *graph*, `big_cities_graph`:

```sql DESCRIBE GRAPH Example theme={null}
DESCRIBE GRAPH big_cities_graph
```


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