[role="xpack"]
[[sql-syntax-describe-table]]
=== DESCRIBE TABLE

.Synopsis:
[source, sql]
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DESCRIBE | DESC
    [CATALOG identifier]? <1>
    [INCLUDE FROZEN]?     <2>
    [table_identifier |   <3>
     LIKE pattern]        <4>
----

<1> Catalog (cluster) identifier. Supports wildcards (`*`).
<2> Whether or not to include frozen indices.
<3> Single table (index or data stream) identifier or double-quoted multi-target pattern.
<4> SQL LIKE pattern matching table names.

*Description*: `DESC` and `DESCRIBE` are aliases to <<sql-syntax-show-columns>>.

[source, sql]
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include-tagged::{sql-specs}/docs/docs.csv-spec[describeTable]
----