- NAME
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- gcloud beta bigtable tables describe - retrieve information about a table
 
- SYNOPSIS
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- 
gcloud beta bigtable tables describe(TABLE:--instance=INSTANCE) [--view=VIEW; default="schema"] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
 
- 
- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Retrieve information about a table.
- EXAMPLES
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To describe a table, run:
gcloud beta bigtable tables describe TABLE_NAME --instance=INSTANCE_NAME
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- 
Table resource - Cloud Bigtable table to describe. The arguments in this group
can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes
are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the projectattribute:- 
provide the argument tableon the command line with a fully specified name;
- 
provide the argument --projecton the command line;
- 
set the property core/project.
 This must be specified. - TABLE
- 
ID of the table or fully qualified identifier for the table.
To set the tableattribute:- 
provide the argument tableon the command line.
 This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. 
- 
provide the argument 
- --instance=- INSTANCE
- 
Name of the Bigtable instance.
To set the instanceattribute:- 
provide the argument tableon the command line with a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --instanceon the command line.
 
- 
provide the argument 
 
- 
provide the argument 
 
- 
Table resource - Cloud Bigtable table to describe. The arguments in this group
can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes
are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- FLAGS
- 
- --view=- VIEW; default="schema"
- 
The view to be applied to the returned table's fields.
VIEWmust be one of:- encryption
- 
Only populates nameand fields related to the table's encryption status.
- full
- Populates all fields.
- name
- 
Only populates name.
- replication
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Only populates nameand fields related to the table's replication.
- schema
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Only populates nameand fields related to the table's schema.
- stats
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Only populates nameand fields related to the table's statistics (e.g. TableStats and ColumnFamilyStats).
 
 
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run $ gcloud helpfor details.
- API REFERENCE
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This command uses the bigtableadmin/v2API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/
- NOTES
- 
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud bigtable tables describegcloud alpha bigtable tables describe
      gcloud beta bigtable tables describe
  
  
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Last updated 2025-07-15 UTC.