- NAME
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- gcloud alpha biglake hive tables describe - describes a BigLake Hive table
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha biglake hive tables describe(TABLE:--catalog=CATALOG--database=DATABASE) [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Describes a BigLake Hive table. - EXAMPLES
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To describe a BigLake Hive table, run:
gcloud alpha biglake hive tables describe my-table --database=my-database --catalog=my-catalog - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Hive table resource - The Hive 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 hive_table or fully qualified identifier for the hive_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.
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provide the argument
--catalog=CATALOG-
Name of the Hive catalog to use.
To set the
catalogattribute:-
provide the argument
tableon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--catalogon the command line.
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provide the argument
--database=DATABASE-
Name of the Hive database to use.
To set the
databaseattribute:-
provide the argument
tableon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--databaseon the command line.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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Hive table resource - The Hive 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.
- 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
biglake/v1betaAPI. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/ - NOTES
- This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist.
gcloud alpha biglake hive tables describe
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Last updated 2026-03-24 UTC.