gcloud bigtable tables describe

NAME
gcloud bigtable tables describe - retrieve information about a table
SYNOPSIS
gcloud bigtable tables describe (TABLE : --instance=INSTANCE) [--view=VIEW; default="schema"] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
Retrieve information about a table.
EXAMPLES
To describe a table, run: 
gcloud bigtable tables describe TABLE_NAME --instance=INSTANCE_NAME
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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 project attribute:

  • provide the argument table on the command line with a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument --project on 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 table attribute:

  • provide the argument table on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--instance=INSTANCE
Name of the Bigtable instance.

To set the instance attribute:

  • provide the argument table on the command line with a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument --instance on the command line.
FLAGS
--view=VIEW; default="schema"
The view to be applied to the returned table's fields. VIEW must be one of:
encryption
Only populates name and fields related to the table's encryption status.
full
Populates all fields.
name
Only populates name.
replication
Only populates name and fields related to the table's replication.
schema
Only populates name and fields related to the table's schema.
stats
Only populates name and fields related to the table's statistics (e.g. TableStats and ColumnFamilyStats).
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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 help for details.

API REFERENCE
This command uses the bigtableadmin/v2 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/
NOTES
These variants are also available: 
gcloud alpha bigtable tables describe
 
gcloud beta bigtable tables describe