---
metadata:
  - name: generator
    content: Diplodoc Platform v5.50.4
alternate:
  - https://ydb.tech/docs/en/reference/ydb-cli/commands/scheme-describe.md
  - https://ydb.tech/docs/ru/reference/ydb-cli/commands/scheme-describe.md
sourcePath: en/core/reference/ydb-cli/commands/scheme-describe.md
---
> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://ydb.tech/docs/en/llms.txt

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# Getting information about schema objects

Get information about a [schema object](https://ydb.tech/docs/en/concepts/glossary.md#scheme-object):

```bash
ydb scheme describe episodes --stats
```

Result:

```text
<table> episodes

┌────────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┐
| Name       | Type    | Family | Key |
├────────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────┤
| air_date   | Uint64? |        |     |
| episode_id | Uint64? |        | K2  |
| season_id  | Uint64? |        | K1  |
| series_id  | Uint64? |        | K0  |
| title      | Utf8?   |        |     |
└────────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┘

Storage settings:
Internal channel 0 commit log storage pool: ssd
Internal channel 1 commit log storage pool: ssd
Store large values in "external blobs": false

Column families:
┌─────────┬──────┬─────────────┬────────────────┐
| Name    | Data | Compression | Keep in memory |
├─────────┼──────┼─────────────┼────────────────┤
| default | ssd  | None        |                |
└─────────┴──────┴─────────────┴────────────────┘

Auto partitioning settings:
Partitioning by size: true
Partitioning by load: false
Preferred partition size (Mb): 2048

Table stats:
Partitions count: 1
Approximate number of rows: 70
Approximate size of table: 11.05 Kb
Last modified: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:01:06 UTC
Created: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:00:29 UTC
```
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