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.show table policy retention command

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Applies to: ✅ Microsoft Fabric ✅ Azure Data Explorer

Display the table's retention policy. The retention policy controls the mechanism that automatically removes data from tables or materialized views. It's used to remove data whose relevance is age-based. The retention policy can be configured for a specific table or materialized view, or for an entire database. The policy then applies to all tables in the database that don't override it.

Permissions

You must have at least Database User, Database Viewer, or Database Monitor permissions to run this command. For more information, see role-based access control.

Syntax

.show table TableName policy retention

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Parameters

Name Type Required Description
TableName string ✔️ The name of the table for which to show the policy details.

Returns

Returns a JSON representation of the policy.

Example

Displays a retention policy:

.show table Table1 policy retention