DESCRIBE EXTERNAL LOCATION
Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS and above Unity Catalog only
Returns the metadata of an existing external location. The metadata information includes location name, URL, associated credential, owner, and timestamps of creation and last modification.
Syntax
DESCRIBE EXTERNAL LOCATION location_name
If location_name
includes special characters, such as hyphens (-
), it must be surrounded by backticks (` `
). See Names.
Parameters
-
The name of an existing external location in the metastore. If the name does not exist, an exception is thrown.
Examples
> DESCRIBE EXTERNAL LOCATION best_loco;
name url credential_name owner created_by created_at comment
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best_loco abfss://container@storageaccount.dfs.core.windows.net/best_location good_credential scooby@doo.com scooby@doo.com 2021-11-12 13:51 Nice place