DESCRIBE CATALOG
Applies to: 
Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS and above Unity Catalog only
Returns the metadata of an existing catalog. The metadata information includes catalog name, comment, and owner.
If the optional EXTENDED option is specified, it returns the basic metadata information along with the other catalog properties.
Syntax
{ DESC | DESCRIBE } CATALOG [ EXTENDED ] catalog_name
Parameters
- catalog_name: The name of an existing catalog in the metastore. If the name does not exist, an exception is thrown.
Examples
SQL
> DESCRIBE CATALOG main;
info_name info_value
------------ ------------------------------------
Catalog Name main
Comment Main catalog (auto-created)
Owner metastore-admin-users
Catalog Type Regular
> DESCRIBE CATALOG EXTENDED main;
info_name info_value
------------ ------------------------------------
Catalog Name main
Comment This is a reserved catalog in Spark.
Comment Main catalog (auto-created)
Owner metastore-admin-users
Catalog Type Regular
Created By
Created At
Updated By
Updated At
-- A catalog from a Delta Sharing share
> DESCRIBE CATALOG vaccinedata;
info_name info_value
------------ ------------------------------------
Catalog Name vaccinedata
Comment
Owner alwaysworks@databricks.com
Catalog Type Delta Sharing