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DESCRIBE PROVIDER

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 11.3 LTS and above check marked yes Unity Catalog only

Returns the metadata of a Delta Sharing provider.

Syntax

[ DESC | DESCRIBE ] PROVIDER provider_name

Parameters

  • provider_name

    The name of an existing provider. If the name does not exist, an exception is thrown.

    You must own the provider or be metastore administrator to describe it.

Examples

SQL
> DESCRIBE PROVIDER other_org;
info_name info_value
------------- ----------
provider_name other_org
authentication_type DATABRICKS
created_by alwaysworks@databricks.com
create_at 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000
updated_by alwayswork@databricks.com
updated_at 2022-01-05T12:00:00.000+0000
comment
activated_by_provider true
cloud azure
region westus
metastore_id f64dcb39-5046-4d4c-9588-c6ac84f9b38a
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