This view has a single row for every system view and a short description of its content.

The output is ordered by the view_name column.

The following table lists the output’s columns:

Column nameData typeDescription
VIEW_NAMEVARCHAR(127)The system view name. A filter column.
FILTER_COLUMNVARCHAR(127)The column by which clients can filter the view
IN_PARAMVARCHAR(20)The object type by which the view can be filtered (TABLE | INDEX | DEVICE | NULL)
ORDER_BY_COLUMNSVARCHAR(127)The columns by which the view is ordered
DESCRIPTIONVARCHAR(1000)A short description on the view content

The following table lists the available system views and their description:

view namefilter columnIN_paramordered by columnsdescription
show columnscolumn_nameTABLEtable_name,column_nameshow the columns of all the tables in the database
show constraintstable_nameTABLEtable_nameshow all the constraints in the database
show database metricsmetric_nameDEVICEmetric_nameshows all the database metrics and their values
show device metricsmetric_nameDEVICEmetric_name,device_idshow all the devices metrics and their values
show devicesdevice_id--device_idshow all the devices of the database
show index devicesdevice_idINDEXdevice_idshow all the devices of a specific index
show indexesindex_nameTABLEtable_name,index_nameshow all the indexes in the database
show metric descriptionmetric_name--metric_nameshow all the database metrics and their description
show module metricsmetric_name--metric_name,module_idshow all the modules metrics and their values
show modulesModule_role--Module_role,node_nameshow all the modules in the cluster
show nodesnode_name--node_nameshow all the nodes in the cluster
show system viewsview_name--view_nameshow this view
show table devicesdevice_idTABLEdevice_idshow the devices of a specific table
show tablestable_name--table_nameshow all the tables in the database
show transactionsnull--start_timeshow all the active transactions in the database
show usersuser_name--user_nameshow all the users in the database