DESCRIBE APPLICATION PACKAGE¶
Displays information about an application package.
DESCRIBE can be abbreviated to DESC.
- See also:
ALTER APPLICATION PACKAGE, CREATE APPLICATION PACKAGE, DROP APPLICATION PACKAGE, SHOW APPLICATION PACKAGES
Syntax¶
DESC[RIBE] APPLICATION PACKAGE <name>
Parameters¶
name
Specifies the identifier of the application package to describe.
Output¶
The command displays properties of an application package in the following columns:
Column |
Description |
---|---|
|
The name of the property of the application package. This column can include the properties listed in the following table. |
|
The value assigned to the property of the application package. |
The property
column can include the following properties of an application package:
Property |
Description |
---|---|
|
The name of the application package. |
|
The timestamp when the application package was created. |
|
The distribution method of the application package. Valid values are
|
|
Indicates whether multiple instances of the application package can
be installed in a single account. Valid values are |
|
Indicates whether the application package uses Snowpark Container Services. Valid values
are |
|
A description of the application package. |
|
The owner of the application package. |
|
Indicates whether release channels are enabled for the application
package. Valid values are |
|
Indicates whether Cross-Cloud Auto-Fulfillment is enabled for the
application package. Valid values are |
Usage notes¶
To post-process the output of this command, you can use the pipe operator (
->>
) or the RESULT_SCAN function. Both constructs treat the output as a result set that you can query.The output column names for this command are generated in lowercase. If you consume a result set from this command with the pipe operator or the RESULT_SCAN function, use double-quoted identifiers for the column names in the query to ensure that they match the column names in the output that was scanned. For example, if the name of an output column is
type
, then specify"type"
for the identifier.
Examples¶
Describe the properties of an application package:
DESC APPLICATION PACKAGE hello_snowflake_app;
+------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| property | value |
|------------------------------------+-------------------------------|
| name | hello_snowflake_app_package |
| created_on | 2025-07-14 14:29:56.927 -0700 |
| distribution | INTERNAL |
| multiple_instances | FALSE |
| uses_container_services | FALSE |
| comment | My awesome app |
| owner | APP_DEV_ROLE |
| release_channels | ENABLED |
| listing_auto_refresh | DISABLED |
+------------------------------------+-------------------------------+