content/shared/influxdb3-admin/distinct-value-cache/show.md
Use the influxdb3 show system table command
to query and output Distinct Value Cache information from the distinct_caches
system table.
{{% code-placeholders "DATABASE_NAME|AUTH_TOKEN" %}}
<!-- pytest.mark.skip -->influxdb3 show system \
--database DATABASE_NAME \
--token AUTH_TOKEN \
table distinct_caches
{{% /code-placeholders %}}
This returns a table similar to the following:
| table | name | column_ids | column_names | max_cardinality | max_age_seconds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wind_data | wind_distinct | [0, 1, 2] | [country, county, city] | 100000 | 86400 |
| weather | weather_distinct | [0] | [location] | 100 | 604800 |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_dis | [0, 1] | [code, crypto] | 5000 | 86400 |
| home | home_distinct | [0, 1] | [room, wall] | 12000 | 15770000 |
Use the --select option to query specific columns from the distinct_caches
system table. Provide a comma-delimited list of columns to return:
{{% code-placeholders "DATABASE_NAME|AUTH_TOKEN" %}}
<!-- pytest.mark.skip -->influxdb3 show system \
--database DATABASE_NAME \
--token AUTH_TOKEN \
table distinct_caches \
--select name,column_names,max_age_seconds
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Use the --order-by option to sort data from the distinct_caches system table by
specific columns. Provide a comma-delimited list of columns to sort by:
{{% code-placeholders "DATABASE_NAME|AUTH_TOKEN" %}}
<!-- pytest.mark.skip -->influxdb3 show system \
--database DATABASE_NAME \
--token AUTH_TOKEN \
table distinct_caches \
--order-by max_cardinality,max_age_seconds
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[!Note] Results are sorted in ascending order based on the provided columns.
In the examples above, replace the following:
DATABASE_NAME{{% /code-placeholder-key %}}:
the name of the database to query system data fromAUTH_TOKEN{{% /code-placeholder-key %}}:
your {{< product-name >}} {{% show-in "enterprise" %}}admin {{% /show-in %}}
authentication tokenTo use the HTTP API to query and output cache information from the system table, send a GET or POST request to the /api/v3/query_sql endpoint.
{{% api-endpoint method="GET" endpoint="/api/v3/query_sql" api-ref="/influxdb3/version/api/v3/#operation/GetExecuteQuerySQL" %}}
{{% api-endpoint method="POST" endpoint="/api/v3/query_sql" api-ref="/influxdb3/version/api/v3/#operation/PostExecuteQuerySQL" %}}
{{% code-placeholders "DATABASE_NAME|AUTH_TOKEN" %}}
curl -X POST "https://localhost:8181/api/v3/query_sql" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer AUTH_TOKEN" \
--json '{
"db": "DATABASE_NAME",
"q": "SELECT * FROM system.distinct_caches",
"format": "json"
}'
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{{% code-placeholders "DATABASE_NAME|AUTH_TOKEN|CACHE_NAME" %}}
curl -X POST "https://localhost:8181/api/v3/query_sql" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer AUTH_TOKEN" \
--json '{
"db": "DATABASE_NAME",
"q": "SELECT * FROM system.distinct_caches WHERE name = '\''CACHE_NAME'\''",
"format": "json"
}'
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