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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# describe_include_* session settings

> ClickHouse session settings in the describe_include_* generated group.

export const SettingsInfoBlock = ({type, default_value, changeable_without_restart}) => {
  return <div className="not-prose" style={{
    display: "flex",
    flexWrap: "wrap",
    alignItems: "baseline",
    columnGap: "0.5rem",
    rowGap: "0.125rem",
    margin: "0.375rem 0",
    fontSize: "0.8125rem",
    lineHeight: "1.125rem"
  }}>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72
  }}>Type</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{type}</div>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>Default</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{default_value}</div>
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>
          Changeable without restart
        </div>}
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>
          {changeable_without_restart}
        </div>}
    </div>;
};

These settings are available in [system.settings](/docs/reference/system-tables/settings) and are autogenerated from [source](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/src/Core/Settings.cpp).

<h2 id="describe_include_subcolumns">
  describe\_include\_subcolumns
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="0" />

Enables describing subcolumns for a [DESCRIBE](/docs/reference/statements/describe-table) query. For example, members of a [Tuple](/docs/reference/data-types/tuple) or subcolumns of a [Map](/docs/reference/data-types/map#reading-subcolumns-of-map), [Nullable](/docs/reference/data-types/nullable#finding-null) or an [Array](/docs/reference/data-types/array#array-size) data type.

Possible values:

* 0 — Subcolumns are not included in `DESCRIBE` queries.
* 1 — Subcolumns are included in `DESCRIBE` queries.

**Example**

See an example for the [DESCRIBE](/docs/reference/statements/describe-table) statement.

<h2 id="describe_include_virtual_columns">
  describe\_include\_virtual\_columns
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="0" />

If true, virtual columns of table will be included into result of DESCRIBE query