| System Tables Overview | Overview of what system tables are and why they are useful. |
| INFORMATION_SCHEMA | System database providing an almost standardized DBMS-agnostic view on metadata of database objects. |
| system.aggregate_function_combinators | Contains a list of all available aggregate function combinators, which could be applied to aggregate functions and change the way they work. |
| system.aggregated_zookeeper_log | System table containing aggregated statistics of ZooKeeper operations grouped by session, path, operation type, component, and subrequest flag. |
| system.asynchronous_insert_log | System table containing information about async inserts. Each entry represents an insert query buffered into an async insert query. |
| system.asynchronous_inserts | System table containing information about pending asynchronous inserts in queue. |
| system.asynchronous_loader | System table containing information about and status of recent asynchronous jobs (e.g. for tables which are loading). The table contains a row for every job. |
| system.asynchronous_metric_log | System table containing historical values for system.asynchronous_metrics, which are saved once per time interval (one second by default) |
| system.asynchronous_metrics | System table containing metrics that are calculated periodically in the background. For example, the amount of RAM in use. |
| system.azure_queue_log | Contains log entries with information about files processed by the AzureQueue engine. |
| It is safe to truncate or drop this table at any time. | |
| system.azure_queue_metadata_cache | Contains in-memory state of AzureQueue metadata and currently processed rows per file. |
| system.azure_queue_settings | System table containing information about settings of AzureQueue tables. Available from server version 24.10. |
| system.background_schedule_pool | System table containing information about tasks in background schedule pools. |
| system.background_schedule_pool_log | System table containing history of background schedule pool task executions. |
| system.backup_log | System table containing logging entries with information about BACKUP and RESTORE operations. |
| system.backups | System table containing logging entries with information about BACKUP and RESTORE operations. |
| system.blob_storage_log | System table containing logging entries with information about various blob storage operations such as uploads and deletes. |
| system.build_options | System table containing information about ClickHouse server's build options. |
| system.certificates | Contains information about available certificates and their sources. |
| system.clusters | System table containing information about clusters available in the config file and the servers defined in them. |
| system.codecs | System table containing information about codecs in queue. |
| system.collations | Contains a list of all available collations for alphabetical comparison of strings. |
| system.columns | System table containing information about columns in all tables |
| system.completions | Contains a list of completion tokens. |
| system.contributors | System table containing information about contributors. |
| system.crash_log | System table containing information about stack traces for fatal errors. |
| system.current_roles | System table containing active roles for the current user. |
| system.dashboards | Contains queries used by /dashboard page accessible though the HTTP interface. useful for monitoring and troubleshooting. |
| system.data_skipping_indices | System table containing information about existing data skipping indices in all the tables. |
| system.data_type_families | System table containing information about supported data types |
| system.database_engines | System table containing a list of database engines supported by the server. |
| system.database_replicas | System table containing information about and status of replicated database. |
| system.databases | System table containing information about the databases that are available to the current user. |
| system.dead_letter_queue | System table containing information about messages received via a streaming engine and parsed with errors. |
| system.delta_lake_metadata_log | System table containing information about metadata files read from Delta Lake tables. Each entry represents a root metadata JSON file. |
| system.detached_parts | System table containing information about detached parts of MergeTree tables |
| system.detached_tables | System table containing information about each detached table. |
| system.dictionaries | System table containing information about dictionaries |
| system.dimensional_metrics | This table contains dimensional metrics that can be calculated instantly and exported in the Prometheus format. It is always up to date. |
| system.disks | System table containing information about disks defined in the server configuration |
| system.distributed_ddl_queue | System table containing information about distributed ddl queries (queries using the ON CLUSTER clause) that were executed on a cluster. |
| system.distribution_queue | System table containing information about local files that are in the queue to be sent to the shards. |
| system.dns_cache | System table containing information about cached DNS records. |
| system.dropped_tables | System table containing information about tables that drop table has been executed on but for which data cleanup has not yet been performed |
| system.dropped_tables_parts | System table containing information about parts of MergeTree dropped tables from system.dropped_tables |
| system.enabled_roles | System table containing all active roles at the moment, including the current role of the current user and the granted roles for the current role |
| system.error_log | System table containing the history of error values from table system.errors, periodically flushed to disk. |
| system.errors | System table containing error codes with the number of times they have been triggered. |
| system.events | System table containing information about the number of events that have occurred in the system. |
| system.fail_points | Contains a list of all available failpoints with their type and current status. |
| system.filesystem_cache | Contains information about all entries inside filesystem cache for remote objects. |
| system.filesystem_cache_log | Contains a history of all events occurred with filesystem cache for objects on a remote filesystem. |
| It is safe to truncate or drop this table at any time. | |
| system.filesystem_cache_settings | Contains information about all filesystem cache settings |
| system.filesystem_read_prefetches_log | Contains a history of all prefetches done during reading from MergeTree tables backed by a remote filesystem. |
| It is safe to truncate or drop this table at any time. | |
| system.formats | Contains a list of all the formats along with flags whether a format is suitable for input/output or whether it supports parallelization. |
| system.functions | System table containing information about normal and aggregate functions. |
| system.grants | System table showing which privileges are granted to ClickHouse user accounts. |
| system.graphite_retentions | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о параметрах graphite_rollup, используемых в таблицах с движком типа GraphiteMergeTree. |
| system.histogram_metrics | Эта таблица содержит гистограммные метрики, которые могут быть мгновенно вычислены и экспортированы в формате Prometheus. Она всегда содержит актуальные данные. |
| system.iceberg_history | Системная таблица с историей снимков Iceberg |
| system.iceberg_metadata_log | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о файлах метаданных, прочитанных из таблиц Iceberg. Каждая запись соответствует либо корневому файлу метаданных, либо метаданным, извлечённым из файла Avro, либо отдельной записи из файла Avro. |
| system.instrumentation | Системная таблица, содержащая точки инструментирования |
| system.jemalloc_bins | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о выделениях памяти, выполненных с помощью аллокатора jemalloc в различных классах размеров (bins), агрегированных по всем аренам. |
| system.jemalloc_profile_text | Отображает символизированный профиль кучи jemalloc. Сначала выполните 'SYSTEM JEMALLOC FLUSH PROFILE', чтобы сгенерировать профиль. |
| system.jemalloc_stats | Возвращает статистику jemalloc в одной строке и одном столбце. Эквивалентно команде SYSTEM JEMALLOC STATS. |
| system.kafka_consumers | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о потребителях Kafka. |
| system.keywords | Содержит список всех ключевых слов, используемых в парсере ClickHouse. |
| system.licenses | Системная таблица, содержащая лицензии сторонних библиотек, расположенных в каталоге contrib исходного кода ClickHouse. |
| system.macros | Содержит список всех макросов, определённых в конфигурации сервера. |
| system.masking_policies | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию обо всех политиках маскирования в системе. |
| system.merge_tree_settings | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о настройках таблиц MergeTree. |
| system.merges | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о слияниях и мутациях частей, которые в данный момент выполняются для таблиц семейства MergeTree. |
| system.metric_log | Системная таблица, содержащая историю значений метрик из таблиц system.metrics и system.events, которая периодически сбрасывается на диск. |
| system.metrics | Системная таблица с метриками, которые можно вычислить на лету или имеющими актуальное значение. |
| system.models | Содержит список моделей CatBoost, загруженных в память LibraryBridge, а также время их загрузки. |
| system.moves | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о текущих перемещениях частей данных таблиц MergeTree. Каждое перемещение части данных представлено одной строкой. |
| system.mutations | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о мутациях таблиц MergeTree и ходе их выполнения. Каждая команда мутации представлена одной строкой. |
| system.named_collections | Содержит список всех именованных коллекций, которые были созданы с помощью SQL-запроса или считаны из файла конфигурации. |
| system.numbers | Системная таблица, содержащая один столбец UInt64 с именем number, в котором хранятся почти все натуральные числа, начиная с нуля. |
| system.numbers_mt | Системная таблица, аналогичная таблице system.numbers, но чтение из неё выполняется параллельно и числа могут возвращаться в произвольном порядке. |
| system.one | Системная таблица, состоящая из одной строки с единственным столбцом dummy типа UInt8, содержащим значение 0. Аналогична таблице DUAL в других СУБД. |
| system.opentelemetry_span_log | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о спанах трассировки выполненных запросов. |
| system.part_log | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о событиях, происходивших с частями данных в таблицах семейства MergeTree, например при добавлении или слиянии частей. |
| system.part_moves_between_shards | Содержит информацию о частях, которые в данный момент перемещаются между сегментами, и о ходе этого процесса. |
| system.parts | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о частях MergeTree. |
| system.parts_columns | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о частях и столбцах таблиц MergeTree. |
| system.predicate_statistics_log | Системная таблица, содержащая выборочную статистику селективности фильтров и индексов, собранную из конвейеров чтения MergeTree во время выполнения запросов. |
| system.primes | System table containing a single UInt64 column named prime that contains prime numbers in ascending order, starting from 2. |
| system.privileges | Contains a list of all available privileges that could be granted to a user or role. |
| system.processes | System table used for implementing the SHOW PROCESSLIST query. |
| system.processors_profile_log | System table containing profiling information on the processors level (which can be found in EXPLAIN PIPELINE) |
| system.projection_parts | System table containing information about projection parts for tables of the MergeTree family. |
| system.projection_parts_columns | System table containing information about columns in projection parts for tables of the MergeTree family |
| system.projections | System table containing information about existing projections in all tables. |
| system.query_cache | System table which shows the content of the query cache. |
| system.query_condition_cache | System table which shows the content of the query condition cache. |
| system.query_log | System table containing information about executed queries, for example, start time, duration of processing, error messages. |
| system.query_metric_log | System table containing a history of memory and metric values from table system.events for individual queries, periodically flushed to disk. |
| system.query_thread_log | System table containing information about threads that execute queries, for example, thread name, thread start time, duration of query processing. |
| system.query_views_log | System table containing information about the dependent views executed when running a query, for example, the view type or the execution time. |
| system.quota_limits | System table containing information about maximums for all intervals of all quotas. Any number of rows or zero can correspond to one quota. |
| system.quota_usage | System table containing formation about quota usage by the current user such as how much of the quota is used and how much is left. |
| system.quotas | System table containing information about quotas. |
| system.quotas_usage | System table containing formation about quota usage by all users. |
| system.remote_data_paths | System table containing information about data files stored on remote disks such as S3 or Azure Blob Storage. |
| system.replicas | System table containing information about and status of replicated tables residing on the local server. Useful for monitoring. |
| system.replicated_fetches | System table containing information about currently running background fetches. |
| system.replicated_merge_tree_settings | Contains a list of all ReplicatedMergeTree engine specific settings, their current and default values along with descriptions. You may change any of them in SETTINGS section in CREATE query. |
| system.replication_queue | System table containing information about tasks from replication queues stored in ClickHouse Keeper, or ZooKeeper, for tables in the ReplicatedMergeTree family. |
| system.resources | System table containing information about resources residing on the local server with one row for every resource. |
| system.rocksdb | Contains a list of metrics exposed from embedded RocksDB. |
| system.role_grants | System table containing the role grants for users and roles. |
| system.roles | System table containing information about configured roles. |
| system.row_policies | System table containing filters for one particular table, as well as a list of roles and/or users which should use this row policy. |
| system.s3_queue_settings | System table containing information about the settings of S3Queue tables. Available from server version 24.10. |
| system.s3queue_log | Contains log entries with information about files processed by the S3Queue engine. |
| It is safe to truncate or drop this table at any time. | |
| system.s3queue_metadata_cache | Contains in-memory state of S3Queue metadata and currently processed rows per file. |
| system.scheduler | System table containing information about and status of scheduling nodes residing on the local server. |
| system.schema_inference_cache | System table containing information about all cached file schemas. |
| system.server_settings | System table containing formation about global settings for the server, which are specified in config.xml. |
| system.session_log | System table containing information about all successful and failed login and logout events. |
| system.settings | System table containing information about session settings for current user. |
| system.settings_changes | System table containing information about setting changes in previous ClickHouse versions. |
| system.settings_profile_elements | System table which describes the content of the settings profile: constraints, roles and users that the setting applies to, parent settings profiles. |
| system.settings_profiles | System table which contains properties of configured setting profiles. |
| system.stack_trace | System table which contains stack traces of all server threads. Allows developers to introspect the server state. |
| system.storage_policies | System table containing information about storage policies and volumes which are defined in server configuration. |
| system.symbols | System table useful for C++ experts and ClickHouse engineers containing information for introspection of the clickhouse binary. |
| system.table_engines | System table containing descriptions of table engines supported by the server and the features they support. |
| system.table_functions | Contains a list of all available table functions with their descriptions. |
| system.tables | System table containing metadata of each table that the server knows about. |
| system.text_log | System table containing logging entries. |
| system.time_zones | System table containing a list of time zones that are supported by the ClickHouse server. |
| system.tokenizers | System table which shows all available tokenizers. |
| system.trace_log | System table containing stack traces collected by the sampling query profiler. |
| system.transactions | Contains a list of transactions and their state. |
| system.transactions_info_log | Contains information about all transactions executed on a current server. |
| It is safe to truncate or drop this table at any time. | |
| system.unicode | System table containing a list of Unicode characters and their properties. |
| system.user_defined_functions | System table containing loading status and configuration metadata for User-Defined Functions (UDFs). |
| system.user_directories | Contains the information about configured user directories - directories on the file system from which ClickHouse server is allowed to read user provided data. |
| system.user_processes | System table containing information useful for an overview of memory usage and ProfileEvents of users. |
| system.users | System table containing a list of user accounts configured on the server. |
| system.view_refreshes | System table containing information about Refreshable Materialized Views. |
| system.warnings | This table contains warning messages about clickhouse server. |
| system.warnings | Contains warnings about server configuration to be displayed by clickhouse-client right after it connects to the server. |
| system.workloads | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о рабочих нагрузках, выполняющихся на локальном сервере. |
| system.zeros | Генерирует неограниченное количество нематериализованных нулей. |
| system.zeros_mt | Многопоточная версия system.zeros. |
| system.zookeeper | Системная таблица, которая существует только если настроены ClickHouse Keeper или ZooKeeper. Предоставляет доступ к данным кластера Keeper, заданного в конфигурации. |
| system.zookeeper_connection | Системная таблица, которая существует только если ZooKeeper настроен. Показывает текущие подключения к ZooKeeper (включая вспомогательные экземпляры ZooKeeper). |
| system.zookeeper_connection_log | Показывает историю соединений с ZooKeeper (включая вспомогательные экземпляры ZooKeeper). |
| system.zookeeper_info | Системная таблица, содержащая диагностическую информацию обо всех доступных узлах Keeper. |
| system.zookeeper_log | Системная таблица, содержащая информацию о параметрах запросов к серверу ZooKeeper и ответах сервера. |
| system.zookeeper_watches | Системная таблица, показывающая активные в данный момент наблюдатели ZooKeeper, зарегистрированные этим сервером ClickHouse. |