---
title: "looker-get-connection-table-columns"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
A "looker-get-connection-table-columns" tool returns all the columns for each table specified.
aliases:
- /resources/tools/looker-get-connection-table-columns
---
## About
A `looker-get-connection-table-columns` tool returns all the columnes for each table specified.
It's compatible with the following sources:
- [looker](../../sources/looker.md)
`looker-get-connection-table-columns` accepts a `conn` parameter, a `schema` parameter, a `tables` parameter with a comma separated list of tables, and an optional `db` parameter.
## Example
```yaml
tools:
get_connection_table_columns:
kind: looker-get-connection-table-columns
source: looker-source
description: |
This tool retrieves a list of columns for one or more specified tables within a
given database schema and connection.
Parameters:
- connection_name (required): The name of the database connection, obtained from `get_connections`.
- schema (required): The name of the schema where the tables reside, obtained from `get_connection_schemas`.
- tables (required): A comma-separated string of table names for which to retrieve columns
(e.g., "users,orders,products"), obtained from `get_connection_tables`.
- database (optional): The name of the database to filter by. Only applicable for connections
that support multiple databases (check with `get_connections`).
Output:
A JSON array of objects, where each object represents a column and contains details
such as `table_name`, `column_name`, `data_type`, and `is_nullable`.
```
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-------------|:--------:|:------------:|----------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "looker-get-connection-table-columns". |
| source | string | true | Name of the source Looker instance. |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |