# DescribeTemplate
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Use the `DescribeTemplate` operation to describe a template's metadata. To use this operation, you need the ID of the template that you want to describe. You can use the `ListTemplates` operation to list all templates and their corresponding template IDs.

Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

```
aws quicksight describe-template 
    --aws-account-id {{AWSACCOUNTID}} 
    --template-id {{TEMPLATEID}} 
    --version-number {{VERSION}} 
    --alias-name {{ALIAS}}
```

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The parameter value for `alias-name` can be `$LATEST`.

For more information about the `DescribeTemplate` operation, see [DescribeTemplate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeTemplate.html) in the *Quick Sight API Reference*.