# Auxiliary

Operations that describe and check the database, configure it and maintain its indexes.

## Operations

- [List every table: `name`, `catalog`, `schema`, `qualified` (`personal.metrics.mood` — use it](https://datanotes.dev/api/operations/list_tables/): `POST /datanotes/operations/list_tables/`
- [Describe a table (`catalog.schema.table` or a shorter unambiguous name): `qualified`, `name`,](https://datanotes.dev/api/operations/describe_table/): `POST /datanotes/operations/describe_table/`
- [Describe the database: its folder (`root`), `metastore` (`metastore.yaml`: read it freely,](https://datanotes.dev/api/operations/describe_database/): `POST /datanotes/operations/describe_database/`
- [Configure the database (persisted in metastore.yaml `config:`): `root` (rename the database](https://datanotes.dev/api/operations/configure_database/): `POST /datanotes/operations/configure_database/`
- [Validate every row against the table (required, types, ranges, enums, links, unknown](https://datanotes.dev/api/operations/check_table/): `POST /datanotes/operations/check_table/`
- [Read-only schema inference from notes' front matter.](https://datanotes.dev/api/operations/infer_table/): `POST /datanotes/operations/infer_table/`
- [The semantic search index: `enabled`, `provider`, `model`, `files`, `passages`, `pending`,](https://datanotes.dev/api/operations/describe_semantic_index/): `POST /datanotes/operations/describe_semantic_index/`
- [Bring the semantic search index up to date: embed the notes changed since the last run (the](https://datanotes.dev/api/operations/sync_semantic_index/): `POST /datanotes/operations/sync_semantic_index/`