# Losant API: GET/POST Data Tables

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/losant-api-get-post-data-tables/5464>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Created:** [May 2, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/losant-api-get-post-data-tables/5464 "2024-05-02T04:27:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dirk\_Swart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dirk\_Swart](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dirk_Swart)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/losant-api-get-post-data-tables/5464/1 "2024-05-02T04:27:33Z")

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Is it possible to add “description” to Losant API Data Tables?  
At the moment we only have “name” & “columns”.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/losant-api-get-post-data-tables/5464/2 "2024-05-02T13:32:04Z")

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Sorry, but I don’t follow. You mean a “description” field for the table itself? That property does exist both in our [API](https://docs.losant.com/rest-api/schemas#data-table-schema) and in our [user interface](https://docs.losant.com/data-tables/overview/#creating-a-data-table).

 ![Screenshot 2024-05-02 at 9.31.39 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/getstructure/original/2X/8/869f3d8a966580f1ed5adf8bb2c9f483e07c09a5.png)

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**Author:** ![Dirk\_Swart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dirk\_Swart](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dirk_Swart)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/losant-api-get-post-data-tables/5464/3 "2024-05-03T00:44:44Z")

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When I use Losant API, Data Tables: GET in a workflow, I get the attached result.

Is there another way to get the table description field?

Thanks

Cheers

Dirk

 ![Data Tables Get.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/getstructure/original/2X/7/72ecbcb01da9147ab146d265d87533a7db220b30.png)

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/losant-api-get-post-data-tables/5464/4 "2024-05-03T11:42:27Z")

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Are you sure those tables have a description? In my testing, I only get a “description” property if a description has been set on the table. See attached.

 ![Screenshot 2024-05-03 at 7.41.24 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/getstructure/original/2X/8/8d043190bafc8af293a3ce413dd3a35af5120d39.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Dirk\_Swart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dirk\_Swart](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dirk_Swart)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/losant-api-get-post-data-tables/5464/5 "2024-05-08T04:56:18Z")

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Yes, you are correct. I was expecting “description”: ” ”

Apologies for that.