{"id": "metadata:metadata-column-descriptions", "page": "metadata", "ref": "metadata-column-descriptions", "title": "Column descriptions", "content": "You can include descriptions for your columns by adding a  \"columns\": {\"name-of-column\": \"description-of-column\"}  block to your table metadata: \n             [[[cog\nmetadata_example(cog, {\n    \"databases\": {\n        \"database1\": {\n            \"tables\": {\n                \"example_table\": {\n                    \"columns\": {\n                        \"column1\": \"Description of column 1\",\n                        \"column2\": \"Description of column 2\"\n                    }\n                }\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}) \n             ]]] \n             [[[end]]] \n             These will be displayed at the top of the table page, and will also show in the cog menu for each column. \n             You can see an example of how these look at  latest.datasette.io/fixtures/roadside_attractions .", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Metadata\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/roadside_attractions\", \"label\": \"latest.datasette.io/fixtures/roadside_attractions\"}]"}