def describe_formatted(self, name, database=None):
        from ibis.impala.metadata import parse_metadata

        stmt = self._table_command('DESCRIBE FORMATTED',
                                   name, database=database)
        query = ImpalaQuery(self, stmt)
        result = query.execute()

        # Leave formatting to pandas
        for c in result.columns:
            result[c] = result[c].str.strip()

        return parse_metadata(result)
Retrieve results of DESCRIBE FORMATTED command. See Impala
dataset/ETHPy150Open cloudera/ibis/ibis/impala/client.py/ImpalaClient.describe_formatted