PrettySpace - ClickHouse Documentation

Input	Output	Alias
✗	✔

Description

Differs from the PrettyCompact format in that whitespace (space characters) is used for displaying the table instead of a grid.

Example usage

Format settings

The following settings are common to all Pretty formats:

Setting	Description	Default
`output_format_pretty_max_rows`	Row limit for Pretty formats.	`10000`
`output_format_pretty_max_column_pad_width`	Maximum width to pad all values in a column in Pretty formats.	`250`
`output_format_pretty_max_value_width`	Maximum width of value to display in Pretty formats. If greater - it will be cut.	`10000`
`output_format_pretty_color`	Use ANSI escape sequences to paint colors in Pretty formats.	`true`
`output_format_pretty_grid_charset`	Charset for printing grid borders. Available charsets: ASCII, UTF-8.	`UTF-8`
`output_format_pretty_row_numbers`	Add row numbers before each row for pretty output format.	`true`
`output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names`	Display column names in the footer if table contains many rows.	`true`
`output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names_min_rows`	Sets the minimum number of rows for which a footer will be displayed if `output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names` is enabled.	`50`

Last modified on June 23, 2026

PrettySpaceMonoBlockDocumentation for the PrettySpaceMonoBlock format