gp_distribution_policy

The gp_distribution_policy table contains information about Greenplum Database tables and their policy for distributing table data across the segments. This table is populated only on the coordinator. This table is not globally shared, meaning each database has its own copy of this table.

column	type	references	description
localoid	oid	pg_class.oid	The table object identifier (OID).
policytype	char		The table distribution policy: p - Partitioned policy. Table data is distributed among segment instances. r - Replicated policy. Table data is replicated on each segment instance.
numsegments	integer		The number of segment instances on which the table data is distributed.
distkey	int2vector	pg_attribute.attnum	The column number(s) of the distribution column(s).
distclass	oidvector	pg_opclass.oid	The operator class identifier(s) of the distribution column(s).

Parent topic: System Catalogs Definitions