# DescribeGroup
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Use the `DescribeGroup` API operation to view an Amazon Quick Sight group's description and Amazon Resource Name (ARN). You can find a group name by calling the `ListGroups` API operation.

Following is an example AWS CLI command for this operation.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

```
aws quicksight describe-group 
    --group-name GROUPNAME 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --namespace default
```

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For more information about the `DescribeGroup` API operation, see [DescribeGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeGroup.html) in the *Amazon Quick Sight API Reference*.