name : describe-stream-summary.rst **To describe a data stream summary** The following ``describe-stream-summary`` example provides a summarized description (without the shard list) of the specified data stream. :: aws kinesis describe-stream-summary \ --stream-name samplestream Output:: { "StreamDescriptionSummary": { "StreamName": "samplestream", "StreamARN": "arn:aws:kinesis:us-west-2:123456789012:stream/samplestream", "StreamStatus": "ACTIVE", "RetentionPeriodHours": 48, "StreamCreationTimestamp": 1572297168.0, "EnhancedMonitoring": [ { "ShardLevelMetrics": [] } ], "EncryptionType": "NONE", "OpenShardCount": 3, "ConsumerCount": 0 } } For more information, see `Creating and Managing Streams <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/working-with-streams.html>`__ in the *Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Developer Guide*.