name : describe-transaction.rst **To retrieve a transaction details** The following ``describe-transaction`` example returns the details of a single transaction. :: aws lakeformation describe-transaction \ --transaction-id='8cb4b1a7cc8d486fbaca9a64e7d9f5ce' Output:: { "TransactionDescription": { "TransactionId": "12345972ca8347b89825e33c5774aec4", "TransactionStatus": "committed", "TransactionStartTime": "2022-08-10T14:29:04.046000+00:00", "TransactionEndTime": "2022-08-10T14:29:09.681000+00:00" } } For more information, see `Reading from and writing to the data lake within transactions <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/latest/dg/transaction-ops.html>`__ in the *AWS Lake Formation Developer Guide*.