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title: SHOW FUNCTIONS
description: Description: List all the SQL functions and their type. The LIKE clause can be used to restrict the list of names to the given pattern. The list of functions...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2718/reference/query-languages/sql/sql-syntax-show-functions
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---

# SHOW FUNCTIONS
```sql
SHOW FUNCTIONS [LIKE pattern]? 
```

**Description**: List all the SQL functions and their type. The `LIKE` clause can be used to restrict the list of names to the given pattern.
```sql
SHOW FUNCTIONS;

      name       |     type
-----------------+---------------
AVG              |AGGREGATE
COUNT            |AGGREGATE
FIRST            |AGGREGATE
FIRST_VALUE      |AGGREGATE
LAST             |AGGREGATE
LAST_VALUE       |AGGREGATE
MAX              |AGGREGATE
MIN              |AGGREGATE
SUM              |AGGREGATE
KURTOSIS         |AGGREGATE
MAD              |AGGREGATE
PERCENTILE       |AGGREGATE
PERCENTILE_RANK  |AGGREGATE
SKEWNESS         |AGGREGATE
STDDEV_POP       |AGGREGATE
STDDEV_SAMP      |AGGREGATE
SUM_OF_SQUARES   |AGGREGATE
VAR_POP          |AGGREGATE
VAR_SAMP         |AGGREGATE
HISTOGRAM        |GROUPING
CASE             |CONDITIONAL
COALESCE         |CONDITIONAL
GREATEST         |CONDITIONAL
IFNULL           |CONDITIONAL
IIF              |CONDITIONAL
ISNULL           |CONDITIONAL
LEAST            |CONDITIONAL
NULLIF           |CONDITIONAL
NVL              |CONDITIONAL
CURDATE          |SCALAR
CURRENT_DATE     |SCALAR
CURRENT_TIME     |SCALAR
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP|SCALAR
CURTIME          |SCALAR
DATEADD          |SCALAR
DATEDIFF         |SCALAR
DATEPART         |SCALAR
DATETIME_FORMAT  |SCALAR
DATETIME_PARSE   |SCALAR
DATETRUNC        |SCALAR
DATE_ADD         |SCALAR
DATE_DIFF        |SCALAR
DATE_FORMAT      |SCALAR
DATE_PARSE       |SCALAR
DATE_PART        |SCALAR
DATE_TRUNC       |SCALAR
DAY              |SCALAR
DAYNAME          |SCALAR
DAYOFMONTH       |SCALAR
DAYOFWEEK        |SCALAR
DAYOFYEAR        |SCALAR
DAY_NAME         |SCALAR
DAY_OF_MONTH     |SCALAR
DAY_OF_WEEK      |SCALAR
DAY_OF_YEAR      |SCALAR
DOM              |SCALAR
DOW              |SCALAR
DOY              |SCALAR
FORMAT           |SCALAR
HOUR             |SCALAR
HOUR_OF_DAY      |SCALAR
IDOW             |SCALAR
ISODAYOFWEEK     |SCALAR
ISODOW           |SCALAR
ISOWEEK          |SCALAR
ISOWEEKOFYEAR    |SCALAR
ISO_DAY_OF_WEEK  |SCALAR
ISO_WEEK_OF_YEAR |SCALAR
IW               |SCALAR
IWOY             |SCALAR
MINUTE           |SCALAR
MINUTE_OF_DAY    |SCALAR
MINUTE_OF_HOUR   |SCALAR
MONTH            |SCALAR
MONTHNAME        |SCALAR
MONTH_NAME       |SCALAR
MONTH_OF_YEAR    |SCALAR
NOW              |SCALAR
QUARTER          |SCALAR
SECOND           |SCALAR
SECOND_OF_MINUTE |SCALAR
TIMESTAMPADD     |SCALAR
TIMESTAMPDIFF    |SCALAR
TIMESTAMP_ADD    |SCALAR
TIMESTAMP_DIFF   |SCALAR
TIME_PARSE       |SCALAR
TODAY            |SCALAR
TO_CHAR          |SCALAR
WEEK             |SCALAR
WEEK_OF_YEAR     |SCALAR
YEAR             |SCALAR
ABS              |SCALAR
ACOS             |SCALAR
ASIN             |SCALAR
ATAN             |SCALAR
ATAN2            |SCALAR
CBRT             |SCALAR
CEIL             |SCALAR
CEILING          |SCALAR
COS              |SCALAR
COSH             |SCALAR
COT              |SCALAR
DEGREES          |SCALAR
E                |SCALAR
EXP              |SCALAR
EXPM1            |SCALAR
FLOOR            |SCALAR
LOG              |SCALAR
LOG10            |SCALAR
MOD              |SCALAR
PI               |SCALAR
POWER            |SCALAR
RADIANS          |SCALAR
RAND             |SCALAR
RANDOM           |SCALAR
ROUND            |SCALAR
SIGN             |SCALAR
SIGNUM           |SCALAR
SIN              |SCALAR
SINH             |SCALAR
SQRT             |SCALAR
TAN              |SCALAR
TRUNC            |SCALAR
TRUNCATE         |SCALAR
ASCII            |SCALAR
BIT_LENGTH       |SCALAR
CHAR             |SCALAR
CHARACTER_LENGTH |SCALAR
CHAR_LENGTH      |SCALAR
CONCAT           |SCALAR
INSERT           |SCALAR
LCASE            |SCALAR
LEFT             |SCALAR
LENGTH           |SCALAR
LOCATE           |SCALAR
LTRIM            |SCALAR
OCTET_LENGTH     |SCALAR
POSITION         |SCALAR
REPEAT           |SCALAR
REPLACE          |SCALAR
RIGHT            |SCALAR
RTRIM            |SCALAR
SPACE            |SCALAR
STARTS_WITH      |SCALAR
SUBSTRING        |SCALAR
TRIM             |SCALAR
UCASE            |SCALAR
CAST             |SCALAR
CONVERT          |SCALAR
DATABASE         |SCALAR
USER             |SCALAR
ST_ASTEXT        |SCALAR
ST_ASWKT         |SCALAR
ST_DISTANCE      |SCALAR
ST_GEOMETRYTYPE  |SCALAR
ST_GEOMFROMTEXT  |SCALAR
ST_WKTTOSQL      |SCALAR
ST_X             |SCALAR
ST_Y             |SCALAR
ST_Z             |SCALAR
SCORE            |SCORE
```

The list of functions returned can be customized based on the pattern.
It can be an exact match:
```sql
SHOW FUNCTIONS LIKE 'ABS';

     name      |     type
---------------+---------------
ABS            |SCALAR
```

A wildcard for exactly one character:
```sql
SHOW FUNCTIONS LIKE 'A__';

     name      |     type
---------------+---------------
AVG            |AGGREGATE
ABS            |SCALAR
```

A wildcard matching zero or more characters:
```sql
SHOW FUNCTIONS LIKE 'A%';

     name      |     type
---------------+---------------
AVG            |AGGREGATE
ABS            |SCALAR
ACOS           |SCALAR
ASIN           |SCALAR
ATAN           |SCALAR
ATAN2          |SCALAR
ASCII          |SCALAR
```

Or of course, a variation of the above:
```sql
SHOW FUNCTIONS LIKE '%DAY%';

     name      |     type
---------------+---------------
DAY            |SCALAR
DAYNAME        |SCALAR
DAYOFMONTH     |SCALAR
DAYOFWEEK      |SCALAR
DAYOFYEAR      |SCALAR
DAY_NAME       |SCALAR
DAY_OF_MONTH   |SCALAR
DAY_OF_WEEK    |SCALAR
DAY_OF_YEAR    |SCALAR
HOUR_OF_DAY    |SCALAR
ISODAYOFWEEK   |SCALAR
ISO_DAY_OF_WEEK|SCALAR
MINUTE_OF_DAY  |SCALAR
TODAY          |SCALAR
```