---
title: "Get Table Instance"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/data-store/get-table-instance/
description: "This page describes the method to fetch the table instance using tableID and name from a table in the Data Store in your Python application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2025-03-28T12:54:49Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Data Store Help"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/introduction
  - name: "SDK Scopes"
    url: /en/sdk/python/v1/sdk-scopes
---

# Get a Table Instance

A table reference can be created by referring to the predefined data store reference by passing either the tableID or table name as the parameter. The `datastore_service` reference used in the below code snippet is the component instance created earlier.

### Get the Table Instance using TableID

The `table_service` reference can be created by passing the tableID as a parameter to the `table()` method. To know more about the component instance `datastore_service` used below, please refer to [this help section](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/data-store/get-component-instance/).

**Parameters Used**

<table class="content-table">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th class="w20p">Parameter Name</th>
			<th class="w20p">Data Type</th>
      <th class="w60p">Definition</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>`tableID`</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>A **Mandatory** parameter. Will hold the ID of the table.</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

```python
#Get table instance using table ID
datastore_service = app.datastore()
table_service = datastore_service.table(5249000000011745)

```

### Get the Table Instance using Table Name

Alternatively, a table reference can be created by referring the tablename in the `table()` method. There is no explicit response involved in these methods and only the instance of the table is returned.

To know more about the component instance `datastore_service` used below, please refer to [this help section](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/data-store/get-component-instance/).

**Parameters Used**

<table class="content-table">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th class="w20p">Parameter Name</th>
			<th class="w20p">Data Type</th>
      <th class="w60p">Definition</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>`table_name`</td>
			<td>`String`</td>
			<td>A **Mandatory** parameter. Will hold the name of the table.</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

```python
#Get table instance using table name
datastore_service = app.datastore()
table_service = datastore_service.table("CITY")

```