# Showing placement rules

+ If a table has placement rules attached, you can view the placement rules in the output of `SHOW CREATE TABLE`. 
+ To view the definition of the policy available, execute `SHOW CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY`.

```
tidb> SHOW CREATE TABLE t1\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Table: t1
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `t1` (
  `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_bin /*T![placement] PLACEMENT POLICY=`myplacementpolicy` */
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

tidb> SHOW CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY myplacementpolicy\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
       Policy: myplacementpolicy
Create Policy: CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY myplacementpolicy PRIMARY_REGION="us-east-1" REGIONS="us-east-1,us-west-1"
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
```
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