# Dictionary
The `Dictionary` engine displays the [dictionary](../../query_language/dicts/external_dicts.md#dicts-external_dicts) data as a ClickHouse table.
As an example, consider a dictionary of `products` with the following configuration:
```xml
products
products
DSN=some-db-server300360product_idtitleString
```
Query the dictionary data:
``` sql
select name, type, key, attribute.names, attribute.types, bytes_allocated, element_count,source from system.dictionaries where name = 'products';
SELECT
name,
type,
key,
attribute.names,
attribute.types,
bytes_allocated,
element_count,
source
FROM system.dictionaries
WHERE name = 'products'
```
```
┌─name─────┬─type─┬─key────┬─attribute.names─┬─attribute.types─┬─bytes_allocated─┬─element_count─┬─source──────────┐
│ products │ Flat │ UInt64 │ ['title'] │ ['String'] │ 23065376 │ 175032 │ ODBC: .products │
└──────────┴──────┴────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────────────┘
```
You can use the [dictGet*](../../query_language/functions/ext_dict_functions.md#ext_dict_functions) function to get the dictionary data in this format.
This view isn't helpful when you need to get raw data, or when performing a `JOIN` operation. For these cases, you can use the `Dictionary` engine, which displays the dictionary data in a table.
Syntax:
```
CREATE TABLE %table_name% (%fields%) engine = Dictionary(%dictionary_name%)`
```
Usage example:
``` sql
create table products (product_id UInt64, title String) Engine = Dictionary(products);
CREATE TABLE products
(
product_id UInt64,
title String,
)
ENGINE = Dictionary(products)
```
```
Ok.
0 rows in set. Elapsed: 0.004 sec.
```
Take a look at what's in the table.
``` sql
select * from products limit 1;
SELECT *
FROM products
LIMIT 1
```
```
┌────product_id─┬─title───────────┐
│ 152689 │ Some item │
└───────────────┴─────────────────┘
1 rows in set. Elapsed: 0.006 sec.
```
[Original article](https://clickhouse.yandex/docs/en/operations/table_engines/dictionary/)