diff --git a/pilot/connections/rdbms/conn_clickhouse.py b/pilot/connections/rdbms/conn_clickhouse.py
index 0433b4b76..a64950877 100644
--- a/pilot/connections/rdbms/conn_clickhouse.py
+++ b/pilot/connections/rdbms/conn_clickhouse.py
@@ -106,3 +106,13 @@ class ClickhouseConnect(RDBMSDatabase):
         return [
             (table_comment[0], table_comment[1]) for table_comment in table_comments
         ]
+    
+    def table_simple_info(self):
+        # group_concat() not supported in clickhouse, use arrayStringConcat+groupArray instead; and quotes need to be escaped
+        _sql = f"""
+                select concat(TABLE_NAME, \'(\' , arrayStringConcat(groupArray(column_name),\'-\'), \')\') as schema_info 
+                from information_schema.COLUMNS where table_schema=\'{self.get_current_db_name()}\' group by TABLE_NAME; """ 
+        
+        cursor = self.session.execute(text(_sql))
+        results = cursor.fetchall()
+        return results