diff --git a/docs/opensearch-table.md b/docs/opensearch-table.md
index 3a12b01e3..2f617eb1c 100644
--- a/docs/opensearch-table.md
+++ b/docs/opensearch-table.md
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ df.show()
 ```
 
 ## Limitation
-### Unsupported catalog operation
+### catalog operation
 - List Tables: Not supported.
 - Create Table: Not supported.
 - Alter Table: Not supported.
 - Drop Table: Not supported.
 - Rename Table: Not supported.
+
+### table operation
+- Table only support read operation, for instance, SELECT, DESCRIBE.
diff --git a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/opensearch/catalog/OpenSearchCatalog.scala b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/opensearch/catalog/OpenSearchCatalog.scala
index 71ea965ab..3594f41de 100644
--- a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/opensearch/catalog/OpenSearchCatalog.scala
+++ b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/opensearch/catalog/OpenSearchCatalog.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.opensearch.catalog.OpenSearchCatalog.OPENSEARCH_PREFIX
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{NoSuchNamespaceException, NoSuchTableException}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.expressions.Transform
-import org.apache.spark.sql.flint.FlintTable
+import org.apache.spark.sql.flint.FlintReadOnlyTable
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType
 import org.apache.spark.sql.util.CaseInsensitiveStringMap
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class OpenSearchCatalog extends CatalogPlugin with TableCatalog with Logging {
       removePrefixFromMap(options.asCaseSensitiveMap(), OPENSEARCH_PREFIX))
     conf.put("path", ident.name())
 
-    FlintTable(conf, Option.empty)
+    new FlintReadOnlyTable(conf, Option.empty)
   }
 
   override def createTable(
diff --git a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/flint/FlintReadOnlyTable.scala b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/flint/FlintReadOnlyTable.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c2651af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/flint/FlintReadOnlyTable.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.flint
+
+import java.util
+
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+
+import org.opensearch.flint.core.FlintClientBuilder
+
+import org.apache.spark.opensearch.catalog.OpenSearchCatalog
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.{SupportsRead, Table, TableCapability}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.TableCapability.{BATCH_READ, BATCH_WRITE, STREAMING_WRITE, TRUNCATE}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.read.ScanBuilder
+import org.apache.spark.sql.flint.config.FlintSparkConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.flint.datatype.FlintDataType
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType
+import org.apache.spark.sql.util.CaseInsensitiveStringMap
+
+/**
+ * FlintReadOnlyTable.
+ *
+ * @param conf
+ *   configuration
+ * @param userSpecifiedSchema
+ *   userSpecifiedSchema
+ */
+class FlintReadOnlyTable(conf: util.Map[String, String], userSpecifiedSchema: Option[StructType])
+    extends Table
+    with SupportsRead {
+
+  lazy val sparkSession = SparkSession.active
+
+  lazy val flintSparkConf: FlintSparkConf = FlintSparkConf(conf)
+
+  lazy val name: String = flintSparkConf.tableName()
+
+  // todo. currently, we use first index schema in multiple indices. we should merge StructType
+  //  to widen type
+  lazy val schema: StructType = {
+    userSpecifiedSchema.getOrElse {
+      FlintClientBuilder
+        .build(flintSparkConf.flintOptions())
+        .getAllIndexMetadata(OpenSearchCatalog.indexNames(name): _*)
+        .values()
+        .asScala
+        .headOption
+        .map(m => FlintDataType.deserialize(m.getContent))
+        .getOrElse(StructType(Nil))
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def capabilities(): util.Set[TableCapability] =
+    util.EnumSet.of(BATCH_READ, BATCH_WRITE, TRUNCATE, STREAMING_WRITE)
+
+  override def newScanBuilder(options: CaseInsensitiveStringMap): ScanBuilder = {
+    FlintScanBuilder(name, schema, flintSparkConf)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/flint/FlintTable.scala b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/flint/FlintTable.scala
index c99eb0c7c..2226eea4b 100644
--- a/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/flint/FlintTable.scala
+++ b/flint-spark-integration/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/flint/FlintTable.scala
@@ -7,20 +7,9 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.flint
 
 import java.util
 
-import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
-
-import org.opensearch.flint.core.FlintClientBuilder
-
-import org.apache.spark.opensearch.catalog.OpenSearchCatalog
-import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
-import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.{SupportsRead, SupportsWrite, Table, TableCapability}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.TableCapability.{BATCH_READ, BATCH_WRITE, STREAMING_WRITE, TRUNCATE}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.read.ScanBuilder
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.SupportsWrite
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.write.{LogicalWriteInfo, WriteBuilder}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.flint.config.FlintSparkConf
-import org.apache.spark.sql.flint.datatype.FlintDataType
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType
-import org.apache.spark.sql.util.CaseInsensitiveStringMap
 
 /**
  * FlintTable.
@@ -30,38 +19,9 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.util.CaseInsensitiveStringMap
  *   userSpecifiedSchema
  */
 case class FlintTable(conf: util.Map[String, String], userSpecifiedSchema: Option[StructType])
-    extends Table
-    with SupportsRead
+    extends FlintReadOnlyTable(conf, userSpecifiedSchema)
     with SupportsWrite {
 
-  lazy val sparkSession = SparkSession.active
-
-  lazy val flintSparkConf: FlintSparkConf = FlintSparkConf(conf)
-
-  lazy val name: String = flintSparkConf.tableName()
-
-  // todo. currently, we use first index schema in multiple indices. we should merge StructType
-  //  to widen type
-  lazy val schema: StructType = {
-    userSpecifiedSchema.getOrElse {
-      FlintClientBuilder
-        .build(flintSparkConf.flintOptions())
-        .getAllIndexMetadata(OpenSearchCatalog.indexNames(name): _*)
-        .values()
-        .asScala
-        .headOption
-        .map(m => FlintDataType.deserialize(m.getContent))
-        .getOrElse(StructType(Nil))
-    }
-  }
-
-  override def capabilities(): util.Set[TableCapability] =
-    util.EnumSet.of(BATCH_READ, BATCH_WRITE, TRUNCATE, STREAMING_WRITE)
-
-  override def newScanBuilder(options: CaseInsensitiveStringMap): ScanBuilder = {
-    FlintScanBuilder(name, schema, flintSparkConf)
-  }
-
   override def newWriteBuilder(info: LogicalWriteInfo): WriteBuilder = {
     FlintWriteBuilder(name, info, flintSparkConf)
   }
diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/opensearch/catalog/OpenSearchCatalogITSuite.scala b/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/opensearch/catalog/OpenSearchCatalogITSuite.scala
index f90817ff6..ed331fa0d 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/opensearch/catalog/OpenSearchCatalogITSuite.scala
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/opensearch/catalog/OpenSearchCatalogITSuite.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.opensearch.catalog
 import org.opensearch.flint.OpenSearchSuite
 
 import org.apache.spark.FlintSuite
-import org.apache.spark.sql.{QueryTest, Row}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{AnalysisException, QueryTest, Row}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.StreamTest
 
 class OpenSearchCatalogITSuite
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class OpenSearchCatalogITSuite
       "org.apache.spark.opensearch.catalog.OpenSearchCatalog")
     spark.conf.set(s"spark.sql.catalog.${catalogName}.opensearch.port", s"$openSearchPort")
     spark.conf.set(s"spark.sql.catalog.${catalogName}.opensearch.host", openSearchHost)
+    spark.conf.set(
+      s"spark.sql.catalog.${catalogName}.opensearch.write.refresh_policy",
+      "wait_for")
   }
 
   test("Load single index as table") {
@@ -35,13 +38,68 @@ class OpenSearchCatalogITSuite
       simpleIndex(indexName)
       val df = spark.sql(s"""
         SELECT accountId, eventName, eventSource
-        FROM ${catalogName}.default.${indexName}""")
+        FROM ${catalogName}.default.$indexName""")
 
       assert(df.count() == 1)
       checkAnswer(df, Row("123", "event", "source"))
     }
   }
 
+  test("Describe single index as table") {
+    val indexName = "t0001"
+    withIndexName(indexName) {
+      simpleIndex(indexName)
+      val df = spark.sql(s"""
+        DESC ${catalogName}.default.$indexName""")
+
+      assert(df.count() == 6)
+      checkAnswer(
+        df,
+        Seq(
+          Row("# Partitioning", "", ""),
+          Row("", "", ""),
+          Row("Not partitioned", "", ""),
+          Row("accountId", "string", ""),
+          Row("eventName", "string", ""),
+          Row("eventSource", "string", "")))
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Failed to write value to readonly table") {
+    val indexName = "t0001"
+    withIndexName(indexName) {
+      simpleIndex(indexName)
+      val exception = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+        spark.sql(s"""
+          INSERT INTO ${catalogName}.default.$indexName VALUES ('234', 'event-1', 'source-1')""")
+      }
+      assert(exception.getMessage.contains(s"Table does not support writes: $indexName"))
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Failed to delete value from readonly table") {
+    val indexName = "t0001"
+    withIndexName(indexName) {
+      simpleIndex(indexName)
+      val exception = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+        spark.sql(s"DELETE FROM ${catalogName}.default.$indexName WHERE accountId = '234'")
+      }
+      assert(exception.getMessage.contains(s"Table does not support deletes: $indexName"))
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Failed to override value of readonly table") {
+    val indexName = "t0001"
+    withIndexName(indexName) {
+      simpleIndex(indexName)
+      val exception = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+        spark.sql(s"""
+          INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE ${catalogName}.default.$indexName VALUES ('234', 'event-1', 'source-1')""")
+      }
+      assert(exception.getMessage.contains(s"Table does not support writes: $indexName"))
+    }
+  }
+
   test("Load index wildcard expression as table") {
     val indexName = "t0001"
     withIndexName(indexName) {