Daily DAX : Day 20 INFO.EXPRESSION

 An information DAX function that uses the DMV (Data Model View) and returns a table that shows the model attributes for a given expresssion. 


The table has the following fields

Field Type
ID Integer
ModelID Integer
Name String
Description String
Kind Integer
Expression String
ModifiedTime DateTime
QueryGroupID Integer
ParameterValuesColumnID Integer
MAttributes String
LineageTag String
SourceLineageTag String
RemoteParameterName String
ExpressionSourceID Integer


https://dax.guide/info-expressions/

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