Daily DAX : Day 40 INFO.PERSPECTIVETABLES

 Perspective tables are views on the existing Data model that simplify the data for specific use cases. They are created using Tabular Editor


The Info.Perspectivetables DAX function returns a table the lists out details about all Perspective tables in the model. This can the be used to dynamically access these columns in other DAX functions. Using the Schema Data Management Views.



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