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HilaDG
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Cannot get DESCRIPTION from MDSCHEMA_MEASURES

I have a Power BI model which I'm trying to read the Metadata of. 

Running the following query in DAX Studio works really well:

SELECT *
FROM $SYSTEM.MDSCHEMA_MEASURES
If I try to change it to list specific columns the way I want to, for example: 

SELECT measure_cAption FROM $SYSTEM.MDSCHEMA_MEASURES

It works.

But not if I want DESCIPRION!

SELECT measure_cAption, DESCRIPTION
FROM $SYSTEM.MDSCHEMA_MEASURES
returns an error.

What am I missing? Or is this a bug? Images below

Many thanks!

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AntrikshSharma
Super User
Super User

@HilaDG Darren responded:

I believe the DESCRIPTION is a keyword in the Microsoft DMX language (which is what the DMV queries use)

If you enclose it in square brackets it should work SELECT [DESCRIPTION] FROM $SYSTEM.MDSCHEMA_MEASURES

AntrikshSharma
Super User
Super User

@HilaDG Yup, that is strange. Raised the issue here: https://github.com/DaxStudio/DaxStudio/issues/1065

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