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mkulikowski
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Helper I

Direct lake semantic model with view

Hello,

 

I have views in my semantic model with this weird refresh date and red triangle.

Previously the same thing with another view.

Also fetching schema takes forever and I get this information that "field list item has error"

 

Any ideas?

Thanks

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mkulikowski
Helper I
Helper I

The message has changed now which makes more sense: 

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mkulikowski
Helper I
Helper I

Apparently everything is working as expected, this is all by design according to Microsoft.

Error message is not an error but just information.

 

"Direct Lake semantic model process stuck: Once you add SQL views in your model, it automatically changes to Direct Query mode, since views are not supported by direct lake mode in a warehouse, leading to a Fallback, directly affecting its performance. Moreover, all Direct Query mode limitations are applied. Please refer to documentation below for a deeper understanding, as well as learning how to possibly disable such function (depending on scenario), how to analyze Dax performances, and so on."

mkulikowski
Helper I
Helper I

Tables work fine. Both tables and views come from Warehouse.

Hi @mkulikowski 


Can you confirm that the column names do not have any spaces, and that the data types are supported in the delta parquet format?

 

Data types - Azure Databricks - Databricks SQL | Microsoft Learn





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This is not the issue. Even simplest View with 1 row with integer shows errors.

Hi @mkulikowski 

 

What happens if you create a new semantic model, does it then work?





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GilbertQ
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Hi @mkulikowski 

 

Do you get the same issue if you connect to a table in direct lake view?

 

Is the source of your view a direct lake table or a warehouse table?





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