OK, so with the November release of desktop, the DAX View was introduced. With the recent December release this has been improved with adding support for DAX INFO functions.
There are over 50 new INFO DAX functions now available.
Those of you who are familiar with the Dynamic Management Views, or DMVs, of models in Power BI, Azure Analysis Services, and SQL Server Analysis Services will recognize these as the TMSCHEMA DMVs. The existing TMSCHEMA DMVs are now available as DAX functions.
Example:
EVALUATE
VAR _measures =
SELECTCOLUMNS(
INFO.MEASURES(),
"Measure", [Name],
"Desc", [Description],
"DAX formula", [Expression],
"TableID", [TableID]
)
VAR _tables =
SELECTCOLUMNS(
INFO.TABLES(),
"TableID", [ID],
"Table", [Name]
)
VAR _combined =
NATURALLEFTOUTERJOIN(_measures, _tables)
RETURN
SELECTCOLUMNS(
_combined,
"Measure", [Measure],
"Desc", [Desc],
"DAX Formula", [DAX formula],
"Home Table", [Table]
)