I have recently written many articles on the limitation of the views. I have tried to sum up all the keywords which are not allowed in the indexed view.
SQL SERVER – SELF JOIN Not Allowed in Indexed View – Limitation of the View 9
SQL SERVER – Get Numeric Value From Alpha Numeric String – Get Numbers Only
SQL SERVER – Outer Join Not Allowed in Indexed Views – Limitation of the View 8
SQL SERVER – Cross Database Queries Not Allowed in Indexed View – Limitation of the View 7
SQL SERVER – UNION Not Allowed but OR Allowed in Index View – Limitation of the View 6
SQL SERVER – COUNT(*) Not Allowed but COUNT_BIG(*) Allowed – Limitation of the View 5
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