EXCEPT

In the Ultra Transcenders books

DBX-DEP

Each book explains EXCEPT in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.

Terms in this definition

• Set

  Secret permission in Key Vault for writing secrets; some older material refers to it as Create.

• RETURN

  Comes after the VAR definitions in DAX and holds the expression whose value the formula gives back. While debugging, pointing it at one variable for a while is a useful trick.

• SELECT

  A DML command in SQL used to retrieve rows from one table or several.

Related terms

• Account Operators

  A built-in group allowed to create and manage most user, group and computer accounts, except those of administrators. Microsoft advises leaving it without members.

• ALLEXCEPT

  Clears every context filter from a table except the ones placed on columns you list. In this DAX function, the first argument must be a base table and the rest must be columns belonging to it.

• Always-on VPN

  Ensures nothing leaves the device except over the VPN, at all times. This option isn't available with Microsoft Tunnel for MAM on Android.

• Azure AI Developer

  Built-in role scoped to an Azure Machine Learning workspace or hub: holders can do anything inside it except administer the workspace itself. For Foundry projects, the equivalent roles are Foundry Owner and Foundry User.

• Cloud Application Administrator

  Entra role matching Application Administrator except that it can't manage application proxy.

• COLUMNS clause

  Controls column handling in AUTO CDC. COLUMNS TO UPDATE points to an array<string> field in the source listing what a given record changes, while COLUMNS sets what reaches the target: everything unless restricted, for instance with * EXCEPT (...).

• Contributor

  Built-in Azure role with full management of resources, except that it can't give access to anyone.

• Core dump target

  The location an ESX host writes core dumps to, which can be a diagnostic partition, ESX Dump Collector or a file on VMFS (except VMFS on software iSCSI). A host with none configured has nowhere to save them.