VIEW_TABLE_USAGE (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server (all supported versions) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW)
Returns one row for each table in the current database that is used in a view. This information schema view returns information about the objects to which the current user has permissions.
To retrieve information from these views, specify the fully qualified name of INFORMATION_SCHEMA.view_name.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| VIEW_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | View qualifier. |
| VIEW_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | Name of schema that contains the view. ** Important ** only reliable way to find the schema of a object is to query the sys.objects catalog view. |
| VIEW_NAME | sysname | View name. |
| TABLE_CATALOG | nvarchar(128) | Table qualifier. |
| TABLE_SCHEMA | nvarchar(128) | Name of schema that contains the base table. ** Important ** only reliable way to find the schema of a object is to query the sys.objects catalog view. |
| TABLE_NAME | sysname | Base table that the view is based on. |
See Also
System Views (Transact-SQL)
Information Schema Views (Transact-SQL)
sys.sql_dependencies (Transact-SQL)
sys.objects (Transact-SQL)
sys.views (Transact-SQL)