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Materialized View
Materialized view is a database object that stores precomputed query results on disk and refreshes them under defined policies, enabling lower-latency and lower-overhead access to recurring analytical queries in enterprise data warehouses, lakehouses, and large-scale reporting environments.
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MCP
curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
-d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"materialized-view"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'REST
GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/925cb75d-97ec-4cb6-b76f-96ea8d5b61ccCLI
di get-glossary --slug materialized-viewThe CLI command and the REST call for this record need a free account: run di login, or send your OAuth token. Over MCP it is free with none.
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