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Applies to: 
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics Platform System (PDW)
Holds information about the distributions on the appliance. It lists one row per appliance distribution.
| Column Name | Data Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| distribution_id | int | Unique numeric id associated with the distribution. Key for this view. |
1 to the number of Compute nodes in appliance multiplied by the number of distributions per Compute node. |
| pdw_node_id | int | ID of the node this distribution is on. | See pdw_node_id in sys.dm_pdw_nodes (Transact-SQL). |
| name | nvarchar(32) | String identifier associated with the distribution, used as a suffix on distributed tables. | String composed of 'A-Z','a-z','0-9','_','-'. |
| position | int | Position of the distribution within a node respective to other distributions on that node. | 1 to the number of distributions per node. |
See Also
Azure Synapse Analytics and Parallel Data Warehouse Catalog Views