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— Select views that don’t reference other views.

select

        s.[name]

,       v.[name]

from    sys.views v

join    sys.schemas s on v.schema_id = s.schema_id

where   v.object_id not
in (

    select distinct

                r.referenced_id

    from        sys.dm_sql_referenced_entities (s.[name] + ‘.’ + v.[name], ‘OBJECT’) r

    join        sys.objects o on r.referenced_id = o.object_id

    where       o.[type] = ‘V’

)

order by    s.[name], v.[name]