docs: clarify metric comparison is limited to same table#481
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The "Compare to another metric" feature currently only shows metrics from the same table, not from joined tables. The docs previously stated cross-table comparison was supported, which caused confusion. Updated the explore section and FAQ to reflect the current behavior and linked to GitHub issue #21003 tracking cross-table support. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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A customer reported (Pylon #11279) that the "Compare to another metric" dropdown only shows same-table metrics, contradicting the docs. Internal investigation confirmed this was an intentional first-iteration limitation introduced in lightdash/lightdash#19727, but the docs were never updated.