diff --git a/TM1py/Services/ViewService.py b/TM1py/Services/ViewService.py
index 7647cb9b..75a795dc 100644
--- a/TM1py/Services/ViewService.py
+++ b/TM1py/Services/ViewService.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import collections
-from typing import List, Tuple, Union
+from typing import List, Tuple, Union, Iterable, Optional
 
 from requests import Response
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def exists(self, cube_name: str, view_name: str, private: bool = None, **kwargs)
                     raise e
         return tuple(view_types.values())
 
-    def get(self, cube_name: str, view_name: str, private: bool = False, **kwargs) -> View:
+    def get(self, cube_name: str, view_name: str, private: bool = False, element_properties: Optional[Iterable[str]] = ('Name',), **kwargs) -> View:
         view_type = "PrivateViews" if private else "Views"
         url = format_url("/Cubes('{}')/{}('{}')?$expand=*", cube_name, view_type, view_name)
         response = self._rest.GET(url, **kwargs)
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ def get(self, cube_name: str, view_name: str, private: bool = False, **kwargs) -
         if "MDX" in view_as_dict:
             return MDXView(cube_name=cube_name, view_name=view_name, MDX=view_as_dict["MDX"])
         else:
-            return self.get_native_view(cube_name=cube_name, view_name=view_name, private=private)
+            return self.get_native_view(cube_name=cube_name, view_name=view_name, element_properties=element_properties, private=private)
 
-    def get_native_view(self, cube_name: str, view_name: str, private=False, **kwargs) -> NativeView:
+    def get_native_view(self, cube_name: str, view_name: str, private=False, element_properties: Optional[Iterable[str]] = ('Name',), **kwargs) -> NativeView:
         """ Get a NativeView from TM1 Server
 
         :param cube_name:  string, name of the cube
@@ -81,19 +81,26 @@ def get_native_view(self, cube_name: str, view_name: str, private=False, **kwarg
         :return: instance of TM1py.NativeView
         """
         view_type = "PrivateViews" if private else "Views"
+
+        if element_properties:
+            element_properties = ",".join(element_properties)
+            element_properties = f',Elements($select={element_properties})'
+        else:
+            element_properties = ''
+
         url = format_url(
             "/Cubes('{}')/{}('{}')?$expand="
             "tm1.NativeView/Rows/Subset($expand=Hierarchy($select=Name;"
-            "$expand=Dimension($select=Name)),Elements($select=Name);"
+            "$expand=Dimension($select=Name)){};"
             "$select=Expression,UniqueName,Name, Alias),  "
             "tm1.NativeView/Columns/Subset($expand=Hierarchy($select=Name;"
-            "$expand=Dimension($select=Name)),Elements($select=Name);"
+            "$expand=Dimension($select=Name)){};"
             "$select=Expression,UniqueName,Name,Alias), "
             "tm1.NativeView/Titles/Subset($expand=Hierarchy($select=Name;"
-            "$expand=Dimension($select=Name)),Elements($select=Name);"
+            "$expand=Dimension($select=Name)){};"
             "$select=Expression,UniqueName,Name,Alias), "
             "tm1.NativeView/Titles/Selected($select=Name)",
-            cube_name, view_type, view_name)
+            cube_name, view_type, view_name, element_properties, element_properties, element_properties)
         response = self._rest.GET(url, **kwargs)
         native_view = NativeView.from_json(response.text, cube_name)
         return native_view
diff --git a/Tests/ViewService_test.py b/Tests/ViewService_test.py
index 98283fcb..125cdf1a 100644
--- a/Tests/ViewService_test.py
+++ b/Tests/ViewService_test.py
@@ -148,23 +148,24 @@ def test_get_all_views(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(private_views), len(private_view_names))
 
     def test_get_native_view(self):
-        for private in (True, False):
-            # generic get
-            view = self.tm1.views.get(
-                cube_name=self.cube_name,
-                view_name=self.native_view_name,
-                private=private)
-
-            # get native view
-            native_view = self.tm1.views.get_native_view(
-                cube_name=self.cube_name,
-                view_name=self.native_view_name,
-                private=private)
-
-            self.assertIsInstance(view, NativeView)
-            self.assertEqual(view.name, self.native_view_name)
-            self.assertIsInstance(native_view, NativeView)
-            self.assertEqual(view, native_view)
+        for element_properties in [(), ('Name',), ('Name', 'Index')]:
+            for private in (True, False):
+                # generic get
+                view = self.tm1.views.get(
+                    cube_name=self.cube_name,
+                    view_name=self.native_view_name,
+                    private=private)
+    
+                # get native view
+                native_view = self.tm1.views.get_native_view(
+                    cube_name=self.cube_name,
+                    view_name=self.native_view_name,
+                    private=private)
+    
+                self.assertIsInstance(view, NativeView)
+                self.assertEqual(view.name, self.native_view_name)
+                self.assertIsInstance(native_view, NativeView)
+                self.assertEqual(view, native_view)
 
     def test_get_mdx_view(self):
         for private in (True, False):