View Plans Using the Interactive SQL Plan Viewer

The Plan Viewer is a graphical tool for viewing graphical plans for databases.

The Plan Viewer window is divided into panes:

Plan Viewer panes

Pane

Description

SQL pane

Provides a place for you to type SQL statements that you want to generate plans for.

Results pane

Shows the graphical plan.

Details pane

Provides text details about the plan

Related tasks
Creating a Query Using the Query Editor
Related reference
Interactive SQL Window Reference
Tools Menu Window Reference