sp_help_qplan

Reports information about an abstract plan.

Syntax

sp_help_qplan id [, mode ]

Parameters

id – is the ID of the abstract plan.
mode – is the type of report to print, one of the following:
- full – returns the plan ID, group ID, and hash key, and the full query and plan text.
- brief – returns the same as full, but only prints about 80 characters of the query and plan, rather than the full query and plan. This is the default mode.
- list – returns the hash key, ID, and first 20 characters of the query and plan.
If you do not supply a value for the mode parameter, the default is brief.

Examples

Example 1 – Prints the brief abstract plan report:

sp_help_qplan 800005881

gid         hashkey     id
 ----------- ----------- -----------
           5  2054169974   937054374

 query
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 select type, avg(price) from titles group by type

 query_plan
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 ( plan
    ( store Worktab1
        ( i_scan type_price titles )
    ) 
    ( t_scan ( ...

Example 2 – Prints the full abstract plan report:
```
sp_help_qplan 784005824, full
```

Permissions

The permission checks for sp_help_qplan differ based on your granular permissions settings.

Setting	Description
Enabled	With granular permissions enabled, you must be a user with `manage abstract plans` privilege. Any user can execute sp_help_qplan for their own abstract plan.
Disabled	With granular permissions disabled, you must be the database owner or a user with sa_role. Any user can execute sp_help_qplan for their own abstract plan.

Auditing

Values in event and extrainfo columns from the sysaudits table are:

Information	Values
Event	38
Audit option	exec_procedure
Command or access audited	Execution of a procedure
Information in `extrainfo`	Roles – Current active roles Keywords or options – NULL Previous value – NULL Current value – NULL Other information – All input parameters Proxy information – Original login name, if set proxy in effect