Online Documentation for SQL Manager for SQL server

Viewing query plan

Using SQL Manager for SQL Server, you can view the plan for each of the queries created and executed in the application. The query plan is available within the corresponding Plan tab.

To view the Plan of a query, open Design Query and use the Show estimated execution plan item of the Navigation bar or toolbar.

The Plan tab allows you to view the sequence of actions performed by the database server in the process of the query execution, and the amount of system resources used for the query execution.

If necessary, you can specify that the Plan tab appears automatically upon query execution in Design Query: select the Show actual execution plan on query execution option available within the Tools | Design Query section of the Environment Options dialog.