A free application designed for query tuning by providing in-depth and intuitive analysis of execution plans. This tool enhances the graphical plan view in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), making query plan optimization more efficient. Unlike the previous version, SQL Sentry v6, this solution is a lightweight standalone app that does not need a collector service or database.
Free application for query tuning through deep but intuitive execution plan analysis. Plan Explorer builds upon the graphical plan view in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to make the query plan optimization more efficient. It is a lightweight standalone app that contains many of the plan analysis features introduced in SQL Sentry v6, and does not require a collector service or database.
v8.1 [Sep 18, 2014]
New features:
- SSMS Add-in bundled with Plan Explorer.
- Support SQL Server 2014 showplan attributes and operators.
- Show startup expressions in operators.
Fixes:
- User exception received: "System.Management.ManagementException: Not found".
- Error message may be hidden from status bar.
- Parameterized Text is not being properly anonymized.
- Some Columnstore Updates are showing as Clustered Index Updates.
- Save All command does not save plans loaded directly from the SSMS add-in.
Feature-rich relational database known for its high performance and excellent concurrency
