Performance Event Category
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Use the Performance event category to monitor Showplan event classes and event classes that are produced from the execution of SQL data manipulation language (DML) operators.
In This Section
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Auto Stats Event Class | Indicates that an automatic updating of index and column statistics has occurred. |
| Degree of Parallelism (7.0 Insert) Event Class | Indicates that SQL Server has executed a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement using either a serial or parallel plan. The number of CPUs used to perform the operation is also reported. |
| Performance Statistics Event Class | Monitors performance of the queries that are being executed. |
| Showplan All Event Class | Identifies Showplan operators within a SQL statement. |
| Showplan All for Query Compile Event Class | Displays compile time data for Showplan operators. |
| Showplan Statistics Profile Event Class | Displays the estimated cost of a query. |
| Showplan XML Event Class | Identifies the Showplan operators in a SQL statement. The event class stores each event as a well defined XML document. |
| Showplan XML for Query Compile Event Class | Displays compile time data for Showplan operators in XML format. |
| Showplan XML Statistics Profile Event Class | Identifies the Showplan operators associated with a SQL statement. The output is an XML document. |
| SQL:FullTextQuery Event Class | Indicates that SQL Server has executed a full-text query. |
| Plan Guide Successful Event Class | Indicates that SQL Server successfully produced an execution plan for a query or batch that contained a plan guide. |
| Plan Guide Unsuccessful Event Class | Indicates that SQL Server could not produce an execution plan for a query or batch that contained a plan guide. |