View Plan Guide Properties

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance

You can view the properties of plan guides in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL

In This Topic

• Before you begin:

  Security

• To view the properties of plan guides, using:

  SQL Server Management Studio

  Transact-SQL

Before You Begin

Security

Permissions

The visibility of the metadata in catalog views is limited to securables that either a user owns or on which the user has been granted some permission.

Using SQL Server Management Studio

To view the properties of a plan guide

1. Click the plus sign to expand the database in which you want to view the properties of a plan guide, and then click the plus sign to expand the Programmability folder.

2. Click the plus sign to expand the Plan Guides folder.

3. Right-click the plan guide of which you want to view the properties and select Properties.

   The following properties show in the Plan Guide Properties dialog box.

   Hints
   Displays the query hints or query plan to be applied to the Transact-SQL statement. When a query plan is specified as a hint, the XML Showplan output for the plan is displayed.

   Is disabled
   Displays the status of the plan guide. Possible values are True and False.

   Name
   Displays the name of the plan guide.

   Parameters
   When the scope type is SQL or TEMPLATE, displays the name and data type of all parameters that are embedded in the Transact-SQL statement.

   Scope batch
   Displays the batch text in which the Transact-SQL statement appears.

   Scope object name
   When the scope type is OBJECT, displays the name of the Transact-SQL stored procedure, user-defined scalar function, multistatement table-valued function, or DML trigger in which the Transact-SQL statement appears.

   Scope schema name
   When the scope type is OBJECT, displays the name of the schema in which the object is contained.

   Scope type
   Displays the type of entity in which the Transact-SQL statement appears. This specifies the context for matching the Transact-SQL statement to the plan guide. Possible values are OBJECT, SQL, and TEMPLATE.

   Statement
   Displays the Transact-SQL statement against which the plan guide is applied.

4. Click OK.

Using Transact-SQL

To view the properties of a plan guide

1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of Database Engine.

2. On the Standard bar, click New Query.

3. Copy and paste the following example into the query window and click Execute.

   -- If a plan guide named "Guide1" already exists in the AdventureWorks2022 database, delete it.  
   USE AdventureWorks2022;  
   GO  
   IF OBJECT_ID(N'Guide1') IS NOT NULL  
      EXEC sp_control_plan_guide N'DROP', N'Guide1';  
   GO  
   -- creates a plan guide named Guide1 based on a SQL statement  
   EXEC sp_create_plan_guide   
       @name = N'Guide1',   
       @stmt = N'SELECT TOP 1 *   
                 FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader   
                 ORDER BY OrderDate DESC',   
       @type = N'SQL',  
       @module_or_batch = NULL,   
       @params = NULL,   
       @hints = N'OPTION (MAXDOP 1)';  
   GO  
   -- Gets the name, created date, and all other relevant property information on the plan guide created above.   
   SELECT name AS plan_guide_name,  
      create_date,  
      query_text,  
      scope_type_desc,  
      OBJECT_NAME(scope_object_id) AS scope_object_name,  
      scope_batch,  
      parameters,  
      hints,  
      is_disabled  
   FROM sys.plan_guides  
   WHERE name = N'Guide1';  
   GO  
   

For more information, see sys.plan_guides (Transact-SQL).