Microsoft Dynamics AX general performance analysis scripts page 3

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Analyse SQL Queries

EXPENSIVE_QUERIES
MISSING_INDEX_QUERIES
QUERIES_WITH_MULTIPLE_EXECUTION_PLANS
QUERIES_SCANNING_TABLES

USE DynamicsPerf

----------------------------------------------------------------
--
--  EXPENSIVE_QUERIES
--
-- List top 100 most expensive queries
----------------------------------------------------------------

SELECT TOP 100 *
FROM   QUERY_STATS_CURR_VW QS -- Queries from last data collection only
--FROM   QUERY_STATS_VW QS -- Review queries for all data collections

WHERE 
 --Remove queries with comments
 NOT EXISTS (SELECT QUERY_HASH
                   FROM   COMMENTS C
                   WHERE  C.QUERY_HASH = QS.QUERY_HASH)  -- Remove queries that have comments
-- AND  QUERY_HASH = 0x0000000000 -- find a specific query
-- AND SQL_TEXT LIKE '%VALUE%'  -- find all SQL statements that contain a specific text i.e. table name
-- AND QUERY_PLAN_TEXT LIKE '%VALUE%'  -- find all SQL Plans that contain a specific text i.e. index name
-- AND LAST_EXECUTION_TIME > 'XXXXXXX'   -- find all queries that have executed after a specific time
-- AND DATABASE_NAME = 'XXXXXXXXX'       -- find all queries for a specific database
-- AND MAX_ELAPSED_TIME /10 > AVG_ELAPSED_TIME  -- Find all queries potentially getting blocked or paramater sniffing issues

ORDER  BY TOTAL_ELAPSED_TIME DESC -- Queries consuming most TOTAL time on SQL Server

-- ORDER  BY AVG_LOGICAL_READS DESC  -- Queries potentially causing large disk i/o
-- ORDER  BY EXECUTION_COUNT DESC  -- High execution count could be loops in application code
-- ORDER  BY TOTAL_LOGICAL_READS DESC  -- Queries to review to potentially reduce disk i/o

----------------------------------------------------------------
--
--    MISSING_INDEX_QUERIES
--
-- Identify queries that the optimizer suspects can be optimized
-- by new or changed indexes:
--
-- NOTE: DO NOT add these indexes verbatim without
--   deep analysis.  Large INCLUDED lists are NOT recommended
--   for ERP solutions
----------------------------------------------------------------

SELECT TOP 100 *
FROM   MISSING_INDEXES_CURR_VW
WHERE  NOT EXISTS (SELECT QUERY_HASH
                   FROM   COMMENTS C
                   WHERE  C.QUERY_HASH = MISSING_INDEXES_CURR_VW.QUERY_HASH) -- Remove queries that have comments
       AND INDEX_IMPACT > 75
       AND EXECUTION_COUNT > 100
       AND AVG_ELAPSED_TIME > 20
       AND AVG_LOGICAL_READS > 1000
ORDER  BY TOTAL_LOGICAL_READS DESC

----------------------------------------------------------------
--
--   QUERIES_WITH_MULTIPLE_EXECUTION_PLANS
--
-- List queries that have more than 1 execution plan
-- NOTE:  Only useful on SQL2008 or greater
-- This is for potential parameter sniffing issues
----------------------------------------------------------------

SELECT DATABASE_NAME,
       QUERY_HASH,
       COUNT(QUERY_PLAN_HASH) AS CNT
FROM   QUERY_STATS_CURR_VW
GROUP  BY DATABASE_NAME,
          QUERY_HASH
HAVING COUNT(QUERY_PLAN_HASH) > 1
ORDER  BY CNT DESC

----------------------------------------------------------------
--
--   QUERIES_SCANNING_TABLES 
--
-- Find queries scanning a table
----------------------------------------------------------------

SELECT TOP 100 *
FROM   QUERY_STATS_CURR_VW
WHERE  ( QUERY_PLAN_TEXT LIKE '%TABLE SCAN%'
          OR QUERY_PLAN_TEXT LIKE '%INDEX SCAN%' )
--AND QUERY_PLAN_TEXT LIKE '%<Table Name>%'  -- Comment this line to return all tables
ORDER  BY TOTAL_LOGICAL_READS DESC