SQL Optimizer for SAP ASE 3.8 - User Guide

Right Pane for SQL Statement

The detailed information about the SQL statements used in the Analysis displays in the button pages. The buttons for displaying specific information are found at the top of this pane.

Properties button

Displays general information about the SQL statement and the database settings at the time of the analysis.

SQL Information button

Displays the SQL text in the top portion of the right pane and two SQL Information panes, one for the SQL information before the analysis and one for the SQL information with the parameter changes, in the bottom right pane.

Saving the Abstract Plan

The abstract plan for a SQL statement can be saved from this pane. In order to save the abstract plan, it must be retrieved when the SQL was selected to be analyzed. This is done from the Abstract Plan page of the New Analysis wizard.

1. Select the SQL statement in the left pane.

2. Click SQL Information section of the right pane. This enables the Save Abstract Plan button.

3. Click Save Abstract Plan .

4. In the Save to group field, select the abstract plan group.

5. Click Save.

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Configuration Analyzer Window

Create a Configuration Analysis

Create a Configuration Analysis

To create a Configuration Analysis:

1. Click to open the Configuration Analyzer window.
2. If no analysis exists in the Configuration Analyzer then the New Analysis wizard displays automatically. Otherwise, click to open the New Analysis window.

3. The New Analysis wizard has three pages for selecting the options for creating an analysis:

   Page	See...
   Analyzer	New Analysis Wizard: Analyzer Page
   Selected SQL	New Analysis Wizard: Select SQL page
   Configuration	New Analysis Wizard: Configuration Page
   Abstract Plan	New Analysis Wizard: Abstract Plan

4. After making your selection, click OK.

To abort the Configuration analysis

Select Analysis | Abort Analysis.

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Configuration Analyzer Overview

Configuration Analyzer Window

New Analysis Wizard: Analyzer Page

View New Analysis Wizard - Analyzer Page

The Analyzer page is used to name the analysis and to select the folder where the SQL statements that you want to analyze are stored.

Creating a new Analyzer and select SQL to be analyzed

Select this option to create a new analysis using a different set of SQL statements.

Continuing an existing Analyzer using the Analyzer's selected SQL

Select this option to use the same set of SQL statements that is stored in an existing Analyzer. This option adds another Scenario under an existing Analyzer and does not retrieve a new set of query plans for the SQL statements. It uses the query plans that were originally saved with the SQL statements.

Do not rollback changes to the ASE configuration parameters

Specific to leaves the database configuration changes that you select under the Configuration tab after the analysis is finished. Otherwise, these changes are rolled back at the end of the analysis processing. After the analysis is complete, the Apply/Undo Changes button displays at the top of the Configuration Analyzer window which displays the Apply Changes and the Undo Changes panes. These panes contain the scripts to make changes to the Adaptive Server configuration parameters.

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Create a Configuration Analysis