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DB2 Common Server

Visual Explain

Visual Explain is a graphical utility that provides a visual representation of the access plans that the DB2 optimizer uses to obtain data for an SQL statement.

Visual Explain lets you view queries at varying levels of detail.

You can use Visual Explain to:

  • View the details of the access plan including statistics in the system catablogs.
  • Tune SQL statements for better performance.
  • Model the impact of environment changes on SQL statements.
  • Determine the source of problems in SQL statements.

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