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SQL Script to check top running queries and cpu consumption by Tables

  • Writer: Jha Chandan
    Jha Chandan
  • Nov 23, 2020
  • 1 min read

In order to get or check top running queries and cpu consumption by tables, run below script :


SELECT TOP 50
 [Average CPU used] = total_worker_time / qs.execution_count,
 [Total CPU used] = total_worker_time,
 [Execution count] = qs.execution_count,
 [Individual Query] = SUBSTRING (qt.text,qs.statement_start_offset/2,
         (CASE WHEN qs.statement_end_offset = -1
            THEN LEN(CONVERT(NVARCHAR(MAX), qt.text)) * 2
          ELSE qs.statement_end_offset END -
qs.statement_start_offset)/2)
,[Parent Query] = qt.text
,DatabaseName = DB_NAME(qt.dbid)
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats qs
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(qs.sql_handle) as qt
ORDER BY [Average CPU used] DESC;

WITH DB_CPU_Stats
AS
(SELECT DatabaseID, DB_Name(DatabaseID) AS [DatabaseName],
  SUM(total_worker_time) AS [CPU_Time_Ms]
 FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS qs
 CROSS APPLY (SELECT CONVERT(int, value) AS [DatabaseID]
              FROM sys.dm_exec_plan_attributes(qs.plan_handle)
              WHERE attribute = N'dbid') AS F_DB
 GROUP BY DatabaseID)
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY [CPU_Time_Ms] DESC) AS [row_num],
       DatabaseName, [CPU_Time_Ms],
       CAST([CPU_Time_Ms] * 1.0 / SUM([CPU_Time_Ms])
       OVER() * 100.0 AS DECIMAL(5, 2)) AS [CPUPercent]
FROM DB_CPU_Stats
WHERE DatabaseID > 4 -- system databases
AND DatabaseID <> 32767 -- ResourceDB

ORDER BY row_num OPTION (RECOMPILE);

Enjoy!! That's all in this article.

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