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The sys.dm_exec_query_plan_stats DMF

SQL Server 2019 introduced a new DMF named sys.dm_exec_query_plan_stats, which leverages LWP by default, and like the DMF in the previous section, it also works if Standard Profiling is enabled. This DMF outputs the last known equivalent of a query execution plan for any given query whose query plan can still be found in the plan cache. In other words, every data professional can now have the last actual execution plan always available for any query.

This DMF only maintains a subset of what is available through XEvents using lightweight profiling. The available information for plans accessed through this DMF is operator level row count, spill warnings (without I/O detail), and query level CPU time and ...