SSMS Client Statistics

You can use SSMS to get some additional information related to the client-side performance of the query by toggling the Include Client Statistics option in the Query menu. When turned on, the Client Statistics tab is added to the Results panel. This tab displays useful performance statistics in a tabular format that is related to how much work the client had to do to submit the query and process the results, including statistics about the network packets and elapsed time of the query.

SSMS keeps track of the statistics for previous executions within a session so that you can compare the statistics between different query executions. It also keeps track of the overall average statistics across all executions. Figure 32.13 ...

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