
60 OnDemand SQL Performance Analysis Simplified on DB2 for i5/OS in V5R4
6. Click Compare button. The Compare SQL Performance Data window opens as shown in
Figure 3-27.
Figure 3-27 Compare SQL Performance Data window
3.5 Visual Explain
Visual Explain provides a graphical representation of the optimizer implementation of a query
request. The query request is broken down into individual components with icons that
represent each unique component. Visual Explain also includes information about the
database objects that are considered and chosen by the query optimizer. Visual Explain’s
detailed representation of the query implementation makes it e ...