Processes

Processes

Comments

System processes are shown under the tab Other Proccesses.

User Processes - Columns

Name Description
Inst ID Instance ID; 0 = non-CE
SPID Session process ID
Login Login name
Program Application name
CPU % (one engine) CPU % Used (1 CPU)
Logical IO Delta number of physical writes + Delta number of logical reads
Total Logical IOs Number of logical I/O operations
Logical Cluster Name Logical cluster name, if Cluster Edition
Memory Memory usage
Total Connect Time Duration of time connected
Total CPU Time CPU time
Total Wait Time Wait time
Cur Wait Event ID Wait event ID
Current Wait Event Wait event description
Current Wait Time Duration of time waiting
Blocked By Blocker session process ID (SPID), if applicable
Locks Held Number of locks held by this process
Logical Reads Number of logical reads
Physical Reads Number of physical reads
Physical Writes Number of physical writes
ULC Bytes Written Number of bytes written to the user log cache (ULC) for the process
Table Accesses Number of pages read without an index
Index Accesses Number of pages read with an index
TempDB Accesses Total number of temp tables created (including dropped ones)
Transactions Number of transactions started (including finished ones)
Commits Number of commits
Rollbacks Number of rollbacks
Status Process status:
  • alarm sleep
  • background
  • infected
  • latch sleep
  • lock sleep
  • PLC sleep
  • recv sleep
  • remote i/o
  • runnable
  • running
  • send sleep
  • sleeping
  • stopped
  • sync sleep
Family ID Session process ID (SPID) of the parent process, if this is a worker process (for parallel query)
Batch ID Batch ID
Engine # Engine ID
Database Database name
TempDB TempDB name
TempDB Used Current TempDB space used
Command General command type
Set Client Name Client name
Set Client Application Client application name
Set Client Host Client host name
Host Host name
IP Address Client IP address
Client OS PID Client OS PID
KPID Kernel process ID

Other Processes - Columns

Name Description
Inst ID Instance ID; 0 = non-CE
SPID Session process ID
Command General command type
CPU % (one engine) CPU % Used (1 CPU)
Logical IO Delta number of physical writes + Delta number of logical reads
Total Logical IOs Number of logical I/O operations
Memory Memory usage
Total Connect Time Duration of time connected
Total CPU Time CPU time
Total Wait Time Wait time
Cur Wait Event ID Wait event ID
Current Wait Event Wait event description
Current Wait Time Duration of time waiting
Blocked By Blocker session process ID (SPID), if applicable
Locks Held Number of locks held by this process
Logical Reads Number of logical reads
Physical Reads Number of physical reads
Physical Writes Number of physical writes
ULC Bytes Written Number of bytes written to the user log cache (ULC) for the process
Table Accesses Number of pages read without an index
Index Accesses Number of pages read with an index
TempDB Accesses Total number of temp tables created (including dropped ones)
Transactions Number of transactions started (including finished ones)
Commits Number of commits
Rollbacks Number of rollbacks
Status Process status:
  • alarm sleep
  • background
  • infected
  • latch sleep
  • lock sleep
  • PLC sleep
  • recv sleep
  • remote i/o
  • runnable
  • running
  • send sleep
  • sleeping
  • stopped
  • sync sleep
Family ID Session process ID (SPID) of the parent process, if this is a worker process (for parallel query)
Batch ID Batch ID
Engine # Engine ID
Database Database name
TempDB TempDB name
TempDB Used Current TempDB space used
Logical Cluster Name Logical cluster name, if Cluster Edition
Login Login name
Program Application name
Set Client Name Client name
Set Client Application Client application name
Set Client Host Client host name
Host Host name
IP Address Client IP address
Client OS PID Client OS PID
KPID Kernel process ID

SQL Plan Details - Columns

Name Description
ID ID of this node in the plan
Parent ID ID of parent of this node in the plan; 0 = this node is the root node in the plan
Operation Name of operation for this node
Options Options for the operation for this node
Object Target object of this operation
Object2 Second target object of this operation
IO Size Data Pages I/O size used for data pages for this node
BRS Data Pages Buffer Replacement Strategy used for data pages for this node
IO Size Index Leaf Pages I/O size used for index leaf pages for this node
BRS Index Leaves Buffer Replacement Strategy used for index leaf pages for this node

Procedure Stack - Columns

Name Description
Inst ID Instance ID; 0 = non-CE
SPID Session process ID
Context ID Current context ID of the procedure
Stmt # Current statement number (unique in a batch) of the procedure
Type Type of procedure (stored procedure, etc.) in the stack
Object Name of the procedure in the stack
Line # Current line number of the procedure
Compile Time Compile date of the procedure
Owner Name of the owner of the procedure
Database Name of the database that contains the procedure
Memory Memory usage

Entity Requirements

Attributes: MDA
Minimum database version: 12.5.0.3