Convert Your SQL Server Query Execution Plan from XML to Graphical View
1) We can get queries execution plan from below query
SELECT
QS.*, CP.*
FROM SYS.DM_EXEC_QUERY_STATS AS QS
CROSS APPLY SYS.DM_EXEC_SQL_TEXT(SQL_HANDLE)AS ST
CROSS APPLY SYS.DM_EXEC_QUERY_PLAN(PLAN_HANDLE) AS CP
2) Column query_plan is having execution plan in XML form
3) When we click hyperlink in query_plan column, in SQL 2005,2008 & 2008 R2 it open as XML but in SQL 2012 it converted to graphical view
4) To convert XML to graphical view, save XML file with extension .sqlplan & open it with SSMS
5) Now plan will show in graphical view
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Reference : Rohit Garg (http://mssqlfun.com/)
