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Spice is built on Apache DataFusion and uses the PostgreSQL dialect, even when querying datasources with different SQL dialects.

EXPLAIN

The EXPLAIN command shows the logical and physical execution plan of a SQL statement.

EXPLAIN [ANALYZE] [VERBOSE] statement

Shows the execution plan of a statement. Use EXPLAIN VERBOSE if more detailed output is needed.

EXPLAIN SELECT SUM(x) FROM table GROUP BY b;
+---------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| plan_type | plan |
+---------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| logical_plan | Projection: #SUM(table.x) |
| | Aggregate: groupBy=[[#table.b]], aggr=[[SUM(#table.x)]] |
| | TableScan: table projection=[x, b] |
| physical_plan | ProjectionExec: expr=[SUM(table.x)@1 as SUM(table.x)] |
| | AggregateExec: mode=FinalPartitioned, gby=[b@0 as b], aggr=[SUM(table.x)] |
| | CoalesceBatchesExec: target_batch_size=4096 |
| | RepartitionExec: partitioning=Hash([Column { name: "b", index: 0 }], 16) |
| | AggregateExec: mode=Partial, gby=[b@1 as b], aggr=[SUM(table.x)] |
| | RepartitionExec: partitioning=RoundRobinBatch(16) |
| | DataSourceExec: file_groups={1 group: [[/tmp/table.csv]]}, projection=[x, b], has_header=false |
| | |
+---------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

EXPLAIN ANALYZE​

Shows the execution plan of a statement. Use EXPLAIN ANALYZE VERBOSE if more detailed output is needed.

EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT SUM(x) FROM table GROUP BY b;
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| plan_type | plan |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Plan with Metrics | CoalescePartitionsExec, metrics=[] |
| | ProjectionExec: expr=[SUM(table.x)@1 as SUM(x)], metrics=[] |
| | HashAggregateExec: mode=FinalPartitioned, gby=[b@0 as b], aggr=[SUM(x)], metrics=[outputRows=2] |
| | CoalesceBatchesExec: target_batch_size=4096, metrics=[] |
| | RepartitionExec: partitioning=Hash([Column { name: "b", index: 0 }], 16), metrics=[sendTime=839560, fetchTime=122528525, repartitionTime=5327877] |
| | HashAggregateExec: mode=Partial, gby=[b@1 as b], aggr=[SUM(x)], metrics=[outputRows=2] |
| | RepartitionExec: partitioning=RoundRobinBatch(16), metrics=[fetchTime=5660489, repartitionTime=0, sendTime=8012] |
| | DataSourceExec: file_groups={1 group: [[/tmp/table.csv]]}, has_header=false, metrics=[] |
+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+