How do I obtain a Query Execution Plan in SQL Server?

Question

In Microsoft SQL Server how can I get a query execution plan for a query / stored procedure?

Answer 1

Explaining execution plan can be very detailed and takes up quite a reading time, but in summary if you use 'explain' before the query it should give you a lot of info including which parts were executed first and so. if you wanna read a bit more details about this, I compiled a small blog about this which points you as well to the right refs. https://medium.com/swlh/jetbrains-datagrip-explain-plan-ac406772c470