Query processing

Amazon Redshift routes a submitted SQL query through the parser and optimizer to develop a query plan. The execution engine then translates the query plan into code and sends that code to the compute nodes for execution.

Topics

Query planning and execution workflow
Creating and interpreting a query plan
Reviewing query plan steps
Factors affecting query performance

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Query performance tuning

Query planning and execution workflow